By John Bromels, The Motley Fool
Publication Date: 2026-05-22 09:35:00
Artificial intelligence (AI) investment has supercharged the share prices of tech giants like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). Over the last three years, since the AI revolution began, their stock prices have surged 117% and 216%, respectively. Meanwhile, chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has seen its shares soar more than 597% as it dominated the market for high-end AI processors.
But AI has transformed more than just tech giants. It’s even electrified the stocks of sleepy manufacturers whose businesses had little or nothing to do with microprocessors, computer components, or AI-powered software. One such company was 175-year-old U.S. manufacturer Corning (NYSE: GLW), and it was a bargain hiding in plain sight.
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Corning’s shares have skyrocketed 259% in the past year thanks to AI, and it has a new Nvidia partnership in the works. Is it still a buy?
Why Corning was such a bargain
Until 2024, Corning — which makes high-tech glass products like smartphone and TV screens and fiber-optic communications cable — was in a long-term stock price slump. In the five years between 2018 and 2023, the company’s stock price returned just 0.8%. Compare that to the S&P 500‘s total return…
