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.

Revenue
−12.1%
EPS
+58.1%
Free cash flow
−123.7%
Total debt
−25.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

3.92 0.55 −12.30%
Market cap
$4.1B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−6.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
−0.27
Beneish M
−3.38
Dividend safety
33/100

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) Debt to equity

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Lumen Technologies, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was −7.7×, up 8.0× from fiscal 2025 (−15.6×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.6× (fiscal 2025) to 47.9× (fiscal 2023) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Telecom Services industry median of 0.6× and below the Communication Services sector median of 0.1×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 −15.6× —
FY2024 38.6× (19.49%)
FY2023 47.9× 2,317.19%
FY2022 2.0× (18.99%)
FY2021 2.4× (14.18%)
FY2020 2.9× 10.74%
FY2019 2.6× 41.62%
FY2018 1.8× 13.24%
FY2017 1.6× 9.30%
FY2016 1.5× 2.15%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 −7.7× —
Jun 2026 −8.9× —
Mar 2026 −9.8× —
Dec 2025 −15.6× —
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −15.6× High 47.9×
Ten-year median 2.0×
Current reading's percentile 9

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. −7.7×
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. compare 0.1×
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. compare 0.4×
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS compare 0.6×
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd compare 0.9×
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd compare 0.9×
PHI PLDT Inc. compare 2.2×
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 3.0×
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc compare 3.7×
Telecom Services industry median 0.6×
Communication Services sector median 0.1×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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