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Lumen Technologies, Inc.

$7.03 -$0.66 (-8.58%)

NYSE · 14 Sep 2026 20:00 UTC

Previous Close

$6.94

Day Range

$6.67$7.18

Year Range

$5.45$11.95

Market Cap

7.24B

AVG Volume

13.79M

Trailing/Forward PE

-6.88/-

PEG ratio

0.11

Dividend Yield

Next Earnings Date

2026-10-29

Primary Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Revenue (USD)

LUMN Revenue (USD) by year
Period	Revenue (USD)
2025	12.4B
2024	13.11B
2023	14.56B
2022	17.48B
2021	19.69B
2020	20.71B
2019	22.4B
2018	23.44B
2017	17.66B
2016	17.47B

Net Income (USD)

LUMN Net Income (USD) by year
Period	Net Income (USD)
2025	-1.74B
2024	-55M
2023	-10.3B
2022	-1.55B
2021	2.03B
2020	-1.23B
2019	-5.27B
2018	-1.73B
2017	1.39B
2016	626M

Operating Income (USD)

LUMN Operating Income (USD) by year
Period	Operating Income (USD)
2025	-812M
2024	455M
2023	-7.67B
2022	-498M
2021	4.29B
2020	962M
2019	-2.73B
2018	570M
2017	2.01B
2016	2.33B

EBITDA (USD)

LUMN EBITDA (USD) by year
Period	EBITDA (USD)
2025	1.32B
2024	4.1B
2023	-6.09B
2022	7.25B
2021	8.25B
2020	8.46B
2019	2.08B
2018	5.73B
2017	5.96B
2016	6.25B

Cash Flows (USD)

LUMN Cash Flows (USD) by year
Period	Cash Flows (USD)
2025	371M
2024	1.1B
2023	-940M
2022	1.72B
2021	3.6B
2020	2.79B
2019	3.05B
2018	3.86B
2017	771M
2016	1.63B

EPS (USD)

LUMN EPS (USD) by year
Period	EPS (USD)
2025	-1.74
2024	-0.06
2023	-10.47
2022	-1.58
2021	1.91
2020	-1.14
2019	-4.93
2018	-1.63
2017	1.76
2016	1.16

Expenses (USD)

LUMN Expenses (USD) by year
Period	Expenses (USD)
2025	7.57B
2024	6.2B
2023	6.42B
2022	6B
2021	5.99B
2020	6.99B
2019	7.34B
2018	7.34B
2017	6.61B
2016	6.43B

Cash & Debt (USD)

LUMN Cash & Debt (USD) by year
Period	Cash & Debt (USD)
2025	1B
2024	1.89B
2023	2.23B
2022	1.25B
2021	354M
2020	406M
2019	1.69B
2018	488M
2017	551M
2016	222M

Debt ratios

LUMN Debt ratios by year
Period	Debt ratios
2025	2.54
2024	1.28
2023	1.07
2022	0.8
2021	1.26
2020	1.52
2019	1.74
2018	1.44

Margins

LUMN Margins by year
Period	Margins
2025	46.48%
2024	43.19%
2023	45.76%
2022	45.21%
2021	40.36%
2020	50.85%
2019	55.02%
2018	53.67%
2017	53.54%
2016	55.5%

Return on Capital

LUMN Return on Capital by year
Period	Return on Capital
2025	155.68%
2024	-11.85%
2023	-2469.54%
2022	-14.92%
2021	17.17%
2020	-11.04%
2019	-39.12%
2018	-8.74%
2017	5.93%
2016	4.67%

Shares Outstanding

LUMN Shares Outstanding by year
Period	Shares Outstanding
2025	996.38M
2024	987.68M
2023	983.76M
2022	993.31M
2021	1.01B
2020	1.08B
2019	1.07B
2018	1.07B
2017	887.89M
2016	539.97M

Dividends (USD)

LUMN Dividends (USD) by year
Period	Dividends (USD)
2022	0.75
2021	1
2020	1
2019	1
2018	2.16
2017	2.16
2016	2.16
2015	2.16
2014	2.16
2013	2.16

Employee Count

LUMN Employee Count by year
Period	Employee Count
2025	24K
2024	25K
2023	28K
2022	29K
2021	36K
2020	39K
2019	42.5K
2018	45K
2017	51K
2016	40K

Book Value Per Share (USD)

