Facts You Need to Understand Corning Stock

By Tamara Parker • Thursday, December 14 17:49 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Industrials company Corning has moved 3.0% so far today on a volume of 5,302,928, compared to its average of 3,848,193. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Corning trades -5.94% away from its average analyst target price of $32.5 per share. The 10 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $28.0 to $40.0, and on average have given Corning a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in GLW, you'll want to know the following:

Corning has moved -9.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.8%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.68, Corning has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 45.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
GLW has a forward P/E ratio of 15.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.0 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.78 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Corning is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.19 compared to its sector average of 4.06
Corning Incorporated engages in the display technologies, optical communications, environmental technologies, specialty materials, and life sciences businesses worldwide.
Based in Corning, the company has 57,500 full time employees and a market cap of $26.08 Billion. Corning currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.7%.

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