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Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) vs VEON Ltd. (VEON)

Lumen Technologies, Inc. and VEON Ltd. are both Telecom Services companies. VEON Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $4.8B against $4.1B — 1.2× the size. Lumen Technologies, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; VEON Ltd. trades at 90.0×. VEON Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.7% against −9.69%. VEON Ltd. has the higher net margin (1.24% vs −5.83%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.7% vs 0.88%). Across the 18 metrics below, VEON Ltd. leads on 14 and Lumen Technologies, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric LUMN VEON Telecom Services median
P/E n/m 90.00 12.29
P/S 0.34 1.09 0.94
P/B n/m 2.71 1.25
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.62 8.15
EV/EBITDA 5.72 4.44 7.05
EV/Sales 1.41 1.76 1.79
Earnings yield (16.89%) 1.11% 3.40%
Free cash flow yield (24.37%) 13.12% 4.48%

Profitability

Metric LUMN VEON Telecom Services median
Gross margin 48.44% 87.07% 48.78%
Operating margin 1.28% 21.75% 9.22%
Net margin (5.83%) 1.24% 6.67%
Free cash flow margin (8.38%) 14.35% 2.87%
Return on equity 46.15% 3.45% 6.00%
Return on assets (2.06%) 0.63% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 0.88% 12.72% 3.77%

Growth

Metric LUMN VEON Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.69%) 14.71% 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2,816.67%) 29.49% 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (9.75%) (9.61%) 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LUMN VEON Telecom Services median
Debt to equity (7.66) 3.05 0.57
Current ratio 0.71 0.97 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA 8.49 1.30 1.86

Dividend

Metric LUMN VEON Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.55%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric LUMN VEON Telecom Services median
Market cap 4.11b 4.80b 3.16b

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