Corning, Inc (NYSE:GLW) has a beta value of 1.03 and has seen 6.89 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $42.98B, closed the recent trade at $50.20 per share which meant it lost -$1.03 on the day or -2.00% during that session. The GLW stock price is -8.63% off its 52-week high price of $54.53 and 38.8% above the 52-week low of $30.72. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 6.61 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 4.74 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Corning, Inc (GLW) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.06. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 1 rate it as Overweight. 7 out of 14 have rated it as a Hold, with 6 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.48.
Corning, Inc (NYSE:GLW) trade information
Sporting -2.00% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the GLW stock price touched $50.20 or saw a rise of 8.91%. Year-to-date, Corning, Inc shares have moved 5.65%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -7.05%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Corning, Inc (NYSE:GLW) have changed 4.61%. Short interest in the company has seen 10.8 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.82.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $54, which means that the shares’ value could jump 7.04% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $50.0 while the price target rests at a high of $58.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -15.54% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 0.4% from the levels at last check today.
Corning, Inc (GLW) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Corning, Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 17.63% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 14.71%, compared to 25.80% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 5.55%.
3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 3.54B for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 3.78B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 3.26B and 3.6B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 8.80% for the current quarter and 5.55% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -9.80% over the past 5 years.
GLW Dividends
Corning, Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.12 at a share yield of 2.23%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 2.94%.
Corning, Inc (NYSE:GLW)’s Major holders
Insiders own 8.95% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 72.84% with a share float percentage of 79.99%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Corning, Inc having a total of 1719.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 98.17 million shares worth more than $3.81 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 11.5224% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 62.16 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $2.41 billion and represent 7.2954% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. As of Sep 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 2.85% shares in the company for having 24.43 shares of worth $1.24 billion while later fund manager owns 20.17 shares of worth $1.02 billion as of Sep 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 2.36% of company’s outstanding stock.