LUMN Book Value Per Share (USD) by year
Period	Book Value Per Share (USD)
2025	-1.12
2024	0.47
2023	0.42
2022	10.44
2021	11.76
2020	10.33
2019	12.55
2018	18.58
2017	26.39
2016	24.81

Total Assets (USD)

LUMN Total Assets (USD) by year
Period	Total Assets (USD)
2025	34.34B
2024	33.5B
2023	34.02B
2022	45.61B
2021	57.99B
2020	59.39B
2019	64.74B
2018	70.24B
2017	75.55B
2016	47.02B

PE Ratio

LUMN PE Ratio by year
Period	PE Ratio
Feb 23	1.78
Feb 23	1.96
Feb 23	1.98
Feb 23	2.63
Jan 23	2.64
Jan 23	2.61
Jan 23	2.95
Jan 23	2.71
Dec 22	2.61
Dec 22	2.62
Dec 22	2.7
Dec 22	2.74
Dec 22	2.75
Nov 22	2.92
Nov 22	2.93
Nov 22	3.17
Nov 22	2.96
Oct 22	3.73
Oct 22	3.38
Oct 22	3.41
Oct 22	3.4
Sep 22	3.7
Sep 22	4.13
Sep 22	4.47
Sep 22	5.06
Sep 22	5
Aug 22	5.46
Aug 22	5.62
Aug 22	5.7
Aug 22	5.42
Jul 22	5.09
Jul 22	4.93
Jul 22	5.04
Jul 22	5.05
Jul 22	5.21
Jun 22	5.27
Jun 22	4.86
Jun 22	5.27
Jun 22	5.44
May 22	5.84
May 22	5.17
May 22	5.42
May 22	5.1
Apr 22	4.98
Apr 22	5.35
Apr 22	5.68
Apr 22	5.63
Apr 22	5.7
Mar 22	5.65
Mar 22	5.49
Mar 22	5.29
Mar 22	5.22
Feb 22	5
Feb 21	10.08
Feb 21	9.94
Feb 21	10.32
Jan 21	10.45
Jan 21	9.43
Jan 21	9.65
Jan 21	8.89
Dec 20	8.23
Dec 20	8.32
Dec 20	8.58
Dec 20	8.6
Dec 20	8.91
Nov 20	8.83
Nov 20	8.48
Nov 20	8.31
Nov 20	7.67
Oct 20	7.65
Oct 20	8.53
Oct 20	8.75
Oct 20	8.97
Oct 20	8.9
Sep 20	9.06
Sep 20	9.56
Sep 20	9.45
Sep 20	9.55
Aug 20	9.76
Aug 20	9.77
Aug 20	9.83
Aug 20	9.31
Jul 20	8.58
Jul 20	8.97
Jul 20	8.71
Jul 20	8.81
Jul 20	8.7
Jun 20	8.45
Jun 20	9.02
Jun 20	8.96
Jun 20	9.61
May 20	8.74
May 20	8.73
May 20	8.24
May 20	8.83
Mar 19	7.31
Mar 19	7.7
Feb 19	7.98
Feb 19	8.16
Feb 19	8.44

