Corning Incorporated Q4 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Corning Incorporated Q4 & FY 2022 Earnings Summary

Financial Highlights

  • Q4 2022: Sales of $3.6 billion and core EPS of $0.47, both at the high end of guidance. Gross margin 34% (down 250 bps sequentially from Q3). Operating margin 14% (down 290 bps sequentially).
  • FY 2022 vs FY 2021: Sales grew 5% to $14.8 billion; core EPS grew 1% to $2.09. Gross margin 36%; free cash flow $1.24 billion. Outperformed consumer-facing end markets despite recession-level demand in ~half of sales (cars, TVs, smartphones, laptops/tablets).
  • Key actions in Q4: Raised prices in Optical Communications and Life Sciences; adjusted productivity ratios toward historical levels; reduced inventory by $115 million. Benefits expected to improve margins and cash flow throughout 2023.

Segment Performance (Q4 & FY 2022)

  • Optical Communications: Q4 sales $1.2B (down $122M seq); net income $130M (down $53M seq). FY record sales $5B (+15% YoY); net income $661M (+20% YoY). Driven by broadband, 5G, and cloud demand.
  • Display: Q4 sales $783M (+14% seq); net income $171M (+28% seq). FY sales $3.3B and net income $769M (both down YoY due to industry correction). Glass price stable vs Q3 and vs 2021 full year.

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Operator: Welcome to the Corning Incorporated Fourth 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, Crystal, and good morning, everybody. Welcome to Corning's fourth quarter 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 are related to GAAP data. Our core performance measures are non-GAAP measures used by management to analyze the business. For the fourth quarter, the difference between GAAP and core EPS stemmed primarily from restructuring charges as well as noncash mark-to-market adjustments associated with the company's currency hedging contracts and foreign debt. In total, these increased core earnings in the fourth quarter by $256 million. As a reminder, the mark-to-market accou

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