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    Corning Incorporated

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    Implied value per share

    USD 8.38

    Market price

    USD 150.13

    Implied upside

    -94.4%

    5-year forecast · Perpetuity growth terminal value · Mid-year discounting · Base case

    Wrong toolThis model values the shares at 5.6% of the market price. A gap that size is a modelling failure rather than a view - most often an unusable beta, a currency or units mismatch, or a cashflow base that does not represent the business. Read the figures below as diagnostics, not as a call.

    Current EV/EBITDA of 37.8x sits outside a defensible 3-20x band, so the exit multiple is capped at 20.0x. A multiple that far out usually means EBITDA is the wrong denominator for this business.

    Value Per Share

    Perpetuity growth
    USD 8.38-94.4%
    Exit multiple
    USD 51.06-66.0%
    Market price
    USD 150.13

    Same forecast, different terminal treatment. Percentages vs price.

    Forecast Cashflows

    Reporting currency (USD). Outflows negative.

    0bn1bn1bnFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30
    Nominal FCFFDiscounted to todayUSD
    LineFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30CAGR
    RevenueUSD 16.1bnUSD 16.7bnUSD 17.2bnUSD 17.8bnUSD 18.4bn+3.3%
    EBITUSD 1.6bnUSD 1.7bnUSD 1.7bnUSD 1.8bnUSD 1.9bn+3.3%
    NOPATUSD 1.3bnUSD 1.3bnUSD 1.4bnUSD 1.4bnUSD 1.5bn+3.3%
    Add depreciation & amortisationUSD 1.6bnUSD 1.7bnUSD 1.7bnUSD 1.8bnUSD 1.8bn+3.3%
    Less capital expenditureUSD -1.5bnUSD -1.6bnUSD -1.6bnUSD -1.7bnUSD -1.7bn+3.3%
    Less increase in working capitalUSD -93.8mUSD -96.8mUSD -100.0mUSD -103.3mUSD -106.7m+3.3%
    Free cashflow to firmUSD 1.3bnUSD 1.3bnUSD 1.4bnUSD 1.4bnUSD 1.5bn+3.3%
    Discount factor0.95100.86000.77780.70340.6362-
    Present valueUSD 1.2bnUSD 1.1bnUSD 1.1bnUSD 992.2mUSD 926.7m-6.6%
    Present Value Of The ForecastUSD 5.3bn

    Discount Rate

    Source shown per component. All overridable above.

    Risk-free rate5.00%US 10-year Treasury (^TNX)
    Equity risk premium5.50%Market assumption
    Beta1.101Reported 1.151, pulled toward 1.0 (Blume)
    Cost of equity11.05%Risk-free + beta x equity risk premium
    Cost of debt5.00%Floored at the risk-free rate (implied cost of debt was lower)
    Market capitalisationUSD 129.3bn93.2% of capital
    Total debtUSD 9.4bn6.8% of capital, book value as a proxy
    Tax rate21.0%Effective, capped at statutory
    WACC10.57%E/V x Re + D/V x Rd x (1 - t)

    Terminal Value

    Perpetuity growth is intrinsic. The exit multiple defaults to the company's current EV/EBITDA, so it answers a different question - what the shares are worth if today's rating holds and EBITDA grows as forecast.

    Perpetuity growth at 2.50%

    Value per shareUSD 8.38

    65% of EV

    Forecast FCFF, final year
    USD 1.5bn
    Capex at depreciation, working capital in reinvestment
    USD 1.6bn
    Less reinvestment at g/ROIC (23.6% of NOPAT)
    USD -376.4m
    Capitalised
    USD 1.2bn
    ROIC (WACC floor)
    10.6%
    Terminal value, undiscounted
    USD 15.4bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    USD 9.8bn
    Enterprise value
    USD 15.2bn
    Less net debt
    USD 7.9bn
    Equity value
    USD 7.3bn

    Exit at 20.0x EBITDA

    Value per shareUSD 51.06

    90% of EV

    Terminal value, undiscounted
    USD 73.9bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    USD 47.0bn
    Enterprise value
    USD 52.3bn
    Less net debt
    USD 7.9bn
    Equity value
    USD 44.5bn

    Spread between methods: 144%.

    Sensitivity

    Value per share (USD) by discount rate and long-run growth.

    Long-run growth
    Discount rate1.50%2.00%2.50%3.00%3.50%
    8.57%12.3312.4012.4812.5512.62
    9.57%10.0910.1510.2110.2810.34
    10.57%8.278.338.388.448.49
    11.57%6.786.826.876.926.97
    12.57%5.525.565.605.655.69

    Outlined: this model. Green text: above today's price of 150.13. Shading: distance from this model's own value.

    Priced In

    What each input would have to be to justify the current price, one at a time.

    InputModelImpliedGap
    Revenue growth, every year3.3%74.7%+71.4pp
    Discount rate10.6%3.1%-7.5pp
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