Growth Metrics

Corning (GLW) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Corning's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.15% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 9.0% year-over-year to 0.15%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.15%, up 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.15%, 10.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.15% in Q4 2025 per GLW's latest filing, up from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.15% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.02% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.07% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: grew 11bps in 2021, then fell -6bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.09% in 2021, then increased by 28bps to 0.12% in 2022, then tumbled by -53bps to 0.05% in 2023, then fell by -4bps to 0.05% in 2024, then surged by 178bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GLW's Return on Equity are 0.15% (Q4 2025), 0.13% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).