Corning Incorporated Q4 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Corning Incorporated (GLW) Q4 2023 Earnings Summary

Key Highlights (vs. Q4 2022 unless noted):

  • Sales: $3.3 billion (down >$350 million YoY); Full-year sales $13.6 billion (down 8% YoY, reflecting markets below long-term trends).
  • EPS: $0.39 (in line with expectations).
  • Gross Margin: 37% (up 330 basis points YoY despite lower sales; consistent with Q3 2023).
  • Free Cash Flow: $487 million (up $110 million YoY); Improved conversion expected to continue.
  • Full-year actions restored productivity to historical levels and offset inflation via pricing, driving profitability gains.

Segment Performance (Q4 2023, sequential changes unless noted)

  • Optical Communications: Sales $903 million (down 2%); Net income $88 million (down 3%). Inventory drawdowns by carriers continued; hyperscale orders grew with early AI-related builds.
  • Display Technologies: Sales $869 million (down 11%); Volume down in line with market; Double-digit price increases executed in H2 2023. Q1 2024 glass prices expected flat vs. Q4 2023.
  • Specialty Materials: Sales $473 million (down 16%); Net income $58 million (down 19%). Followed strong Q3 smartphone launches.

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Operator: Welcome to the Corning Incorporated Quarter Four 2023 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] It is my pleasure to introduce to you Ann Nicholson, Vice President of Invest Relations. Ann Nicholson: Thank you, Shannon, and good morning. Welcome to Corning's fourth quarter 2023 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 relate 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 primarily reflected constant currency adjustments, realized gains and unrealized non-cash mark-to-market losses on translated earnings contracts and non-cash translation losses on Japanese yen denominated debt as well as restructuring and asset write-off charges. As a reminder, these mark-to-market accounting

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