---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000024741-26-000198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLW"
cik: "0000024741"
company_name: "CORNING INC /NY"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:21:03.374701+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corning Q1 core sales $4.35B (+18%), core EPS $0.70 (+30%); Q2 guidance ~$4.6B

## Summary
- Core sales $4.35B (+18% YoY); core EPS $0.70 (+30% YoY). GAAP EPS $0.43 (+139%).
- Optical Communications sales +36% YoY; Solar +80% YoY. Two new hyperscaler deals similar to Meta's up-to-$6B agreement.
- Q2 guided core sales ~$4.6B (+14% YoY), core EPS $0.73-$0.77 (+25% YoY); includes $30M solar wafer shutdown expense.
- Segment structure revised: Glass Innovations (Display+Specialty) and Solar (Hemlock+solar wafer/module); Life Sciences now 'other'.
- Management plans to extend Springboard plan through 2030; new Photonics platform unveiled at May 6 investor event.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000024741-26-000198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLW
- cik: 0000024741
- company_name: CORNING INC /NY
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000198/0000024741-26-000198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000198/glw-20260428.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024741-26-000198.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CORNING INC /NY reported first-quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $4.35 billion, net income $612 million, EPS $0.70.
  - Period: first-quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $4.35 billion
  - Net income: $612 million
  - EPS: $0.70
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced its first-quarter 2026 results and provided its outlook for second-quarter 2026. News Summary: • First-quarter core sales grew 18% to $4.35 billion, and core EPS grew 30% to $0.70 versus Q1-2025. • Robust demand for Gen AI products and the ramp of new solar products drove Q1 growth. • Optical Communications sales grew 36%,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000198/0000024741-26-000198-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CORNING INC /NY reported second-quarter 2026 results: revenue approximately $4.6 billion, EPS $0.73-$0.77. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: second-quarter 2026
  - Revenue: approximately $4.6 billion
  - EPS: $0.73-$0.77
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: For the second quarter, management expects to grow core sales about 14% year over year to approximately $4.6 billion and core EPS about 25% year over year to a range of $0.73-$0.77.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000198/0000024741-26-000198-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.