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Corning (GLW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Corning filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 9.81% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 406.0% to 9.81% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 9.81%, a 406.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 9.6%, up 471.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 9.81% in Q1 2026 for Corning, up from 9.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 9.81% in Q1 2026 to a low of 3.3% in Q2 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 5.75% (2025), compared with a mean of 6.06%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -464bps in 2023 and later skyrocketed 487bps in 2025.
  • Corning's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.01% in 2022, then plummeted by -38bps to 3.7% in 2023, then soared by 33bps to 4.91% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 87bps to 9.18% in 2025, then grew by 7bps to 9.81% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 9.81% (Q1 2026), 9.18% (Q4 2025), and 8.42% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.