Corning Inc. (GLW) financials
Corning revenue and earnings by year
Corning's revenue was $15.6 billion in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025, up 19.1% from the year before. Net income was $1.60 billion, 10.2% of revenue. Since the fiscal year to December 31, 2016, revenue has grown 5.8% a year on average.
Fiscal years, each labelled by the calendar year it ended in.
Income statement, the last 10 fiscal years
| Fiscal year to | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 15.6 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.4 |
| Revenue growth | 19.1% | 4.2% | -11.3% | 0.8% | 24.6% | -1.7% | 1.9% | 11.6% | 7.7% | — |
| Gross profit | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Gross margin | 36.0% | 32.6% | 31.2% | 31.8% | 36.0% | 31.2% | 35.1% | 39.5% | 39.7% | 40.1% |
| Operating income | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 12.1% | 15.0% | 3.8% | 10.0% | 12.0% | 15.1% | 13.9% |
| Net income | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | -0.5 | 3.7 |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 3.9% | 4.6% | 9.3% | 13.5% | 4.5% | 8.3% | 9.4% | -4.9% | 39.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.83 | $0.58 | $0.68 | $1.54 | $1.28 | $0.54 | $1.07 | $0.99 | -$0.78 | $3.24 |
| Free cash flow | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
Diluted EPS is stated in today's shares (adjusted for every split since). Quarterly statements and the income statement as a flow chart are in the app: open GLW in Markets.
How Corning makes money
Revenue by segment in the quarter to September 30, 2026, as the company reports it.
| Segment | Revenue | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Communications Products | $2.38B | 49.0% |
| Electronics Glass & Advanced Optics Products | $1.28B | 26.4% |
| Automotive Products | $471M | 9.7% |
| Polycrystalline Silicon & Solar Products | $436M | 9.0% |
| Life Science Products | $247M | 5.1% |
| Product & Service Other | $41.0M | 0.8% |
See also: GLW valuation and P/E history · GLW returns
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