On July 7, Corning fell 3.09% overnight, trading at approximately $188.78/share, with turnover of $6.45 million. Despite the prior session's 5%-plus rebound driven by BofA Securities raising its price target from $223 to $243 while maintaining an Overweight rating, the recovery momentum failed to carry over.

The stock remains under pressure from lingering concerns that Meta's plan to sell idle AI compute capacity could signal cloud hyperscalers scaling back optical communications capital expenditure. Corning had already declined over 18% cumulatively in early July on these fears. BofA's bullish note highlighted expectations that the Optical segment would drive Q2 revenue and EPS at or above guidance, keeping a stronger second-half scenario intact, and noted progress in advanced semiconductor chip packaging technologies.

However, dense insider selling by executives, a price-to-earnings ratio near 100x — far exceeding the optical communications industry's typical 15-25x range — and persistent profit-taking pressure from accumulated gains continue to suppress any sustained rebound in the near term.

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