We’ve come to take for granted that our smartphones and tablets will have quality glass displays that will be scratch resistant, break-resistant and touch responsive. And that’s exactly what Corning Inc. GLW promises with its glass substrates.
Corning is behind the displays in TVs, smartphones, etc. Receding inventory and stabilizing prices in the LCD TV market are positives for this business. It also offers cover glass in the form of Gorilla Glass and is expanding applications for this technology.
And that isn’t all; the company also offers fiber optics for communications networks, auto products for environmental compliance and other glass products for life science applications.
Corning has a strong history when it comes to recent earnings reports as the stock has beaten estimates in all the last four quarters.
Currently, Corning has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
However, the Zacks Rank could definitely change following the company’s fourth-quarter 2017 report which was just released. We have highlighted some of the key stats from this just-revealed announcement below:
Earnings: Corning’s core earnings of 49 cents per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimates of 47 cents but declined 2% from the year-ago quarter.
Revenues: Corning beat revenues, which at $2.739 billion was ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.633 billion. Revenues increased 7% on a year-over-year basis.
Key Stats: The revenue growth was driven by robust performance from Optical Communications (up 13%), Environmental Technologies (up 19%) and Specialty Material (up 17%).
Corning Incorporated Price
Stock Price: Shares are up almost 1.5% in the pre-market session.
Check back for our full write up on this Corning earnings report later!
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