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Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since May 2, 2024.

Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.

Assets: Selected Items

Current Assets: Selected Items

Corning Inc., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents 1,365 1,779 1,639 1,538 1,146 1,671 1,630 1,629 2,016 2,148 2,212 2,320 2,868 2,672 2,514 2,158 2,025 2,434 971 1,178 1,456
Trade accounts receivable, net of doubtful accounts 1,621 1,572 1,725 1,674 1,688 1,721 1,620 1,786 1,910 2,004 2,114 2,057 1,900 2,133 2,099 1,712 1,708 1,836 2,024 2,103 1,974
Inventories 2,713 2,666 2,655 2,757 2,863 2,904 2,951 2,835 2,618 2,481 2,463 2,387 2,361 2,438 2,581 2,235 2,347 2,320 2,337 2,291 2,190
Other current assets 1,272 1,195 1,279 1,324 1,180 1,157 1,603 1,633 1,317 1,026 890 884 974 761 864 741 866 873 824 739 729
Current assets 6,971 7,212 7,298 7,293 6,877 7,453 7,804 7,883 7,861 7,659 7,679 7,648 8,103 8,004 8,058 6,846 6,946 7,463 6,156 6,311 6,349
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation 14,199 14,630 14,407 14,681 15,137 15,371 14,645 15,350 15,780 15,804 15,383 15,455 15,364 15,742 15,449 14,691 14,932 15,337 15,083 15,137 14,878
Goodwill 2,370 2,380 2,372 2,382 2,394 2,394 2,368 2,389 2,408 2,421 2,425 2,433 2,429 2,460 2,427 1,925 1,918 1,935 1,924 1,938 1,930
Other intangible assets, net 871 905 938 972 1,002 1,029 1,049 1,088 1,118 1,148 1,192 1,228 1,259 1,308 1,332 1,072 1,149 1,185 1,206 1,240 1,265
Deferred income taxes 1,132 1,153 1,037 1,083 1,106 1,073 998 982 1,030 1,066 1,062 1,051 992 1,121 1,173 1,266 1,181 1,157 1,109 1,053 1,051
Other assets 2,075 2,220 2,226 2,234 2,306 2,179 1,871 2,026 2,060 2,056 1,965 1,991 1,996 2,140 1,828 1,746 1,733 1,821 1,851 1,896 1,848
Non-current assets 20,647 21,288 20,980 21,352 21,945 22,046 20,931 21,835 22,396 22,495 22,027 22,158 22,040 22,771 22,209 20,700 20,913 21,435 21,173 21,264 20,972
Total assets 27,618 28,500 28,278 28,645 28,822 29,499 28,735 29,718 30,257 30,154 29,706 29,806 30,143 30,775 30,267 27,546 27,859 28,898 27,329 27,575 27,321

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).


Total assets exhibited a period of growth between 2019 and 2020, peaking at 30,775 million US dollars in December 2020. Following this peak, a gradual contraction is observed, with total assets declining to 27,618 million US dollars by March 2024. This overall trajectory suggests a reduction in the company's asset base over the latter half of the analyzed period.

Current Asset Dynamics
Current assets showed significant volatility, rising from 6,349 million US dollars in March 2019 to a peak of 8,103 million US dollars in March 2021, before trending downward to 6,971 million US dollars in March 2024. A primary driver of this volatility was cash and cash equivalents, which surged from 1,456 million US dollars in early 2019 to a peak of 2,868 million US dollars in March 2021, followed by a sustained decrease to 1,365 million US dollars by March 2024.
Inventories demonstrated a consistent upward trend for several years, increasing from 2,190 million US dollars in March 2019 to a peak of 2,951 million US dollars in September 2022. While levels have slightly moderated since that peak, inventories remain elevated compared to 2019 levels, ending at 2,713 million US dollars in March 2024.
Trade accounts receivable remained relatively stable, generally fluctuating between 1,600 million and 2,100 million US dollars throughout the period, indicating a consistent credit management cycle.
Non-Current Asset Analysis
Property, plant, and equipment (PP&E), net of accumulated depreciation, represented the largest component of the asset base. Values remained relatively stable between 14,000 million and 15,800 million US dollars, though a slight downward trend emerged after December 2021, with the balance reaching 14,199 million US dollars by March 2024.
Goodwill experienced a structural step-up in September 2020, rising from approximately 1,900 million US dollars to 2,427 million US dollars, remaining largely plateaued thereafter.
Other intangible assets showed a steady and continuous decline over the five-year period, falling from 1,265 million US dollars in March 2019 to 871 million US dollars in March 2024, likely reflecting systematic amortization.

The shift in asset composition indicates a transition from a period of liquidity accumulation and asset expansion (2020-2021) to a phase of asset contraction and potential optimization (2022-2024). The increase in inventory levels relative to the decrease in cash positions suggests a shift in working capital allocation over the analyzed timeframe.

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