Free Cash Flow Yield

LUMN Free Cash Flow Yield by year
Period	Free Cash Flow Yield
Sep 26	11.86%
Sep 26	12.01%
Sep 26	12.31%
Aug 26	13.8%
Aug 26	14.03%
Aug 26	12.4%
Aug 26	13.36%
Jul 26	7.01%
Jul 26	7.06%
Jul 26	7.13%
Jul 26	6.65%
Jul 26	6.96%
Jun 26	5.54%
Jun 26	5.46%
Jun 26	5.27%
Jun 26	5.02%
May 26	4.07%
May 26	4.76%
May 26	4.45%
May 26	5.28%
May 26	4%
Apr 26	4.21%
Apr 26	4.34%
Apr 26	5%
Apr 26	5.33%
Mar 26	5.58%
Mar 26	5.74%
Mar 26	5.61%
Mar 26	5.62%
Feb 26	5.24%
Feb 26	4.76%
Feb 26	14.67%
Feb 26	15.27%
Jan 26	13.96%
Jan 26	14.36%
Jan 26	14.57%
Jan 26	15.56%
Jan 26	16.01%
Dec 25	16.01%
Dec 25	15.03%
Dec 25	14.48%
Dec 25	14.9%
Nov 25	15.18%
Nov 25	16.22%
Nov 25	15.41%
Nov 25	11.7%
Oct 25	11.97%
Oct 25	11.7%
Oct 25	13.71%
Oct 25	14.38%
Oct 25	14.42%
Sep 25	15.98%
Sep 25	16.57%
Sep 25	15.64%
Sep 25	19.92%
Aug 25	19.04%
Aug 25	20.53%
Aug 25	21.36%
Aug 25	25.17%
Aug 25	25.51%
Jul 25	23.69%
Jul 25	23.53%
Jul 25	22.95%
Jul 25	22.3%
Jun 25	22.75%
Jun 25	26.04%
Jun 25	25.39%
Jun 25	26.04%
May 25	26.17%
May 25	27.58%
May 25	25.02%
May 25	23.37%
May 25	27.14%
Apr 25	33.31%
Apr 25	33.91%
Apr 25	32.25%
Apr 25	34.12%
Mar 25	28.32%
Mar 25	22.68%
Mar 25	22.91%
Mar 25	21.05%
Feb 25	23.64%
Feb 25	23.94%
Feb 25	28.41%
Feb 25	26.19%
Jan 25	26.45%
Jan 25	22.07%
Jan 25	23.09%
Jan 25	24.2%
Jan 25	23.09%
Dec 24	23.8%
Dec 24	22.07%
Dec 24	20.07%
Dec 24	18.67%
Nov 24	17.8%
Nov 24	16.58%
Nov 24	15.3%
Nov 24	13.63%
Nov 24	2.14%
Oct 24	2.33%

Price to Sales

LUMN Price to Sales by year
Period	Price to Sales
Sep 26	0.6
Sep 26	0.59
Sep 26	0.57
Aug 26	0.51
Aug 26	0.5
Aug 26	0.57
Aug 26	0.53
Jul 26	0.53
Jul 26	0.52
Jul 26	0.52
Jul 26	0.55
Jul 26	0.53
Jun 26	0.67
Jun 26	0.68
Jun 26	0.7
Jun 26	0.73
May 26	0.91
May 26	0.78
May 26	0.83
May 26	0.7
May 26	0.75
Apr 26	0.71
Apr 26	0.69
Apr 26	0.6
Apr 26	0.56
Mar 26	0.54
Mar 26	0.52
Mar 26	0.53
Mar 26	0.53
Feb 26	0.57
Feb 26	0.63
Feb 26	0.66
Feb 26	0.63
Jan 26	0.69
Jan 26	0.67
Jan 26	0.66
Jan 26	0.62
Jan 26	0.6
Dec 25	0.6
Dec 25	0.64
Dec 25	0.67
Dec 25	0.65
Nov 25	0.64
Nov 25	0.6
Nov 25	0.63
Nov 25	0.83
Oct 25	0.81
Oct 25	0.63
Oct 25	0.53
Oct 25	0.51
Oct 25	0.51
Sep 25	0.46
Sep 25	0.44
Sep 25	0.47
Sep 25	0.37
Aug 25	0.38
Aug 25	0.36
Aug 25	0.34
Aug 25	0.29
Aug 25	0.29
Jul 25	0.33
Jul 25	0.33
Jul 25	0.34
Jul 25	0.35
Jun 25	0.34
Jun 25	0.3
Jun 25	0.31
Jun 25	0.3
May 25	0.3
May 25	0.28
May 25	0.31
May 25	0.33
May 25	0.29
Apr 25	0.25
Apr 25	0.25
Apr 25	0.26
Apr 25	0.25
Mar 25	0.3
Mar 25	0.37
Mar 25	0.37
Mar 25	0.4
Feb 25	0.36
Feb 25	0.35
Feb 25	0.34
Feb 25	0.37
Jan 25	0.37
Jan 25	0.44
Jan 25	0.42
Jan 25	0.4
Jan 25	0.42
Dec 24	0.41
Dec 24	0.44
Dec 24	0.48
Dec 24	0.52
Nov 24	0.55
Nov 24	0.59
Nov 24	0.64
Nov 24	0.71
Nov 24	0.5
Oct 24	0.46

