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Corning (GLW) Beats Q3 Earnings on Holistic Growth, View Up
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Corning Inc. (GLW - Free Report) delivered healthy third-quarter 2018 results driven by sales and profit growth in each of its businesses led by investment in innovation and capacity expansions.
Net Income
On a GAAP basis, net income improved significantly to $625 million or 67 cents per share from $390 million or 39 cents per share reported in the year-ago quarter primarily due to top-line growth and net gain in translated earnings contract.
Core earnings for the quarter came in at $476 million or 51 cents per share compared with $403 million or 40 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Adjusted earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents.
GAAP net sales were up 15.4% year over year to $3,008 million driven by revenue growth in all businesses, particularly Optical Communications, Environmental Technologies and Specialty Materials.
Quarterly core sales increased 15.6% year over year to $3,045 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,996 million.
Segmental Performance
The Display Technologies segment net sales were $852 million compared with $795 million, reflecting moderate pricing climate and continuation of the Gen 10.5 capacity ramp up. Net sales in Optical Communications increased 21.8% year over year to $1,117 million driven by solid demand from both data center and carrier customers as well as the acquisition of 3M’s Communication Markets Division.
Environmental Technologies segment net sales increased 19% to $331 million led by volume growth in all product categories as well as strong performance in manufacturing operations. The Specialty Materials segment net sales climbed 23% and topped the company’s expectation to $459 million driven by strong pull for glass innovations. The Life Sciences business net sales were up 4% to $231 million.
Operating Details
Despite 14.1% year-over-year rise in cost of sales to $1,776 million, operating income increased to $522 million from $442 million in the year-ago quarter owing to top-line growth. Gross profit increased to $1,232 million from $1,050 million. Core gross profit was $1,280 million compared with $1,087 million in the prior-year quarter, with respective margins of 42% and 41%.
Cash Flow and Liquidity
Corning generated $1,978 million of cash from operations in the first nine months of 2018 compared with $1,116 million recorded in the prior-year period.
As of Sep 30, 2018, the company had $1,903 million of cash and cash equivalents with long-term debt of $5,056 million.
2018 Outlook
Owing to excellent results in the third quarter, Corning expects solid performance for full-year 2018. The company anticipates exceeding $11.3 billion sales mark in 2018.
Optical Communications is likely to grow by a high-teens percentage year over year, while Environmental Technologies is expected to rise by mid-teens. In Display Technologies, glass market volume is likely to rise at mid-single-digit percentage as television screen size growth continues. For Specialty Materials, the company expects growth by a mid-single digit percentage year over year. Life Sciences’ sales are expected to increase by a mid-to-high single-digit percentage, continuing to outpace overall market growth.
In the third quarter, the company returned $542 million to shareholders as part of Capital Allocation Framework and remains well on track to deliver more than $12.5 billion to shareholders while investing $10 billion in growth opportunities by 2019.
Looking Forward
Corning is making encouraging progress on its focused portfolio objectives, remaining well poised to achieve its Strategy and Capital Allocation Framework goals. Standing at an inflection point, the company is gaining momentum. We remain impressed with the solid growth potential of the company.
Zacks Rank & Other Stocks to Consider
Corning currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Other top-ranked stocks in the industry include Turtle Beach Corp. (HEAR - Free Report) , Spirent Communications plc (SPMYY - Free Report) and Vocera Communications, Inc. . While Turtle Beach sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Spirent and Vocera carry a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
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Corning (GLW) Beats Q3 Earnings on Holistic Growth, View Up
Corning Inc. (GLW - Free Report) delivered healthy third-quarter 2018 results driven by sales and profit growth in each of its businesses led by investment in innovation and capacity expansions.
Net Income
On a GAAP basis, net income improved significantly to $625 million or 67 cents per share from $390 million or 39 cents per share reported in the year-ago quarter primarily due to top-line growth and net gain in translated earnings contract.
Core earnings for the quarter came in at $476 million or 51 cents per share compared with $403 million or 40 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Adjusted earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents.
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Revenues
GAAP net sales were up 15.4% year over year to $3,008 million driven by revenue growth in all businesses, particularly Optical Communications, Environmental Technologies and Specialty Materials.
Quarterly core sales increased 15.6% year over year to $3,045 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,996 million.
Segmental Performance
The Display Technologies segment net sales were $852 million compared with $795 million, reflecting moderate pricing climate and continuation of the Gen 10.5 capacity ramp up. Net sales in Optical Communications increased 21.8% year over year to $1,117 million driven by solid demand from both data center and carrier customers as well as the acquisition of 3M’s Communication Markets Division.
Environmental Technologies segment net sales increased 19% to $331 million led by volume growth in all product categories as well as strong performance in manufacturing operations. The Specialty Materials segment net sales climbed 23% and topped the company’s expectation to $459 million driven by strong pull for glass innovations. The Life Sciences business net sales were up 4% to $231 million.
Operating Details
Despite 14.1% year-over-year rise in cost of sales to $1,776 million, operating income increased to $522 million from $442 million in the year-ago quarter owing to top-line growth. Gross profit increased to $1,232 million from $1,050 million. Core gross profit was $1,280 million compared with $1,087 million in the prior-year quarter, with respective margins of 42% and 41%.
Cash Flow and Liquidity
Corning generated $1,978 million of cash from operations in the first nine months of 2018 compared with $1,116 million recorded in the prior-year period.
As of Sep 30, 2018, the company had $1,903 million of cash and cash equivalents with long-term debt of $5,056 million.
2018 Outlook
Owing to excellent results in the third quarter, Corning expects solid performance for full-year 2018. The company anticipates exceeding $11.3 billion sales mark in 2018.
Optical Communications is likely to grow by a high-teens percentage year over year, while Environmental Technologies is expected to rise by mid-teens. In Display Technologies, glass market volume is likely to rise at mid-single-digit percentage as television screen size growth continues. For Specialty Materials, the company expects growth by a mid-single digit percentage year over year. Life Sciences’ sales are expected to increase by a mid-to-high single-digit percentage, continuing to outpace overall market growth.
In the third quarter, the company returned $542 million to shareholders as part of Capital Allocation Framework and remains well on track to deliver more than $12.5 billion to shareholders while investing $10 billion in growth opportunities by 2019.
Looking Forward
Corning is making encouraging progress on its focused portfolio objectives, remaining well poised to achieve its Strategy and Capital Allocation Framework goals. Standing at an inflection point, the company is gaining momentum. We remain impressed with the solid growth potential of the company.
Zacks Rank & Other Stocks to Consider
Corning currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Other top-ranked stocks in the industry include Turtle Beach Corp. (HEAR - Free Report) , Spirent Communications plc (SPMYY - Free Report) and Vocera Communications, Inc. . While Turtle Beach sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Spirent and Vocera carry a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Turtle Beach, Spirent and Vocera have a long-term earnings growth expectation of 15%, 11% and 18.7%, respectively.
Today's Stocks from Zacks' Hottest Strategies
It's hard to believe, even for us at Zacks. But while the market gained +21.9% in 2017, our top stock-picking screens have returned +115.0%, +109.3%, +104.9%, +98.6% and +67.1%.
And this outperformance has not just been a recent phenomenon. Over the years it has been remarkably consistent. From 2000 - 2017, the composite yearly average gain for these strategies has beaten the market more than 19X over. Maybe even more remarkable is the fact that we're willing to share their latest stocks with you without cost or obligation.
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