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GLW Corning Inc.

technology · 2026-10-13

N/A
too hard · 56
Owner-earnings value$31.57
Price$147.28
Margin of safety -78.6%

Quality gate · 56/100

Returns on capital 3.7/30
Consistency 18.4/22
Margins / pricing power 10.5/16
Balance sheet 9.9/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 3.1/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 7% < 9%)

Median ROIC7.4%
Gross margin36.4%
Net debt / EBITDA1.9x
FCF conversion100%
Share count / yr+1.4%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.90B
Owner-earnings yield1.5%
Free-cash-flow yield1.9%
Growth used (normalized)3.3%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)25.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)10.3%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.96B 3.3%1.78B
22.03B 3.2%1.67B
32.09B 3.2%1.56B
42.16B 3.2%1.46B
52.23B 3.2%1.36B
62.30B 3.1%1.27B
72.37B 3.1%1.19B
82.44B 3.1%1.11B
92.51B 3.0%1.04B
102.59B 3.0%971.42M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~25%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 3%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-13 56 $147.28 $31.57 -78.6% N/A
2026-09-01 56 $148.73 $33.25 -77.6% N/A
2026-07-22 55 $162.41 $27.87 -82.8% N/A
2026-07-02 55 $220.63 $27.21 -87.7% N/A
2026-06-25 55 $205.83 $27.51 -86.6% N/A
2026-06-23 55 $194.07 $27.14 -86.0% N/A