secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CORNING INC /NY (GLW)
CIK:        0000024741
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-010959
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Corning Q1 core sales $3.4B, core EPS $0.41; guides Q2 core sales $3.4-3.6B
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- Q1 GAAP sales $3.18B, core sales $3.4B, both down 7% sequentially; core EPS $0.41 vs $0.47 Q4 2022.
- Gross and operating margins improved 160 and 150 bps sequentially to 35.2% and 15.5% despite lower sales.
- Display Technologies volume increased late in Q1 as China conditions improved; Optical Communications sales down 6% sequentially.
- Q2 outlook: core sales $3.4-3.6B, core EPS $0.42-0.49; sequential improvement expected across sales, profitability, and cash flow.
- Free cash flow negative $383M due to normal cyclicality and lower sales; management focused on profitability and cash flow.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000143774923010959/0001437749-23-010959-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000143774923010959/glw20221229_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-010959

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