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Corning’s latest multibillion-dollar fiber agreement with Verizon adds another major customer commitment as AI infrastructure drives demand for optical connectivity.
It’s been a difficult week for the performance of shares of optical networking companies as existential artificial-intelligence fears hit the stock market. Ciena stock rose 8.7% to $370.80 on Thursday and was one of the best-performing components in the for the trading session. Fellow optical networking stocks Corning and Coherent each advanced solidly while Lumentum added 0.2%.
Reaves W H & Co Inc’s second-quarter 2026 investor letter reports a 10.55% increase for its “Reaves Long Term Value Wrap Strategy,” outperforming the MSCI USA Infrastructure Index’s 6.31% decline. The letter can be downloaded here. Cash distributions grew 6.7% in the quarter compared to Q2 2025. Despite geopolitical uncertainty, investor sentiment remained strong. AI […]
Auxier Asset Management, an investment advisory firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. Following a strong rebound from the first-quarter decline, the S&P 500 gained 15.2% as accelerating capital spending toward artificial intelligence infrastructure drove significant gains across technology hardware companies. Semiconductor and data-center-related businesses benefited from supply constraints […]
The ChatGPT developer warns that the AI industry won’t be able to scale at maximum speed much longer.
Ciena (CIEN) trades near $334, a little over half its 52-week high, and the easy read on an AI networking supplier down that far is that it has gone on sale. It is still up more than 150% over the past year, and the company has just guided fiscal 2027 to record profitability. The risk here is not demand. It is what the new prices are attached to.
The networking company also expects adjusted operating margins of 32% to 35% and free cash flow margins of about 20% by fiscal 2029.
Corning shares slid 14% on Monday following a $2 billion equity offering announcement.
Lumentum is the best-performing S&P 500 stock Wednesday, and Coherent isn’t far behind. Corning is seeing smaller gains.
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Ciena just bounced hard off a brutal month-long selloff, but Corning is barely moving while the broader market sits in the red. The divergence inside the optics sector points to something more specific than a simple reversal.
FEATURE Stock futures were falling on Tuesday as a rally in oil prices drove the yield to its highest level in more than 19 years. Chip and memory stocks were edging higher, having taken a battering on Monday after several top executives called for a slowdown in AI development.
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Tuesday, Sep, 15 2026 US stock futures point lower this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts down about 0.7% and Nasdaq-100 futures off roughly 1.8%, as investors weigh stubborn inflation against rising borrowing costs. August consumer prices rose 0.4% for the month, driven by gasoline and housing, while the yearly rate eased to 2.4%, the lowest since early 2021. Core inflation, which strips out food and energy, came in at 0.3% for the month. At...
Shares of glass and electronic component manufacturer Corning (NYSE:GLW) fell 12.7% in the afternoon session after the company disclosed an at-the-market equity distribution agreement with Goldman Sachs to sell up to $2 billion of its common stock.
Corning (GLW) has moved back into focus after announcing a US$2b at the market follow on equity offering, just as AI related shares experience wider volatility and investors reassess capital raising plans. The equity raise has landed just as Corning’s short term momentum cools, with the 1 day share price return down 13.7% and the 30 day share price return down 13.5%, even though the year to date share price return is 58.4% and the 1 year total shareholder return is 85.8%. This reinforces that...
Corning is selling stock on a tough day for AI infrastructure.
A surprise equity filing sent Corning to the bottom of the S&P 500 and pulled the entire AI optical sector down with it, raising a pointed question about whether a stock that surged 67% this year just flashed a warning sign for the broader hyperscaler buildout trade.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.83% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.53%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down by -1.39%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.80%, and September E-mini...
The technology sector is the S&P 500's worst performer today, down more than 2%. Here are some of the tech names getting hit hardest: Coherent, down 11%. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, down 11% Corning, down 11% Teradyne, down 11% Lumentum, down 8.
Corning stock faces dilution overhang after a strong run in 2026.
Corning has outperformed the broader Nasdaq Composite over the past year, and analysts are reasonably optimistic about its outlook.
Networking hardware firm Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN)’s shares are up by more than 150% over the past year. As is the case with other networking equipment providers, the firm is also benefiting from the AI buildout. Cramer discussed Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) in his morning appearance on September 3rd and commented on the impact of the recent […]
Corning (NYSE:GLW) executives said demand in optical communications, solar and selected glass applications is supporting momentum behind the company’s long-term “Springboard” growth plan, while new customer agreements are improving visibility into data-center connectivity demand. Speaking at Citi’s
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