Financing
Share Buybacks
Corning Share Buybacks decreased by 80.0% to $5.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 83.3%, from $30.00M to $5.00M.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2013
Last reportedQ4 2025Feb 12, 2026
How to read this metric
High repurchases often signal management's confidence in the company's valuation or a strategy to improve earnings per share.
Detailed definition
The cash outflow associated with the company buying back its own shares from the open market. This is a primary method f...
Peer comparison
Common among mature, cash-generative companies; peers in the healthcare sector often balance this with R&D investment.
Metric ID:
share_repurchasesHistorical Data
12 periods
| Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $21.00M | $252.00M | $149.00M | $52.00M | $20.00M | $0.00 | $30.00M | $30.00M | $100.00M | $33.00M | $25.00M | $5.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | >999% | -40.9% | -65.1% | -61.5% | -100.0% | — | +0.0% | +233.3% | -67.0% | -24.2% | -80.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -4.8% | -100.0% | — | — | — | — | -16.7% | -83.3% |
Range$0.00 – $252.00M
CAGR-40.7%
Avg YoY Growth-51.2%
Median YoY Growth-50.0%
Current Streak3 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Corning's share buybacks?
- Corning (GLW) reported share buybacks of $5.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Corning's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- Corning's share buybacks decreased by 83.3% year-over-year, from $30.00M to $5.00M.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- Cash spent by the company to buy back its own stock.