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Corning shares outstanding GLW

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2009.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
875M
On a year earlier
+1.2%
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Corning had 875M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 1.2% more than a year earlier, so each share owns a little less of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025868M+0%
FY2024866M+2%
FY2023851M+1%
FY2022843M−2%
FY2021864M−3%
FY2020894M+16%
FY2019771M−16%
FY2018920M+6%
FY2017865M−19%
FY20161.1B−16%
FY20151.3B−9%
FY20141.4B−2%
FY20131.4B−4%
FY20121.5B−5%
FY20111.6B−1%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26875M+1%
Q1 FY26871M+1%
Q4 FY25868M+0%
Q3 FY25868M+2%
Q2 FY25865M+0%
Q1 FY25866M+0%
Q4 FY24866M+2%
Q3 FY24854M−1%
Q2 FY24864M+1%
Q1 FY24862M+0%
Q4 FY23851M+1%
Q3 FY23859M+0%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.