Corning Incorporated Q1 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Corning Incorporated Q1 2022 Earnings Summary

Overview: Corning reported strong Q1 2022 results with broad-based growth across segments, driven by pricing actions, volume increases, and the "More Corning" content strategy. Sales grew 15% YoY despite geopolitical and supply chain challenges. The company raised its full-year sales outlook and highlighted multiyear growth opportunities in Optical Communications, automotive glass, and pharmaceutical packaging.

Key Financial Highlights (vs. Q1 2021)

  • Sales: $3.7 billion (+15% YoY)
  • EPS (core): $0.54 (+20% YoY)
  • Net Income (core): $465 million (+16% YoY)
  • Free Cash Flow: $171 million
  • Gross Margin: 36.6% (+80 bps YoY; +10 bps sequentially)
  • Operating Margin: 17.6% (+50 bps YoY; +140 bps sequentially)
  • Share Repurchases: ~$150 million
  • Dividend: $0.27 per share (12.5% increase announced in January)

Segment Performance

  • Optical Communications: Sales $1.2 billion (+28% YoY); Net income $166 million (+50% YoY). Driven by 5G, broadband, and data center demand. Positioned for multiyear double-digit growth; potential +$1B/year from BEAD program starting 2023.

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Operator: Welcome to the Corning Incorporated's Quarter One 2021 (sic) [2022] Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] It is my pleasure to introduce you to Ann Nicholson, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Ann Nicholson: Thank you, Katherine, and good morning, everybody. Welcome to Corning’s first quarter 2022 earnings call. With me today are Wendell Weeks, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Ed Schlesinger, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer; and Jeff Evenson, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. I’d like to remind you that today’s remarks contain forward-looking statements that fall within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. These factors are detailed in the company’s financial reports. You should also note that we will be discussing our consolidated results using core performance measures, unless we specifically indicate our comments related to GAAP data. Our core performance measures are non-GAAP measures used by management to analyze the business. For the first quarter, the largest differences between our GAAP and core results stem from non-cash mark-to-market gains associated with the company’s currency hedging contracts and non-cash impairment charges. With respect to mark-to-market adjustments, GAAP accounting requires earnings translation hedge contracts and foreign

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