Corning Incorporated (GLW)

Wall Street analysts covering Corning Incorporated currently rate the stock a Strong Buy on average, with a mean 12-month price target of $191.40 — +14.3% versus the last price of $167.44. Targets reflect analyst opinion, not a guarantee.

8 members of Congress have disclosed trading GLW — 9 purchases and 5 sales worth an estimated $275,000. Most recent disclosure: Mar 25, 2026.

GLW's own executives and directors have made 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 3 sales ($27.8M) in the last 90 days, per SEC Form 4 filings. Most recent: Jun 9, 2026.

Corning Incorporated operates in optical communications, display, specialty materials, automotive, and life sciences businesses in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Germany, and internationally. The company provides optical fibers and cables; and hardware and equipment products, such as cable assemblies, fiber optic hardware and connectors, optical components and couplers, closures, network interface devices, and other accessories for the telecommunications industry, businesses, governments, and individuals. It also offers glass substrates for flat panel displays, including liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting diodes that are used in televisions, notebook computers, desktop monitors, tablets, and handheld devices. In addition, it manufactures products that offer material formulations for glass, glass ceramics, crystals, precision metrology instruments, and software, as well as glass wafers and substrates, tinted sunglasses, and radiation shielding products for markets, such as mobile consumer electronics, semiconductor equipment optics and consumables, aerospace and defense optics, radiation shielding products, sunglasses, and telecommunications components. Further, the company provides ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile, gasoline, and diesel applications, as well as technical glass and optic products and solutions for the interior and exterior of vehicles. Additionally, it offers laboratory products, including plastic vessels, liquid handling plastics, specialty surfaces, cell culture media, and serum, as well as general labware, and glassware and equipment under the Corning, Falcon, PYREX, and Axygen brands. It also offers polysilicon products and pharmaceutical glass tubing and vials. The company was formerly known as Corning Glass Works and changed its name to Corning Incorporated in April 1989. Corning Incorporated was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Corning, New York.

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• P/E ratio (73.4) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of GLW's yearly profit. That's high, so the market expects strong growth (and you're paying up for it).
• ROE (16.81%) — how efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. This is a middling level.
• Profit margin (11.20%) — of every $1 in sales, this is what's left as profit after all costs.
• Dividend yield (0.70%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.