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Mar 31, 2024

Corning Q1 2024 Earnings Report

Corning's first-quarter results were at the high end of their guidance, with encouraging signs of improving market conditions.

Key Takeaways

Corning Incorporated reported its first-quarter 2024 financial results, with results at the high end of guidance. The company saw encouraging signs of improving market conditions and reaffirms expectation that first-quarter sales will mark the low point of the year. Management expects core sales to grow sequentially to approximately $3.4 billion in the second quarter of 2024, with core EPS in the range of $0.42 to $0.46.

First-quarter results were at the high end of guidance.

The company is seeing encouraging signs of improving market conditions.

Corning is executing plans to add more than $3 billion in annualized sales within the next three years.

Actions to increase price and improve productivity ratios are paying off, with core gross margin growing by 160 basis points.

Total Revenue
$3.26B
Previous year: $3.37B
-3.2%
EPS
$0.38
Previous year: $0.41
-7.3%
Core Operating Margin
15.5%
Gross Profit
$963M
Previous year: $1B
-4.0%
Cash and Equivalents
$1.37B
Previous year: $1.15B
+19.1%
Free Cash Flow
-$156M
Total Assets
$27.6B
Previous year: $28.8B
-4.2%

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Corning Revenue by Segment

Forward Guidance

Management expects core sales to grow sequentially to approximately $3.4 billion in the second quarter of 2024, with core EPS in the range of $0.42 to $0.46

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income