---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-028803"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLW"
cik: "0000024741"
company_name: "CORNING INC /NY"
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T14:52:59.248966+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corning Q3 core EPS $0.45 flat QoQ; Q4 core sales guide ~$3.25B

## Summary
- Core sales $3.46B flat QoQ; GAAP sales $3.17B down 2% QoQ. Core gross margin 37% +80bps QoQ.
- Core EPS $0.45 unchanged QoQ; GAAP EPS $0.19 down 42% QoQ. Free cash flow $466M +$156M QoQ.
- Q4 outlook: core sales ~$3.25B, core EPS $0.37-0.42, similar gross margin, strong FCF expected.
- Display pricing and productivity drove margin expansion despite weak demand across markets.
- CEO highlights 'More Corning' content wins including color-infused glass for iPhone 15.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-028803
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLW
- cik: 0000024741
- company_name: CORNING INC /NY
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000143774923028803/0001437749-23-028803-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000143774923028803/glw20230807_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CORNING INC /NY reported financial results for third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The Corning Incorporated press release dated October 24, 2023 regarding its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000143774923028803/0001437749-23-028803-index.htm

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