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Corning Inc.
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Corning Inc. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $17.0 billion, up 19% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.16 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.29 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 28, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed February 12, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $3.5 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 2,689 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+427 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 56 (38 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Corning Inc. is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised19th pct
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings82nd pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications54th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment59th pct
- Call confidence28th pct
- Guidance changes31st pct
- Risk factors added17th pct
- Insider open-market trades45th pct
- − Risk factors added
- − Guidance changes
- − Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver77th pct
- Stress filings49th pct
Credit
How these are built →Corning Inc.'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$8.4B
- Due within a year $0.7B
- Longer term $7.8B
- Default point $4.5B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CORNING INCORPORATED)third_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Sep 14, 2026Trademark
- Jul 27, 2026Trademark
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AVOQ, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 9, 2026Trademark
- May 4, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 31, 2026Trademark
- Feb 12, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Nov 26, 2025Trademark
- Oct 8, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 30, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jul 30, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- May 5, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 5, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 1, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 13, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 11, 2024Risk event
- Feb 12, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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