Investing
Payments for Capital Improvements
Corning Payments for Capital Improvements decreased by 23.1% to $332.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 59.6%, from $208.00M to $332.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Payments for Capital Improvements shows a downward trend with a -5.9% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ1 2018
Last reportedQ1 2026May 1, 2026
How to read this metric
Higher spending may indicate a strategic push to modernize infrastructure or expand capacity, while lower spending may suggest maintenance-only investment.
Detailed definition
Represents cash outflows for the acquisition or upgrade of physical assets, such as office equipment, technology infrast...
Peer comparison
Standard capital expenditure (CapEx) metric used to assess asset-light vs. asset-heavy business models.
Metric ID:
investing_payments_for_capital_improvementsHistorical Data
20 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 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $332.00M |
| 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% | -23.1% |
| 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% | +59.6% |
Range$208.00M – $623.00M
CAGR+0.5%
Avg YoY Growth+1.1%
Median YoY Growth-4.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Corning's payments for capital improvements?
- Corning (GLW) reported payments for capital improvements of $332.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Corning's payments for capital improvements changed year-over-year?
- Corning's payments for capital improvements increased by 59.6% year-over-year, from $208.00M to $332.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Corning's payments for capital improvements?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Corning's payments for capital improvements has grown at a -5.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.64B to $1.28B.
- What does payments for capital improvements mean?
- Cash spent on purchasing or upgrading long-term assets like technology and office equipment.