Is Corning, Inc (NYSE: GLW) Proving The Doubters Wrong?

Corning, Inc (GLW) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $51.87, with 4.07 million shares of worth about $211.06 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 27.73% during that period and on February 20, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.52%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 813.00M shares, out of which, 779.25M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -0.27% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 0.62%. Year-to-date (YTD), GLW shares are showing a performance of 9.15% which increased to 62.55% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $30.72 but also hit the highest price of $55.33 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Corning, Inc shares is 4.85 million. The stock is currently trading -0.60% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 4.15% for SMA50 and it goes to 17.44% higher than SMA200.

Corning, Inc (NYSE: GLW) currently have 813.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 72.70% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $44.43B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.01. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 88.85, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.58 in the same period. Its PEG reads 6.32 and has Quick Ratio of 1.07 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for GLW, volatility over the week remained 1.73% while standing at 3.07% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 19.67% while it is estimated to increase by 15.28% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 14.06% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -11.42% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by HSBC Securities on January 30, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $51 and $60 to it. Coverage by Mizuho stated Corning, Inc (GLW) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on August 21, 2024, suggesting a price target of $47 for the stock. On July 31, 2024, Deutsche Bank Upgrade their recommendations, while on July 09, 2024, HSBC Securities Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $37. Stock get an Overweight rating from Fox Advisors on June 17, 2024.

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