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FCF Margin for Corning (GLW)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

9.2%

YoY change

+1.62pp

Trough year (2002)

-19.6%

Peak year (2010)

42.6%

FCF Margin history chart for Corning (GLW) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 9.0%

FCF Margin change chart for Corning (GLW) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +1.62pp

FCF Margin history table for Corning (GLW) from 1989 to 2025

  • 20259.0%+1.62pp
  • 20247.4%+2.54pp
  • 20234.9%-2.24pp
  • 20227.1%-5.48pp
  • 202112.6%+5.50pp
  • 20207.1%+6.72pp
  • 20190.4%-5.61pp
  • 20186.0%+4.02pp
  • 20172.0%-12.84pp
  • 201614.8%-2.30pp
  • 201517.1%-20.28pp
  • 201437.4%+14.78pp
  • 201322.6%+5.08pp
  • 201217.5%+7.94pp
  • 20119.6%-33.05pp
  • 201042.6%+20.64pp
  • 200922.0%+18.52pp
  • 20083.5%-10.34pp
  • 200713.8%+1.82pp
  • 200612.0%+3.57pp
  • 20058.4%+4.49pp
  • 20043.9%+11.48pp
  • 2003-7.5%+12.09pp
  • 2002-19.6%-13.82pp
  • 2001-5.8%-4.37pp
  • 2000-1.4%+1.94pp
  • 1999-3.4%+4.99pp
  • 1998-8.4%-6.66pp
  • 1997-1.7%+3.79pp
  • 1996-5.5%-9.33pp
  • 19953.8%+3.51pp
  • 19940.3%-3.34pp
  • 19933.7%+0.48pp
  • 19923.2%-1.67pp
  • 19914.8%+5.22pp
  • 1990-0.4%-2.48pp
  • 19892.1%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Corning's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Corning (GLW)

According to Corning's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 9.2%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Corning (GLW) free cash flow margin is 9.04% – expanded 1.6 percentage points year-over-year.

2010 marks the peak free cash flow margin at 42.64%, with the historical low of -19.63% recorded in 2002.

Corning FCF Margin by Year

Corning FCF Margin 2025: 9.0%

In 2025, Corning reported free cash flow margin of 9.04%, expanded 1.6 percentage points from 2024.

Corning FCF Margin 2024: 7.4%

Corning free cash flow margin in 2024 was 7.42%, expanded 2.5 percentage points from 2023.

Corning FCF Margin 2023: 4.9%

2023's free cash flow margin for Corning came in at 4.89%, contracted 2.2 percentage points from 2022.

Corning FCF Margin 2022: 7.1%

Corning posted free cash flow margin of 7.13% in 2022, contracted 5.5 percentage points from 2021.

Corning FCF Margin 2021: 12.6%

Corning free cash flow margin in 2021 was 12.60%.

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