Corning Incorporated [GLW] stock prices are up 1.58% to $33.33 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The GLW shares have lost -1.83% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.82%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Corning Incorporated [NYSE: GLW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 04, 2023, when Credit Suisse upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $36 for it. Previously, Fox Advisors downgraded its rating to Equal Weight on October 26, 2022. On August 17, 2022, Credit Suisse initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $36 on the stock. Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $37 on May 23, 2022. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and reduced its price target to $38 on May 11, 2022. Susquehanna upgraded its rating to Positive for this stock on January 28, 2022, and upped its price target to $50. In a note dated January 27, 2022, Goldman upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $38 to $50.
The stock price of Corning Incorporated [GLW] has been fluctuating between $28.98 and $38.71 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $37.74 within the next 12 months. Corning Incorporated [NYSE: GLW] shares were valued at $33.33 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 13.23% based on the average GLW price forecast.
Analyzing the GLW fundamentals
The most recent quarter, Corning Incorporated [NYSE:GLW] reported sales of 3.39 billion, representing a drop of -7.30%. Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +32.79% with Operating Margin at +12.44%, Pretax Margin comes in at +12.71%, and Net Margin reading is +9.31%.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 32.73 points at the first support level, and at 32.12 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 33.66, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 33.99.
Corning Incorporated [GLW] reported earnings per share of $0.47 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2022. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.44/share, meaning a difference of $0.03 and a surprise factor of 6.80%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2022 were $0.51 per share as compared to estimates of $0.51 per share, a difference of $0 representing a surprise of 0.00%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Corning Incorporated [NYSE:GLW]’s Current Ratio is 1.40. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.88, while the Cash Ratio is 0.32. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.94, the price to book ratio is 2.19 and the P/E (TTM) ratio is 21.69.
Transactions by insiders
Insider trading, which has resulted in 54 insider purchases of 126,661 shares and 27 insider sales of 137,060 shares in the past three months, is now the topic of our analysis. Recent insider trading involved Fang Li, President & GM, International, that happened on Mar 07 when 19909.0 shares were sold. Vice Chairman & Corp. Dev. Off, McRae Lawrence D completed a deal on Feb 27 to sell 41990.0 shares. Meanwhile, Senior VP & GM, Display Zhang John Z sold 5744.0 shares on Feb 16.