Corning Incorporated

GLW Technology · Electronic Components
Delayed 15 min
Last close
$138.43
Oct 16, 2026
52-week range
$77.39 — $271.78
-49% from high
Market cap
119.2B
Diluted basis
Dividend yield
0.8%
P/E
63.5
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Verdict status · Oct 16, 2026

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AI synthesis · written from this company's SEC filings · not investment advice

What the filing actually says.

AI · forensic preset

No forensic scores are on file for Corning, so this synthesis does not assign a Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score or Fog Index reading. Because those scores are absent, nothing should be inferred from this page about manipulation risk, financial strength, or filing readability; those measures would need to come from a separate screen. What the data does show is a revenue series running from $11.3 billion in fiscal 2020 to $15.63 billion in fiscal 2025, a compound annual growth rate of roughly 6.7% over those five years. Over the longer window from fiscal 2018, when revenue was $11.29 billion, growth works out to roughly 4.8% a year. The path has not been steady: revenue peaked at $14.19 billion in 2022, dipped to $12.59 billion in 2023, and rose in each of the last two years. Management's MD&A and risk-factor text, which would explain these movements and name the company's product lines, programs, debt instruments, and legal matters, are not included in this data, so they cannot be discussed here. Readers may want to look at the MD&A and Item 1A risk factors in Corning's most recent Form 10-K, along with the cash flow statement and balance sheet, to test whether revenue growth is matched by operating cash flow and manageable obligations. Those documents are the primary source for the company's own explanation and are worth reading alongside any revenue trend.

Catalyst.The filings provided here contain only annual revenue figures, so this section cannot describe what management says is driving the business, because the MD&A text is not on file. The numbers show revenue of $15.63 billion for fiscal 2025, compared with $13.12 billion in fiscal 2024, a rise of about 19.1%. That followed growth of about 4.2% in 2024 from $12.59 billion in 2023. Readers may want to look at the MD&A section of the 2025 Form 10-K to see which products, segments or markets account for the increase, since those details are outside the data provided.

Hidden risk.The most visible tension in the revenue series is how uneven it has been. Revenue rose to $14.19 billion in 2022, then fell about 11.3% to $12.59 billion in 2023 before recovering. Revenue in 2024 of $13.12 billion was still below the 2021 level of $14.08 billion, so the recent rise is the first year above that mark in this series. Revenue alone cannot show whether growth converted into profit or cash. The data contains no cash flow, balance sheet, or risk-factor text to check that, so any debt or cash-flow pressure cannot be assessed here.

Market signals · from trading data, not filings

What traders are betting.

The scores above come from what GLW reports to the SEC. These readings come from how traders are positioned in its shares. They change quickly, they can be wrong, and they are not part of the verdict.
Short interest Shares sold short · reported twice a month
2.2%
of the shares available to trade
Low
0%5% · 10% · 20%25%+

The metric

Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.

Shares sold short
16.8M
Change since Aug 31
−15.8%
Days to cover
2.0

What it tells us

Few traders are betting against GLW. Levels this low are common for large, widely held companies.

Short sellers closed some of their bets: shares sold short fell 15.8% since the Aug 31 report.

At normal trading volume, short sellers could buy back every borrowed share in under two days.

How investors use it

  • Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
  • Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
  • Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
  • Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.

Lesson: short interest, explained →

Short-interest report for Sep 30, 2026, via Yahoo Finance. Reports come out about a week and a half after that date.

SEC filings · last 12 months

Quarterly report

The quarterly report (10-Q) and current reports (8-K) Corning filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.

  • Sep 11, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 8.01: Other events0
    EDGAR →
  • Sep 4, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure (investor materials)0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 29, 2026
    10-Q
    Quarterly report0
    EDGAR →
  • Jul 28, 2026
    8-K
    Current reportItem 2.02: Results of operations (earnings)0
    EDGAR →
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