CSCIF vs GLW vs ESI Stock Comparison

COSCIENS Biopharma, Corning and Element Solutions Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CSCIF COSCIENS Biopharma Inc.
$6.10 +1.3% 1M +140.2% 1Y
Market cap
$19.42M
P/E
4.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.89M
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
3 wins
GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$127.80 -18.4% 1M +46.2% 1Y
Market cap
$109.18B
P/E
57.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.96B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins
ESI Element Solutions Inc
$33.53 -6.1% 1M +28.1% 1Y
Market cap
$8.53B
P/E
41.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.49B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Corning leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Corning 5, COSCIENS Biopharma 3, Element Solutions 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSCIFGLWESILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $19.42M $109.18B $8.53B GLW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.8x 57.5x 41.6x CSCIF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 37.0x 19.5x ESI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -11.6% +19.4% +39.6% ESI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 51.4% 11.2% 5.9% CSCIF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.4% 5.4% GLW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.5x 3.2x GLW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +140.2% +46.2% +28.1% CSCIF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -36.5%/yr +29.3%/yr +8.7%/yr GLW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 210.2% 74.7% 46.8% ESI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 57/100 50/100 GLW

Percentile Scorecard

CSCIFGLWESI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCSCIFGLWESI
Valuation 16 #79 of 94 18 #77 of 94 38 #59 of 94
Growth 29 #66 of 92 99 #2 of 92 76 #23 of 92
Profitability 44 #50 of 89 81 #18 of 89 59 #37 of 89
Financial Health 78 #22 of 97 59 #40 of 97 46 #53 of 97
Shareholder Returns – 28 #51 of 70 30 #49 of 70
Overall 42 57 50
  • CSCIF ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • ESI ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCSCIFGLWESISPY
1 month +1.3%-18.4%-6.1% -0.8%
3 months +12.8%-10.8%-11.4% +3.5%
6 months +212.8%-23.9%-16.9% +7.0%
Year to date +196.1%+46.0%+34.2% +12.2%
1 year +140.2%+46.2%+28.1% +13.0%
3 years +0.3%+380.6%+86.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +0.1%+68.8%+23.1% +23.1%
5 years -89.7%+261.1%+51.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -36.5%+29.3%+8.7% +11.0%
10 years -98.5%+455.2%+349.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -34.5%+18.7%+16.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCSCIFGLWESISPY
Volatility, 1Y 210.2%74.7%46.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 204.0%75.7%47.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.973.032.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.670.620.60 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.8%-51.6%-40.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.0%-50.0%-31.7% -1.8%
52-week high $7.35$255.69$49.09 $779.14
52-week low $0.79$78.03$22.99 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCSCIFGLWESI
P/E now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 21.6x 58.0xmedian 21.6x 39.8xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.4x 6.5xmedian 1.4x 2.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.2xmedian 12.4x 28.8xmedian 12.4x 17.3xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.2xmedian 15.8x 46.0xmedian 15.8x 44.5xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.6x 8.4xmedian 1.6x 2.8xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -0.89median 1.66 1.33median 1.66 0.71median 1.66

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCSCIFGLWESI
Revenue $7.89M $16.96B $3.49B
Gross profit $3.00M $6.17B $1.28B
Operating income -$7.79M $2.60B $408.70M
Net income $4.05M $2.07B $205.20M
Free cash flow -$8.86M $2.40B $182.90M
R&D $1.99M $1.14B $80.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.28 $2.17 $0.84
Cash & equivalents $5.01M $2.50B $224.90M
Total debt – $8.47B $2.08B
Shares (diluted) 3.17M 875.00M 243.70M
Enterprise value -$10.75M $101.75B $7.31B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCSCIFGLWESI
P/E 4.8x 58.0x 39.8x
P/FCF -2.2x 46.0x 44.5x
P/Operating cash flow -2.2x 28.1x 28.7x
P/S 2.5x 6.5x 2.3x
P/B 1.3x 8.4x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 8.8x 4.3x
EV/EBITDA -2.2x 28.8x 17.3x
EV/EBIT -1.8x 44.7x 24.4x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 6.8x 2.9x
EV/FCF -1.6x 48.5x 54.6x
EV/Operating cash flow -1.6x 29.6x 35.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.89 1.33 0.71

