GLW vs KOP vs WFG Stock Comparison

Corning, Koppers Holdings and West Fraser Timber Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$128.89 -18.8% 1M +42.8% 1Y
Market cap
$105.92B
P/E
49.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.72B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
7 wins
KOP Koppers Holdings Inc.
$41.83 -9.3% 1M +43.0% 1Y
Market cap
$789.13M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.89B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Corning leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Corning 7, Koppers Holdings 2, West Fraser Timber 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGLWKOPWFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $105.92B $789.13M $5.23B GLW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 49.3x -9.1x -4.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 37.4x 10.9x — KOP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.8% -5.0% -7.1% GLW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.1% -4.6% -20.4% GLW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.0% -2.7% -18.0% GLW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 23.6x 2.1x GLW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +42.8% +43.0% +9.9% KOP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.4%/yr +3.6%/yr -3.1%/yr GLW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.5% 35.6% 33.2% WFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 48/100 35/100 GLW

Percentile Scorecard

GLWKOPWFG

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

AxisGLWKOPWFG
Valuation 23 #73 of 94 74 #25 of 94 46 #157 of 289
Growth 96 #5 of 92 28 #67 of 92 9 #244 of 268
Profitability 85 #14 of 86 40 #52 of 86 20 #189 of 237
Financial Health 60 #38 of 93 17 #77 of 93 38 #180 of 288
Shareholder Returns 33 #48 of 71 79 #16 of 71 60 #83 of 206
Overall 59 48 35
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • KOP ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • WFG ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGLWKOPWFGSPY
1 month -18.8%-9.3%-3.6% +0.7%
3 months -4.8%-14.8%+7.1% +3.7%
6 months -21.5%+2.4%+7.8% +7.1%
Year to date +47.2%+54.5%+11.6% +12.8%
1 year +42.8%+43.0%+9.9% +11.9%
3 years +383.5%+15.1%+1.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +69.2%+4.8%+0.5% +22.8%
5 years +262.4%+19.2%-14.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +29.4%+3.6%-3.1% +10.9%
10 years +468.3%+29.5%+98.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +19.0%+2.6%+7.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGLWKOPWFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.5%35.6%33.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 75.3%36.3%31.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.030.960.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.571.210.30 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.6%-58.8%-43.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -49.6%-20.1%-11.0% -1.2%
52-week high $255.69$52.33$76.69 $779.14
52-week low $78.03$26.67$57.91 $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.

MultipleGLWKOPWFG
P/E now vs peer median 51.7xmedian 21.0x -9.2xmedian 21.0x -5.0xmedian 17.6x
P/S now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 1.4x 0.4xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 12.9x 45.4xmedian 12.9x 32.7xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 45.1xmedian 15.5x 5.7xmedian 15.5x -11.4xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 1.7x 2.0xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.97median 1.68 0.20median 1.68 -1.67median 0.78

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 monthsGLWKOPWFG
Revenue $17.72B $1.89B $5.30B
Gross profit $6.46B $423.40M $1.30B
Operating income $2.92B -$42.30M -$1.31B
Net income $2.35B -$86.90M -$1.08B
Free cash flow $2.46B $138.70M -$472.00M
R&D $1.18B – –
EPS (diluted) $2.47 $-4.54 $-13.64
Cash & equivalents $2.54B $40.70M $203.00M
Total debt $8.23B $897.60M $578.00M
Shares (diluted) 871.00M 19.13M 79.16M
Enterprise value $97.59B $629.73M $4.67B

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
MetricGLWKOPWFG
P/E 51.7x -9.2x -5.0x
P/FCF 45.1x 5.7x -11.4x
P/Operating cash flow 26.5x 4.1x –
P/S 6.3x 0.4x 1.0x
P/B 7.8x 2.0x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 2.7x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 26.5x 45.4x 32.7x
EV/EBIT 40.0x -39.0x -4.4x
EV/Revenue 6.6x 0.9x 1.1x
EV/FCF 47.4x 11.9x -12.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.8x 8.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.97 0.20 -1.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGLWKOPWFG
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.8% -5.0% -7.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.9% -3.5% -9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.4% -0.3% -10.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.0% 2.9% -14.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 46.0% -134.6% -307.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 48.2% -30.9% -108.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 57.2% -675.5% -465.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 53.6% -44.9% -116.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 56.9% -708.8% -327.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 53.6% -46.9% 3.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 85.0% 44.4% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.0% 34.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 111.8% 92.9% 13.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.0% 83.6% 0.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGLWKOPWFG
Gross margin 36.5% 22.4% 24.6%
EBITDA margin 24.9% 1.9% 3.3%
Operating margin 16.5% -2.2% -24.7%
Pretax margin 15.9% -5.2% -25.6%
Net margin 12.1% -4.6% -20.4%
FCF margin 13.9% 7.3% -8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 23.7% 10.1% –
Return on equity 17.1% -18.6% -20.3%
Return on assets 7.0% -4.8% –
Return on invested capital 11.0% -2.7% -18.0%
Return on capital employed 10.8% -2.8% –
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.1x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x -2.2x –
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGLWKOPWFG
Debt / assets 24.1% 52.1% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 2.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 23.6x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 3.3x 6.5x -1.2x
Liabilities / assets 58.1% 77.5% –
Equity / assets 41.9% 22.5% –
Interest coverage 8.0x -0.7x -42.2x
Current ratio 1.7x 2.3x –
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.9x –
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x –
Altman Z-score 5.04 1.97 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGLWKOPWFG
Dividend yield 0.9% 0.8% 1.9%
Net buyback yield -0.5% 6.5% –
Shareholder yield 0.4% 7.4% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 43.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 41.1% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.2% – –

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.

ConsensusGLWKOPWFG
Forward P/E 37.4xFY2026 10.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.45FY2026 $3.83FY2026 $-4.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +36.9%FY2026 -5.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +24.1% +23.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.34BFY2026 $1.85BFY2026 $5.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.8%FY2026 -1.6%FY2026 +6.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +31.0% +2.4% +9.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGLWKOPWFG
Held by institutions 73.0% 100.0% 49.7%
Institutions holding 2,684 219 166
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.5% +1.7% +3.1%
Institutions buying 1,477 108 79
Institutions selling 950 66 55
Buyers to sellers 1.55 1.64 1.44

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.

GLWKOPWFG
GLW 1.00 0.15 0.00
KOP 0.15 1.00 0.24
WFG 0.00 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GLW, KOP and WFG?

Corning (GLW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Corning (GLW) $105.92B, Koppers Holdings (KOP) $789.13M, West Fraser Timber (WFG) $5.23B.

Which company is growing faster?

Corning (GLW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Corning (GLW) +18.8%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) -5.0%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -7.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corning (GLW) has the highest net margin (Corning (GLW) 12.1%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) -4.6%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -20.4%). On return on invested capital, Corning (GLW) leads (Corning (GLW) 11.0%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) -2.7%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -18.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Koppers Holdings (KOP) returned the most: Corning (GLW) +42.8%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) +43.0%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) +9.9%. Over five years, Corning (GLW) compounded fastest (Corning (GLW) +29.4%/yr, Koppers Holdings (KOP) +3.6%/yr, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -3.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Corning (GLW) 0.01%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) 0.00%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) 0.00%. Koppers Holdings (KOP) and West Fraser Timber (WFG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, West Fraser Timber (WFG) has been the steadiest (Corning (GLW) 74.5%, Koppers Holdings (KOP) 35.6%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) 33.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GLW, KOP and WFG?

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 7. 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.