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GLW· NYSE· Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire
- Market cap
- –
- P/FCF
- –
- EV/Sales
- –
- FCF margin
- –
- ROIC, 5 yr avg
- –
- Revenue, 5 yr CAGR
- +6.7%
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Company statistics
Profile · FY2025
- Market cap
- –
- Enterprise value
- –
- Diluted shares
- 871.0M
- Revenue
- $15.6B
- Free cash flow
- –
- Owner earnings
- –
Valuation · FY2025
- P/E
- –
- P/FCF
- –
- P/Owner earnings
- –
- EV/Sales
- –
- EV/FCF
- –
- P/B
- –
Margins · FY2025
- Gross
- 36.0%
- Operating
- 14.6%
- Net
- 10.2%
- Free cash flow
- –
- Owner earnings
- –
- Stock pay
- 1.8%
Returns
- ROIC, FY2025
- –
- ROIC, 5 yr avg
- –
- ROE, FY2025
- 13.5%
- ROE, 5 yr avg
- 9.9%
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue, 3 yr
- 3.3%
- Revenue, 5 yr
- 6.7%
- Revenue, 9 yr
- 5.8%
- Diluted EPS, 3 yr
- 5.9%
- Diluted EPS, 5 yr
- 27.6%
- Diluted EPS, 9 yr
- -6.1%
- Free cash flow, 3 yr
- –
- Free cash flow, 5 yr
- –
- Free cash flow, 9 yr
- –
Financial health · FY2025
- Cash and investments
- $1.5B
- Total debt
- –
- Net cash
- –
- Debt/Equity
- –
- Debt/FCF
- –
Shareholder returns · FY2025
- Dividend yield
- –
- Payout ratio
- –
- Buyback yield
- –
- Shareholder yield
- –
- Share count, 5 yr
- 2.4%
Financials: ten years from the 10-Ks
Revenue
$15.6B
+5.8% a year over 9 years
FY2016FY2025
Margins
Gross36.0%Operating14.6%Net10.2%
FY2025
FY2016FY2025
Diluted shares
871.0M
-23.9% over 9 years, net buybacks
FY2016FY2025
Every figure, year by year
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The business | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $9.4B | $10.1B | $11.3B | $11.5B | $11.3B | $14.1B | $14.2B | $12.6B | $13.1B | $15.6B |
| Revenue growth | – | 7.7% | 11.6% | 1.9% | -1.7% | 24.6% | 0.8% | -11.3% | 4.2% | 19.1% |
| Gross margin | 40.1% | 39.7% | 39.5% | 35.1% | 31.2% | 36.0% | 31.8% | 31.2% | 32.6% | 36.0% |
| Operating margin | 15.2% | 15.9% | 14.0% | 11.4% | 4.5% | 15.0% | 10.1% | 7.1% | 8.7% | 14.6% |
| Net income | $3.7B | -$497.0M | $1.1B | $960.0M | $512.0M | $1.9B | $1.3B | $581.0M | $506.0M | $1.6B |
| Net margin | 39.4% | -4.9% | 9.4% | 8.3% | 4.5% | 13.5% | 9.3% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 10.2% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.23 | $-0.66 | $1.13 | $1.07 | $0.54 | $1.28 | $1.54 | $0.68 | $0.58 | $1.83 |
| Return on invested capital? | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cash | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $2.5B | $2.0B | $2.9B | $2.0B | $2.2B | $3.4B | $2.6B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $2.7B |
| Capital expenditure | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Free cash flow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Stock-based compensation | $42.0M | $46.0M | $51.0M | $56.0M | $207.0M | $190.0M | $175.0M | $218.0M | $273.0M | $286.0M |
| Owner earnings? | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Free cash flow per share | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Share repurchases | $4.2B | $2.5B | $2.2B | $940.0M | $105.0M | $274.0M | $221.0M | – | $165.0M | $163.0M |
| Diluted shares | 1.14B | 895.0M | 941.0M | 899.0M | 772.0M | 844.0M | 857.0M | 859.0M | 869.0M | 871.0M |
| Share count change? | -14.8% | -21.8% | 5.1% | -4.5% | -14.1% | 9.3% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $5.3B | $4.3B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.7B | $2.1B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.5B |
| Short-term investments | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net debt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shareholders' equity | $17.9B | $15.7B | $13.8B | $12.9B | $13.3B | $12.3B | $12.0B | $11.6B | $10.7B | $11.8B |
Latest filings
| 2026-10-29 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-10-27 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-07-29 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-07-28 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-05-01 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
| 2026-04-28 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2026-03-20 | DEF 14A | Proxy statement |
| 2026-02-12 | 10-K | Annual report |
| 2026-01-28 | 8-K | Earnings release |
| 2025-10-31 | 10-Q | Quarterly report |
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