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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000024741-26-000253"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLW"
cik: "0000024741"
company_name: "CORNING INC /NY"
filed_at: "2026-07-28T11:03:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-28T11:05:20.006683+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corning Q2 core sales up 17% to $4.74B, core EPS up 30% to $0.78; Amazon, NVIDIA deals

## Summary
- Core sales $4.74B (+17% YoY), core EPS $0.78 (+30% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.64, sales $4.51B.
- Optical Communications sales $2.07B (+32%), Enterprise Networks +65% driven by Gen AI.
- Amazon multiyear multibillion-dollar fiber/connectivity deal; NVIDIA partnership to expand U.S. optical capacity 10x.
- Q3 guidance: core sales $4.9-5.0B (+16% YoY), core EPS $0.85-0.89 (+28% YoY).
- Springboard Plan targets: $20B annualized run rate by end 2026, $30B by 2028, $40B by 2030.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000024741-26-000253
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLW
- cik: 0000024741
- company_name: CORNING INC /NY
- filed_at: 2026-07-28T11:03:07+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000253/0000024741-26-000253-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000002474126000253/glw-20260728.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024741-26-000253.txt

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