Growth Metrics

Corning (GLW) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Corning filings provide 18 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 15.42% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 253.0% to 15.42% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 15.15%, a 540.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 14.58%, up 593.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 15.42% in Q1 2026 for Corning, down from 15.94% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 15.94% in Q4 2025 to a low of 2.52% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 9.35% (2023), compared with a mean of 10.34%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -1061bps in 2022 and later soared 912bps in 2025.
  • Corning's Operating Margin stood at 2.52% in 2022, then grew by 3bps to 2.61% in 2023, then soared by 331bps to 11.23% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 42bps to 15.94% in 2025, then fell by -3bps to 15.42% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 15.42% (Q1 2026), 15.94% (Q4 2025), and 14.37% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.