Lumen Technologies, Inc. LUMN R2K

Communication Services · Telecom Services · United States

https://www.lumen.com

Lumen Technologies, Inc., a networking company, provides integrated products and services to business and mass customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Business and Mass Markets. It offers dark fiber and conduit, edge cloud, internet protocol (IP), voice over IP, managed security, software-defined wide area networks, unified communications and collaboration, and optical services; ethernet and VPN data networks services; and legacy services to manage cash flow, including time division multiplexing voice and private line; other legacy services, such as Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) based ethernet, legacy data hosting services, and conferencing services; and managed and professional service solutions, as well as sells communications equipment. The company also provides high speed and lower speed broadband service to residential and small business customers; local and long-distance voice services, professional services, and other ancillary services; and federal broadband and state support programs. It serves its products and services under the Lumen, CenturyLink, Black Lotus Labs, and Quantum Fiber brand name. The company was formerly known as CenturyLink, Inc. and changed its name to Lumen Technologies, Inc. in September 2020. Lumen Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$11.32B

Current Price

$10.99

High / Low (52W)

$11.83 / $3.70

Beta

1.67

Valuation

Stock P/E

Industry PE

23.46

Forward P/E

PEG Ratio

17.14

Book Value

$-1.09

Price to Book

-10.09

P/S

0.93

EV/EBITDA

9.91

Dividend Yield

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

-4.78%

ROE

ROA

-0.75%

Profit Margin

-14.34%

Op Margin

-0.69%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$-0.20

EPS (TTM)

$-1.75

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

Quick Ratio

0.78

Current Ratio

0.99

Debt

$13.25B

Total Assets

$34.34B

Current Assets

$7.91B

Working Capital

$3.52B

Ownership

Promoter Holding

8.03%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

73.09%

Chg in FII Hold

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$22.95B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$12.12B

EBITDA

$2.32B

Free Cash Flow

$-1.96B

Operating Cash Flow

$4.97B

Shares Outstanding

1.03B

Gross Margin

47.31%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-10.81%

Profit 5Y

-4.11%

Revenue (YoY)

-8.90%

Earnings (YoY)

PROS

In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

Revenue declined at -10.8% CAGR over 5 years.
Earnings shrank at -4.1% CAGR over 5 years.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Communication Services).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. R2K	10.99	-	$11.32B	-	-4.78%	-	-10.81%	-4.11%
2	GOOGL Alphabet Inc. NDXSPXAI	380.34	28.99	$4.61T	0.23%	32.40%	38.88%	12.51%	30.14%
3	META Meta Platforms, Inc. NDXSPXAI	632.51	22.99	$1.61T	0.33%	26.87%	32.93%	19.89%	37.61%
4	NFLX Netflix, Inc. NDXSPXAI	86.02	27.75	$362.21B	-	30.26%	48.49%	12.64%	34.71%
5	APP AppLovin Corporation NDXSPXAI	613.09	53.17	$205.96B	-	70.20%	-	24.84%	609.87%
6	TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc. NDXSPX	187.53	19.93	$202.95B	2.18%	9.27%	18.02%	3.53%	61.90%
7	VZ Verizon Communications Inc. SPX	47.81	11.66	$199.63B	5.92%	8.59%	17.20%	0.33%	-6.86%
8	DIS The Walt Disney Company SPX	101.83	16.29	$176.83B	1.47%	8.46%	11.01%	4.51%	58.00%
9	T AT&T Inc. SPX	24.80	8.16	$172.32B	4.48%	9.23%	18.37%	1.34%	119.18%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2015	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.63B	5.58B	5.51B	-	5.07B	5.02B	5.00B	-	4.75B	4.71B	4.69B	4.55B	4.45B	4.42B	-	-	-	3.46B	3.40B	3.38B	3.06B	3.02B	-	-	3.18B	3.09B	3.09B	3.04B	2.90B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.69B	1.62B	1.70B	1.63B	1.44B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.50B	1.47B	1.39B	1.41B	1.46B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.39B	1.44B	1.50B	1.61B	1.46B
Operating Income	549.00M	656.00M	751.00M	688.00M	647.00M	593.00M	405.00M	631.00M	367.00M	487.00M	524.00M	750.00M	767.00M	894.00M	-1.84B	-5.50B	976.00M	950.00M	847.00M	980.00M	903.00M	888.00M	987.00M	1.01B	1.13B	1.08B	912.00M	1.38B	390.00M	-8.42B	223.00M	45.00M	135.00M	-	-	107.00M	25.00M	-116.00M	-200.00M	6.00M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	815.00M	-123.00M	180.00M	445.00M	1.07B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	347.00M	338.00M	319.00M	280.00M	225.00M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-245.00M	-1.15B	-813.00M	-509.00M	177.00M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-44.00M	-234.00M	-192.00M	-507.00M	377.00M
Net Income	143.00M	205.00M	338.00M	236.00M	196.00M	152.00M	42.00M	163.00M	17.00M	92.00M	1.12B	115.00M	292.00M	272.00M	-2.41B	-6.17B	371.00M	302.00M	223.00M	314.00M	377.00M	366.00M	475.00M	506.00M	544.00M	599.00M	344.00M	578.00M	511.00M	-8.74B	-78.00M	57.00M	-49.00M	-	-	-201.00M	-915.00M	-621.00M	-2.00M	-200.00M
Diluted EPS	0.26	0.37	0.62	0.44	0.36	0.28	0.08	0.30	0.03	0.17	1.26	0.11	0.27	0.25	-2.26	-5.77	0.35	0.28	0.21	0.29	0.35	0.34	0.44	0.46	0.51	0.59	0.34	0.57	0.52	-8.88	-0.08	0.06	-0.05	-	-	-0.20	-0.92	-0.62	0.00	-0.20

