Growth Metrics

Corning (GLW) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Corning (GLW) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.16% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 9.0% year-over-year to 0.16%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.16%, up 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.17%, 10.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.16% in Q4 2025 per GLW's latest filing, up from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.16% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.04% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 12bps in 2021, then decreased -10bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then tumbled by -45bps to 0.07% in 2022, then decreased by -20bps to 0.06% in 2023, then increased by 23bps to 0.07% in 2024, then surged by 127bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.16% in Q4 2025, 0.13% in Q3 2025, and 0.11% in Q2 2025.