Corning Incorporated (GLW) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.28K Followers Follow Corning Incorporated ( GLW ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 28, 2026 8:30 AM EDT Company Participants Christopher Keenan - Director of Investor Relations Wendell Weeks - Chairman, President & CEO Edward Schlesinger - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Asiya Merchant - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Joshua Spector - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division George Notter - Wolfe Research, LLC Wamsi Mohan - BofA Securities, Research Division Joseph Cardoso - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Meta Marshall - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Mehdi Hosseini - Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP, Research Division Presentation Operator Welcome to the Corning Incorporated Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. It is my pleasure to introduce to you, Chris Keenan, Director of Investor Relations. Christopher Keenan Director of Investor Relations Thank you, Carmen. Good morning, and welcome to Corning's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. With me today are Wendell Weeks, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President; and Ed Schlesinger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. I'd like to remind you that today's remarks contain forward-looking statements that fall within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. These factors are detailed in the company's financial reports. You should also note that we will be discussing our consolidated results using core performance measures, unless we specifically indicate our comments relate to GAAP data. Our core performance measures are non-GAAP measures used by management to analyze the business. For the second quarter, differences between GAAP and core EPS principally reflects adjustments for hedged exposures along with largely noncash discrete tax items and restructuring and impairment charges. A reconciliation of core results to the comparable GAAP value can be found in