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.04B	19.50B	18.80B	-	17.48B	14.56B	13.11B	12.40B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.87B	7.14B	6.70B	6.64B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.61B	7.41B	6.41B	5.76B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.32B	6.18B	5.93B	5.95B
Operating Income	1.23B	2.06B	2.02B	2.71B	1.45B	2.41B	2.58B	2.33B	2.01B	570.00M	-2.73B	962.00M	-	3.29B	1.23B	477.00M	-184.00M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.58B	-6.09B	4.10B	1.32B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.33B	1.16B	1.37B	1.28B
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-991.00M	-10.24B	-230.00M	-2.72B
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	557.00M	61.00M	-175.00M	-977.00M
Net Income	647.00M	948.00M	573.00M	777.00M	-239.00M	772.00M	878.00M	626.00M	1.39B	-1.73B	-5.27B	-1.23B	-	-1.55B	-10.30B	-55.00M	-1.74B
Diluted EPS	-	3.13	1.07	1.25	-0.40	1.36	1.58	1.16	2.21	-1.63	-4.92	-1.14	-	-1.54	-10.48	-0.06	-1.75

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-10.81%
1 Year:	-8.90%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-4.11%
1 Year:	-

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+180.36%
6 Months:	+37.38%
3 Months:	+54.57%
1 Month:	+26.47%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	22.04B	56.04B	53.94B	51.79B	49.10B	47.60B	47.02B	75.61B	70.26B	64.74B	59.39B	-	45.61B	34.02B	33.50B	34.34B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.45B	4.78B	4.39B	7.91B
Cash & Equivalents	243.00M	162.00M	173.00M	128.00M	211.00M	168.00M	128.00M	126.00M	222.00M	551.00M	488.00M	1.69B	406.00M	-	1.25B	2.23B	1.89B	1.00B
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	236.00M	209.00M	146.00M	165.00M
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.32B	1.18B	1.18B	1.31B
Total Liabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.24B	33.60B	33.03B	35.46B
Current Liabilities	-	-	1.01B	4.02B	4.59B	4.41B	3.92B	4.60B	5.35B	4.86B	5.53B	7.26B	6.63B	-	4.90B	3.53B	3.64B	4.39B
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.42B	19.83B	17.49B	17.35B
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.92B	20.26B	18.16B	17.71B
Total Equity	-	9.47B	9.65B	20.83B	19.29B	17.19B	15.02B	14.06B	13.40B	23.49B	19.83B	13.47B	11.16B	-	10.37B	417.00M	464.00M	-1.12B
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.00B	1.01B	1.01B	1.03B

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.61B	3.88B	7.03B	6.68B	6.52B	-	4.74B	2.16B	4.33B	4.74B
Investing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-2.99B	-8.87B	-3.08B	-3.57B	-3.56B	-	5.48B	-1.20B	-2.83B	-4.30B
Financing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-1.52B	5.36B	-4.02B	-1.91B	-4.25B	-	-9.31B	-18.00M	-1.85B	-1.32B
Capital Expenditure	-755.00M	-864.00M	-2.41B	-2.92B	-3.05B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-3.02B	-3.10B	-3.23B	-4.37B
Free Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.72B	-940.00M	1.10B	371.00M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	898.00M	941.00M	-348.00M	-886.00M
Share Buybacks	16.00M	17.00M	31.00M	37.00M	1.59B	650.00M	819.00M	16.00M	17.00M	-	0	0	1.00B	200.00M	0	0	-
Dividends Paid	560.00M	879.00M	1.56B	1.81B	1.30B	1.23B	1.20B	1.17B	1.45B	2.31B	1.10B	1.11B	1.09B	780.00M	11.00M	3.00M	1.00M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55.0%	50.9%	48.9%	46.5%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.7%	-14.0%	5.1%	-	18.8%	8.4%	3.6%	-1.5%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-8.2%	-27.0%	-6.6%	-	-8.9%	-70.7%	-0.4%	-14.0%
ROE %	6.8%	9.8%	2.8%	4.0%	-1.4%	5.1%	6.2%	4.7%	5.9%	-8.7%	-39.1%	-11.0%	-	-14.9%	-2,469.5%	-11.9%	155.7%
ROCE %	-	9.8%	3.9%	5.5%	3.1%	5.3%	6.0%	5.6%	2.8%	0.9%	-4.7%	1.8%	-	8.1%	4.0%	1.6%	-0.6%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

8.03%

Institutions

73.09%

Public Float

79.47%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Blackrock Inc.	13.34%	137.47M	$1.51B
2	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	6.03%	62.12M	$682.70M
3	State Street Corporation	4.47%	46.01M	$505.68M
4	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	4.04%	41.63M	$457.53M
5	FMR, LLC	3.05%	31.41M	$345.22M
6	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.22%	22.87M	$251.31M
7	Goldman Sachs Group Inc	2.19%	22.54M	$247.76M
8	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	2.18%	22.47M	$246.96M
9	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	1.67%	17.18M	$188.76M
10	Shaw D.E. & Co., Inc.	1.46%	15.03M	$165.22M

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