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Corning: Buy or Sell After Q3 Report?

Posted Nov 1st 2010 6:00PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Corning Inc (GLW)

Corning Incorporated (GLW) issued Q3 numbers earlier today. The market decided to give the stock a boost after digesting the data, but results were somewhat mixed.

The press release says that adjusted profit increased over 20% to 51 cents per share. This was in comparison to last year's performance. On a sequential basis, per-share income actually declined 12%. Also, according to this summary from Briefing.com, expectations were set at 52 cents per share. If only the management team could have delivered an extra penny or two. Can't always happen, my investing friends.

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Chasing Value: Corning Gorilla Glass

Posted Aug 3rd 2010 2:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Management, Corning Inc (GLW), Chasing Value™

In between the world of tech stocks and companies that employ technology is Corning Inc. (GLW). In between the world you see on hand held devices, computers, and flat screen televisions and the world within is Corning's Gorilla Glass.

Oddly this is not a new product; it was developed 48 years ago. It is thin, light weight, very strong and scratch resistant. It seems that new uses are being discovered every day, and those uses are in products that are in high growth mode. Today there is an expanding array of touch screens and flats-screens.

How big is this opportunity, and will it ignite Corning stock value?

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With Owens-Illinois, the message in a bottle is an income statement

Posted Feb 21st 2008 6:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Stocks to Buy

Readers of this space know that the investment bias is toward large-cap companies with demonstrated business models and who have a competitive advantage in established markets, preferably with a favorable global trend as a support. And with the above in mind, Owens-Illinois is worth an evaluation.

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) is the world's largest maker of glass containers. Owens makes a variety of containers, including bottles in a wide range of shapes and sizes used to hold beer, soft drinks, liquor, wine, juice, and other beverages.

Analysts really like Owens' market-leading positions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. Analysts also like OI's blue-chip clientele list.

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