Corning Incorporated Q3 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Corning Inc. (GLW) Q3 2022 Earnings Summary

Overall Performance: Solid execution in a challenging macro environment. Sales of $3.7 billion, up 1% YoY vs. Q3 2021. Core EPS of $0.51. Portfolio balance and "More Corning" strategy helped offset Display weakness with growth in Optical Communications and solar-related businesses. Free cash flow of $255 million in Q3 and $866 million YTD, on track for full-year target of $1.3–1.5 billion.

Key Segment Results (YoY Comparisons to Q3 2021)

  • Optical Communications: Sales $1.3 billion (+16%), net income $183 million (+32%). Driven by 5G, broadband, and cloud investments. Passive optical networks seeing multi-year growth.
  • Display Technologies: Sales down 28% YoY and 22% sequentially. Net income down 46% YoY and 41% sequentially. Panel maker utilization hit lowest level since Q4 2008; glass pricing remained stable sequentially.
  • Specialty Materials: Sales down 7% YoY (outperformed smartphone market decline of 14%). Up 7% sequentially due to premium cover materials and semiconductor strength. Net income $96 million (-10% YoY).
  • Environmental Technologies: Sales $425 million (+10% YoY, +19% sequentially). Net income up 45% YoY. Outperforming auto market despite production constraints.

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Operator: Welcome to the Corning Inc. Third Quarter 2022 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. Welcome to Corning's Q3 2022 Earnings Call. With me today are Wendell Weeks, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Ed Schlesinger, Executive Vice President and 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'll 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 third quarter, the primary difference between GAAP and core EPS was from primarily noncash charges associated with capacity optimization and noncash mark-to-market adjustments associated with the company's currency hedging contracts. This increased core earnings in the third quarter by $234 million. To be clear, these charges and mark-to-market accounting have no impact on our cash fl

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