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSCIFGLWESI
Revenue growth (1Y) -11.6% 19.4% 39.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -20.4% 8.4% 14.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -28.5% 24.9% 21.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -32.3% 15.6% 11.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 59.2% 51.7% 17.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -67.1% 39.6% 31.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 123.1% 128.4% -14.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 30.3% 44.1% 56.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 118.8% 129.3% -15.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.3% 43.7% 55.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 37.6% 79.5% -16.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -74.7% 27.4% -4.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 41.9% 100.6% -32.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -79.7% 111.0% -12.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSCIFGLWESI
Gross margin 38.0% 36.4% 36.6%
EBITDA margin -83.6% 23.8% 16.6%
Operating margin -98.8% 15.3% 11.7%
Pretax margin -87.2% 14.2% 9.0%
Net margin 51.4% 11.2% 5.9%
FCF margin -112.4% 14.1% 5.2%
Operating cash flow margin -111.2% 23.1% 8.1%
Return on equity 42.3% 16.3% 7.2%
Return on assets 20.1% 6.5% 3.5%
Return on invested capital – 10.4% 5.4%
Return on capital employed -42.2% 10.0% 7.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.2x 1.9x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 2.5% 2.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSCIFGLWESI
Debt / assets – 25.7% 35.5%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.5x 3.2x
Debt / FCF – 3.5x 11.4x
Liabilities / assets 18.7% 60.2% 50.7%
Equity / assets 81.3% 39.8% 49.3%
Interest coverage -54.1x 7.3x –
Current ratio 5.6x 1.8x 2.8x
Quick ratio 4.2x 0.9x 1.7x
Cash ratio 3.0x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.13 5.00 2.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSCIFGLWESI
Dividend yield – 0.9% 1.0%
Net buyback yield – -0.5% 0.5%
Shareholder yield – 0.4% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 47.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 41.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -0.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.9% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCSCIFGLWESI
Forward P/E – 37.0xFY2026 19.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.45FY2026 $1.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +36.9%FY2026 +15.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +24.1% +33.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $18.34BFY2026 $3.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +11.8%FY2026 +51.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +31.0% +2.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSCIFGLWESI
Held by institutions – 73.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 2,680 499
Change in shares held, QoQ – +3.5% +0.6%
Institutions buying – 1,474 269
Institutions selling – 949 176
Buyers to sellers – 1.55 1.53

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CSCIFGLWESI
CSCIF 1.00 -0.13 -0.14
GLW -0.13 1.00 0.56
ESI -0.14 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSCIF, GLW and ESI?

Corning (GLW) is the largest by market capitalisation: COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) $19.42M, Corning (GLW) $109.18B, Element Solutions (ESI) $8.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, CSCIF, GLW and ESI?

COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) 4.8x, Corning (GLW) 57.5x, Element Solutions (ESI) 41.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Element Solutions (ESI) is cheapest (Corning (GLW) 37.0x, Element Solutions (ESI) 19.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Element Solutions (ESI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) -11.6%, Corning (GLW) +19.4%, Element Solutions (ESI) +39.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) has the highest net margin (COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) 51.4%, Corning (GLW) 11.2%, Element Solutions (ESI) 5.9%). On return on invested capital, Corning (GLW) leads (Corning (GLW) 10.4%, Element Solutions (ESI) 5.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) returned the most: COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) +140.2%, Corning (GLW) +46.2%, Element Solutions (ESI) +28.1%. Over five years, Corning (GLW) compounded fastest (COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) -36.5%/yr, Corning (GLW) +29.3%/yr, Element Solutions (ESI) +8.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Corning (GLW) 0.01%, Element Solutions (ESI) 0.00%. COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) and Element Solutions (ESI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Element Solutions (ESI) has been the steadiest (COSCIENS Biopharma (CSCIF) 210.2%, Corning (GLW) 74.7%, Element Solutions (ESI) 46.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CSCIF, GLW and ESI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Corning (GLW) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.