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GLW (Corning) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.38 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Corning Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Corning's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $421 Mil. Corning's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $7,670 Mil. Corning's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $3,404 Mil. Corning's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 2.38.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GLW' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.77   Med: 2.11   Max: 3.6
Current: 3.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Corning was 3.60. The lowest was 0.77. And the median was 2.11.

GLW's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
68.8% of 1721 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs GLW: 3.25

Corning Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Corning Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Corning Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.60 1.86 2.21 3.38 3.25

Corning Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.34 2.90 3.46 6.28 2.38

Competitive Comparison of Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Corning Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Corning's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(421 + 7670) / 2492
=3.25

Corning's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(421 + 7670) / 3404
=2.38

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2024) EBITDA data.


Corning  (NYSE:GLW) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Corning Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Corning Business Description

Address
One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, NY, USA, 14831
Corning is a leader in materials science, specializing in the production of glass, ceramics, and optical fiber. The firm supplies its products for a wide range of applications, from flat-panel displays in televisions to gasoline particulate filters in automobiles to optical fiber for broadband access, with a leading share in many of its end markets.
Executives
Wendell P Weeks officer: President and COO ONE RIVERFRONT PLZ, CORNING NY 14831
Edward A Schlesinger officer: Vice President & Controller ONE RIVERSIDE PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Eric S Musser officer: Vice President ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Michael Alan Bell officer: Senior VP &.GM, Optical Comm. ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Bayne John P Jr officer: SVP & GM Mobile Consumer Elec. ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Martin J Curran officer: Exec. VP & Innovation Officer ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
John Z Zhang officer: Senior VP & GM, Display ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Lewis A Steverson officer: Senior Vice President ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Stefan Becker officer: SVP & Operations Controller ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Li Fang officer: Pres.&GM Corning Greater China ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Jeffrey W Evenson officer: Senior Vice President ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Soumya Seetharam officer: Senior Vice President & CDIO ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Lawrence D Mcrae officer: Senior Vice President ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Jaymin Amin officer: SVP and Chief Tech. Officer ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Jordana Daryl Kammerud officer: Senior Vice President & CHRO ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831