Corning Incorporated Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Corning Q1 2026 Earnings Summary

Key Financial Highlights

  • Sales: $4.35 billion, +18% year-over-year (vs. Q1 2025); +33% vs. Q4 2023 Springboard baseline.
  • EPS (core): $0.70, +30% year-over-year (vs. Q1 2025); +79% vs. Q4 2023 baseline.
  • Operating Margin: 20.2%, expanded +220 basis points year-over-year; +390 basis points vs. Q4 2023.
  • Gross Margin: 39.1%, +120 basis points year-over-year.
  • ROIC: 13.5%, +190 basis points year-over-year; +470 basis points vs. Q4 2023.
  • Free Cash Flow: $188 million (robust performance).
  • Overall: Eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales growth; strong outperformance led by Optical Communications and Solar.

Business Segment Performance

  • Optical Communications: Sales $1.8 billion (+36% YoY), net income $387 million (+93% YoY). Enterprise and Carrier both +36% YoY, driven by Gen AI demand and fiber-to-the-home recovery (carrier run rates up ~50% since Springboard start). New multiyear agreements (up to $6B each) signed with Meta and two additional hyperscalers.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would like now to turn the conference over to Chris Keenan, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Unknown Executive: Thank you, and good morning. Welcome to Corning's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. With me today are Wendell Weeks, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Ed Schlesinger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 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 relate to GAAP data. Our core performance measures are non-GAAP measures used by management to analyze the business. For the first quarter, differences between GAAP and core EPS include constant currency adjustments as well as primarily noncash items, including acquisition-related costs, discrete tax items and other tax-related adjustments and restructuring impairment and other charges and credits. A reconciliation of core results to the

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