All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GLW real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GLW returned +290.52% over the past year and +115.57% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 31, 1981, GLW is up +6,794.16% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.01%/yr, and is currently −6.91% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.
| Thu 1981-12-31? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLW × |
+115.57%
2026-05-22 |
+290.52%
2026-05-22 |
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| Corning Incorporated NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 1981-12-31? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLW × |
+6,794.16%
+10.01%/yr |
+5.02%/yr
(R2=0.603) |
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| Corning Incorporated NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 1981-12-31? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLW × |
$10,000.00
1981-12-31 |
$689,416.26
2026-05-22 |
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| Corning Incorporated NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | GLW |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +115.57% |
| 2025 | +82.87% |
| 2024 | +56.14% |
| 2023 | −4.42% |
| 2022 | −16.94% |
| 2021 | −1.04% |
| 2020 | +25.86% |
| 2019 | −3.23% |
| 2018 | −5.09% |
| 2017 | +31.85% |
| 2016 | +33.47% |
| 2015 | −18.92% |
| 2014 | +30.23% |
| 2013 | +42.88% |
| 2012 | −1.94% |
| 2011 | −33.87% |
| 2010 | −0.26% |
| 2009 | +100.14% |
| 2008 | −59.84% |
| 2007 | +23.73% |
| 2006 | −7.17% |
| 2005 | +61.50% |
| 2004 | +9.29% |
| 2003 | +209.30% |
| 2002 | −63.75% |
| 2001 | −83.28% |
| 2000 | +19.23% |
| 1999 | +182.17% |
| 1998 | +21.70% |
| 1997 | −4.51% |
| 1996 | +42.18% |
| 1995 | +6.45% |
| 1994 | +5.87% |
| 1993 | −25.99% |
| 1992 | −3.67% |
| 1991 | +68.17% |
| 1990 | +0.08% |
| 1989 | +20.89% |
| 1988 | +45.81% |
| 1987 | −16.41% |
| 1986 | −10.09% |
| 1985 | +77.49% |
| 1984 | −1.28% |
| 1983 | +5.18% |
| 1982 | +28.13% |
| 1981 | +0.00% |
| Thu 1981-12-31? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLW × |
−6.91%
from 2026-05-14 peak |
−99.07%
2002-10-08 from 2000-09-01 peak |
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| Corning Incorporated NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLW × | +290.52% |
+419.79% +128.12%/yr |
+505.77% +82.27%/yr |
+309.70% +32.57%/yr |
+827.93% +24.94%/yr |
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| Corning Incorporated NYSE Common Stock | ||||||