Corning Incorporated Q2 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Corning Incorporated Q2 2024 Earnings Summary

Overview: Corning reported strong Q2 2024 results, returning to year-over-year growth and exceeding April guidance. Driven primarily by adoption of new optical connectivity products for generative AI. Sales reached $3.6 billion (vs. $3.4B guidance), up 11% sequentially from Q1 2024 and returning to YoY growth. Core EPS was $0.47 (vs. guidance), up 24% sequentially (more than double sales growth). Gross margin improved to 37.9% (+110 bps sequentially from Q1; +170 bps YoY). Operating margin expanded 190 bps vs. Q1. Free cash flow: $353 million. Company highlighted early outperformance on its Springboard growth plan.

Springboard Growth Plan

  • Plan targets >$3B in annualized incremental sales over next 3 years (high-confidence, probabilistically adjusted version of $5B internal plan by end-2026 / $8B by end-2028), with strong incremental profit and cash flow.
  • Base: Q4 2023 sales of $3.25B (~$13B annualized run rate). Q2 2024 sales imply $1.3B annualized incremental run rate; Q3 guidance implies $1.7B.
  • Key drivers: GenAI optical solutions, carrier inventory recovery + BEAD program (from 2025), larger TV screens, automotive glass (nearly triple by 2026), GPF adoption (US EPA regs, model year 2027+), solar supply chain via IRA.

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Operator: Welcome to the Corning Incorporated Quarter Two 2024 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] It is my pleasure to introduce to you, Ann Nicholson, Vice President of Investor Relations. Ann Nicholson: Thank you, and good morning, everybody. Welcome to Corning's second quarter 2024 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 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'll 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 second quarter, the difference between GAAP and core EPS, primarily reflected constant currency adjustments, translated earnings contract gains and translation gains on Japanese yen-denominated debt as well as restructuring and primarily non-cash asset write-off charges. As a reminder, GAAP mark-to-market accounting has no impact on our cash flow. A reconciliation of core results to the comparable GAAP value can be found in the In

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