Growth Metrics

Corning (GLW) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Corning filings provide 18 years of Change in Inventory readings, the most recent being $232.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory rose 58.9% to $232.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $329.0 million, a 42.42% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $243.0 million, up 42.11% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory hit $232.0 million in Q1 2026 for Corning, up from -$23.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $277.0 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$115.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • Median Change in Inventory over the past 5 years was $37.0 million (2024), compared with a mean of $59.5 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: crashed 470.97% in 2022 and later surged 2966.67% in 2025.
  • Corning's Change in Inventory stood at -$115.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 77.39% to -$26.0 million in 2023, then surged by 242.31% to $37.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 162.16% to -$23.0 million in 2025, then skyrocketed by 1108.7% to $232.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Inventory were $232.0 million (Q1 2026), -$23.0 million (Q4 2025), and $28.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.