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.

4.65 0.22 −4.52%
Market cap
$5.0B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−15.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
−0.27
Beneish M
−3.38
Dividend safety
33/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.11
Total sells 0.36
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — 1 — —
Sell — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 5.60%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,020.00
Revenue 11,832.00
Net Income (1,024.00)
Free Cash Flow 874.00
Net Debt 11,330.00
Current Ratio 0.96 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (8.87) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (15.50) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.39
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (597.54%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 65.58% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (10.27%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth (19.22%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 22.96%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 9.21%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 68.16%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 0.75
0.25
0.25
0.25
2021 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2020 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2019 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2018 2.16
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.54
2017 2.16
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.54
2016 2.16
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.54
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2,234 1,889 1,003 1,876
Receivables 1,318 1,231 1,314 1,377
Inventory — — — —
Other 1,223 1,274 5,592 856
4,775 4,394 7,909 4,109
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,134 749 1,508 1,035
ST’ Debt 157 412 88 56
Other 4 179 241 299
3,534 3,639 4,390 4,263

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (3.60%) (9.75%) (10.81%)
Cash Flow (0.84%) (6.20%) 0.02%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,899 2,805 — — —
’25 3,182 3,092 3,087 3,041 12,402
’24 3,290 3,268 3,221 3,329 13,108
’23 3,738 3,661 3,641 3,517 14,557
’22 4,676 4,612 4,390 3,800 17,478
’21 5,029 4,924 4,887 4,847 19,687
’20 5,228 5,192 5,167 5,125 20,712
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,323 971 — — —
’25 1,095 570 2,511 562 4,738
’24 1,102 511 2,032 688 4,333
’23 595 (100) 881 784 2,160
’22 1,375 1,396 1,123 841 4,735
’21 1,525 1,639 1,730 1,607 6,501
’20 1,299 1,749 1,794 1,682 6,524
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 396 74 — — —
’25 318 (304) 1,483 (1,079) 418
’24 401 10 1,201 (144) 1,468
’23 (22) (893) 47 93 (775)
’22 804 694 280 61 1,839
’21 844 1,024 1,064 804 3,736
’20 360 789 841 958 2,948
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.20) (0.20) — — —
’25 (0.20) (0.92) (0.62) 0.00 (1.75)
’24 0.06 (0.05) (0.15) 0.09 (0.06)
’23 0.52 (8.88) (0.08) (2.03) (10.48)
’22 0.59 0.34 0.57 (3.08) (1.54)
’21 0.44 0.46 0.51 0.50 1.91
’20 0.29 0.35 0.34 (2.12) (1.14)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 21.94 13.16 13.97 9.64 8.16 9.67 4.99 0.78 0.97 3.01

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
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.

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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
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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%

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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.

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