Investing
CapEx
Corning CapEx increased by 29.3% to $432.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 70.1%, from $254.00M to $432.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), CapEx shows a downward trend with a -5.9% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryGrowth
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ4 2013
Last reportedQ4 2025
How to read this metric
An increase signals growth investment or infrastructure modernization; a decrease might suggest cost-cutting or a transition to an asset-light model.
Detailed definition
Funds used by a company to acquire, upgrade, and maintain physical assets such as property, plants, buildings, technolog...
Peer comparison
Hardware-focused tech firms typically have higher CapEx relative to revenue than pure software companies due to manufacturing and supply chain needs.
Metric ID:
cf_capital_expendituresHistorical Data
19 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $324.00M | $401.00M | $623.00M | $383.00M | $353.00M | $465.00M | $403.00M | $382.00M | $388.00M | $341.00M | $279.00M | $252.00M | $242.00M | $217.00M | $254.00M | $208.00M | $308.00M | $334.00M | $432.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +23.8% | +55.4% | -38.5% | -7.8% | +31.7% | -13.3% | -5.2% | +1.6% | -12.1% | -18.2% | -9.7% | -4.0% | -10.3% | +17.1% | -18.1% | +48.1% | +8.4% | +29.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +9.0% | +16.0% | -35.3% | -0.3% | +9.9% | -26.7% | -30.8% | -34.0% | -37.6% | -36.4% | -9.0% | -17.5% | +27.3% | +53.9% | +70.1% |
Range$208.00M – $623.00M
CAGR+6.6%
Avg YoY Growth-2.8%
Median YoY Growth-9.0%
Current Streak3 quarters growth
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Corning's capex?
- Corning (GLW) reported capex of $432.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Corning's capex changed year-over-year?
- Corning's capex increased by 70.1% year-over-year, from $254.00M to $432.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Corning's capex?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Corning's capex has grown at a -5.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.64B to $1.28B.
- What does capex mean?
- The money spent on long-term physical assets like machinery, data centers, and office buildings.