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Lumen Technologies, Inc.
LUMN Communication Services Telecom Services
Lumen Technologies, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.4 billion, down 5.39% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 9.28%, EPS grew 78.3%, free cash flow grew 124.3% and total debt fell 26.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 21.94 | 13.16 | 13.97 | 9.64 | 8.16 | 9.67 | 4.99 | 0.78 | 0.97 | 3.01 |
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| High | 33.45 | 27.61 | 24.20 | 16.75 | 15.30 | 16.60 | 13.93 | 6.09 | 10.33 | 11.95 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 40,000 | 51,000 | 45,000 | 42,500 | 39,000 | 36,000 | 29,000 | 28,000 | 25,000 | 24,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 17,470 | 17,656 | 22,580 | 21,458 | 20,712 | 19,687 | 17,478 | 14,557 | 13,108 | 12,402 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 55.50 | 53.54 | 55.72 | 57.43 | 56.87 | 56.89 | 54.98 | 50.92 | 48.86 | 46.48 | |||||
| EBT | 1,020 | 540 | (1,563) | (4,766) | (782) | 2,701 | (991) | (10,237) | (230) | (2,716) | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 5.84 | 3.06 | (6.92) | (22.21) | (3.78) | 13.72 | (5.67) | (70.32) | (1.75) | (21.90) | |||||
| Net income | 626 | 1,389 | (1,733) | (5,269) | (1,232) | 2,033 | (1,548) | (10,298) | (55) | (1,739) | |||||
| Depreciation | 3,918 | 3,936 | 5,120 | 4,829 | 4,710 | 4,019 | 3,239 | 2,985 | 2,956 | 2,749 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 32.38 | 28.12 | 21.18 | 20.03 | 19.19 | 18.58 | 17.35 | 14.81 | 13.27 | 12.47 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.16 | 2.21 | (1.63) | (4.92) | (1.14) | 1.92 | (1.54) | (10.48) | (0.06) | (1.75) | |||||
| Cash flow | 8.54 | 6.18 | 6.60 | 6.23 | 6.05 | 6.14 | 4.70 | 2.20 | 4.39 | 4.76 | |||||
| Capex | (5.47) | (2.51) | (2.83) | (3.30) | (3.31) | (2.61) | (2.87) | (2.99) | (2.90) | (4.34) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 3.07 | 3.67 | 3.77 | 2.94 | 2.73 | 3.53 | 1.83 | (0.79) | 1.49 | 0.42 | |||||
| Book value | 24.83 | 37.42 | 18.60 | 12.57 | 10.34 | 11.17 | 10.30 | 0.42 | 0.47 | (1.12) | |||||
| Shares, m | 540 | 628 | 1,066 | 1,071 | 1,079 | 1,060 | 1,008 | 983 | 988 | 995 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 21.85 | 7.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| P/S | 0.78 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.51 | 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.40 | 0.62 | |||||
| P/B | 1.02 | 0.47 | 0.81 | 1.05 | 0.94 | 1.12 | 0.52 | 4.46 | 11.30 | 0.00 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 1.90 | 2.72 | 2.29 | 2.20 | 2.03 | 2.13 | 1.42 | 1.35 | 1.62 | 1.95 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 20.00 | 20.90 | 12.88 | 14.99 | 14.23 | 11.22 | 13.45 | (25.31) | 14.48 | 57.81 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 4,608 | 3,878 | 7,032 | 6,680 | 6,524 | 6,501 | 4,735 | 2,160 | 4,333 | 4,738 | ||||
| Capex | (2,951) | (1,577) | (3,017) | (3,535) | (3,576) | (2,765) | (2,896) | (2,935) | (2,865) | (4,320) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1,657 | 2,301 | 4,015 | 3,145 | 2,948 | 3,736 | 1,839 | (775) | 1,468 | 418 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (187) | (663) | (1,711) | (2,490) | (3,458) | 4,367 | 554 | 1,241 | 755 | 3,519 | ||||
| Total debt | 19,688 | 37,726 | 36,061 | 34,694 | 31,837 | 28,982 | 20,572 | 19,988 | 17,906 | 17,441 | |||||
| Net debt | 19,466 | 37,170 | 35,569 | 33,004 | 31,431 | 28,628 | 19,321 | 17,754 | 16,017 | 16,438 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 13,399 | 23,491 | 19,828 | 13,470 | 11,162 | 11,840 | 10,374 | 417 | 464 | (1,117) | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 1.32 | 2.27 | (2.38) | (7.81) | (1.98) | 3.46 | (2.99) | (25.86) | (0.16) | (5.13) | ||||
| ROIC | 4.44 | 2.07 | 0.64 | (3.67) | 1.41 | 6.62 | 0.20 | (32.96) | 1.74 | (3.31) | |||||
| ROE | 4.56 | 7.53 | (8.00) | (31.65) | (10.00) | 17.68 | (13.94) | (190.86) | (12.49) | 532.62 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Lumen Technologies, Inc. vs peers in Telecom Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIMB TIM S.A. Sponsored ADR | $8.8B | 11.0× | 13.4× | +18.33% (above 0%: growing) | +14.29% (above 0%: growing) | +17.75% (above 0%: growing) | 55.35% | 24.42% | Compare |
| LBTYB Liberty Global Ltd | $7.1B | — (loss-making) | — | −7.65% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +429.69% (above 0%: growing) | 50.62% | 0.26% | Compare |
| VEON VEON Ltd. | $5.3B | 100× | 7.4× | +16.93% (above 0%: growing) | −79.56% (below 0%: shrinking) | +431.58% (above 0%: growing) | 86.55% | 27.46% | Compare |
| LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. | $5.0B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −9.28% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +124.34% (above 0%: growing) | 49.55% | (3.14%) | |
| IRDM Iridium Communications Inc | $4.8B | 49.6× | 42.9× | +3.84% (above 0%: growing) | −55.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | −15.24% (below 0%: shrinking) | 71.23% | 15.10% | Compare |
| TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS | $4.3B | 10.1× | — | +15.43% (above 0%: growing) | +8.33% (above 0%: growing) | −58.09% (below 0%: shrinking) | 25.36% | 12.41% | Compare |
| PHI PLDT Inc. | $4.3B | 9.4× | 7.5× | −5.84% (below 0%: shrinking) | −24.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | +78.48% (above 0%: growing) | 57.86% | 20.01% | Compare |
| TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. | $3.7B | 11.1× | 34.7× | +3.60% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −133.98% (below 0%: shrinking) | 58.19% | 120.67% | Compare |
| AD Array Digital Infrastructure Inc. | $2.9B | 5.4× | 8.8× | +89.53% (above 0%: growing) | +1,021.62% (above 0%: growing) | −115.23% (below 0%: shrinking) | 56.54% | 738.42% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $4.6B | 11.0× | 11.1× | +9.63% | −7.83% | +1.25% | 57.20% | 22.22% |
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) key facts
- Concern: Lumen Technologies, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.4 billion, down 5.39% from fiscal 2024.
- Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, LUMN traded at $4.65, a market capitalization of $5.0 billion.
- Return on equity was 532.6% and debt-to-equity -8.88.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −0.27 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.