EV/EBITDA

LUMN EV/EBITDA by year
Period	EV/EBITDA
Sep 26	8.35
Sep 26	8.31
Sep 26	8.23
Aug 26	7.91
Aug 26	7.86
Aug 26	8.21
Aug 26	7.99
Jul 26	11.48
Jul 26	11.45
Jul 26	11.41
Jul 26	11.7
Jul 26	11.51
Jun 26	12.56
Jun 26	12.64
Jun 26	12.82
Jun 26	13.09
May 26	14.42
May 26	13.41
May 26	13.82
May 26	12.82
May 26	19.73
Apr 26	19.37
Apr 26	19.17
Apr 26	18.31
Apr 26	17.97
Mar 26	17.73
Mar 26	17.59
Mar 26	17.71
Mar 26	17.69
Feb 26	18.06
Feb 26	18.61
Feb 26	12.79
Feb 26	12.62
Jan 26	13.02
Jan 26	12.89
Jan 26	12.83
Jan 26	12.54
Jan 26	12.42
Dec 25	12.42
Dec 25	12.69
Dec 25	12.85
Dec 25	12.73
Nov 25	12.65
Nov 25	12.37
Nov 25	12.58
Nov 25	13.93
Oct 25	13.8
Oct 25	9.57
Oct 25	9.11
Oct 25	8.98
Oct 25	8.98
Sep 25	8.73
Sep 25	8.65
Sep 25	8.78
Sep 25	8.28
Aug 25	8.36
Aug 25	8.23
Aug 25	8.16
Aug 25	7.9
Aug 25	7.88
Jul 25	5.39
Jul 25	5.39
Jul 25	5.42
Jul 25	5.46
Jun 25	5.43
Jun 25	5.28
Jun 25	5.31
Jun 25	5.28
May 25	5.28
May 25	5.23
May 25	5.33
May 25	5.4
May 25	5.24
Apr 25	5.01
Apr 25	5
Apr 25	5.04
Apr 25	4.99
Mar 25	5.15
Mar 25	5.39
Mar 25	5.38
Mar 25	5.48
Feb 25	5.34
Feb 25	5.33
Feb 25	10.36
Feb 25	10.55
Jan 25	10.53
Jan 25	11.01
Jan 25	10.88
Jan 25	10.75
Jan 25	10.88
Dec 24	10.8
Dec 24	11.01
Dec 24	11.3
Dec 24	11.55
Nov 24	11.71
Nov 24	11.98
Nov 24	12.31
Nov 24	12.82
Nov 24	11.68
Oct 24	11.42

Price/Operating Cashflow

LUMN Price/Operating Cashflow by year
Period	Price/Operating Cashflow
Sep 26	1.32
Sep 26	1.3
Sep 26	1.27
Aug 26	1.13
Aug 26	1.11
Aug 26	1.26
Aug 26	1.17
Jul 26	1.28
Jul 26	1.28
Jul 26	1.26
Jul 26	1.35
Jul 26	1.29
Jun 26	1.63
Jun 26	1.65
Jun 26	1.71
Jun 26	1.79
May 26	2.21
May 26	1.89
May 26	2.02
May 26	1.71
May 26	1.96
Apr 26	1.86
Apr 26	1.8
Apr 26	1.56
Apr 26	1.47
Mar 26	1.4
Mar 26	1.36
Mar 26	1.4
Mar 26	1.39
Feb 26	1.5
Feb 26	1.65
Feb 26	1.72
Feb 26	1.65
Jan 26	1.81
Jan 26	1.75
Jan 26	1.73
Jan 26	1.62
Jan 26	1.57
Dec 25	1.57
Dec 25	1.68
Dec 25	1.74
Dec 25	1.69
Nov 25	1.66
Nov 25	1.55
Nov 25	1.64
Nov 25	2.15
Oct 25	2.11
Oct 25	1.83
Oct 25	1.56
Oct 25	1.49
Oct 25	1.48
Sep 25	1.34
Sep 25	1.29
Sep 25	1.37
Sep 25	1.07
Aug 25	1.12
Aug 25	1.04
Aug 25	1
Aug 25	0.85
Aug 25	0.84
Jul 25	0.99
Jul 25	1
Jul 25	1.02
Jul 25	1.05
Jun 25	1.03
Jun 25	0.9
Jun 25	0.93
Jun 25	0.9
May 25	0.9
May 25	0.85
May 25	0.94
May 25	1.01
May 25	0.87
Apr 25	0.76
Apr 25	0.75
Apr 25	0.79
Apr 25	0.75
Mar 25	0.9
Mar 25	1.12
Mar 25	1.11
Mar 25	1.21
Feb 25	1.08
Feb 25	1.06
Feb 25	1.03
Feb 25	1.11
Jan 25	1.1
Jan 25	1.32
Jan 25	1.26
Jan 25	1.21
Jan 25	1.26
Dec 24	1.23
Dec 24	1.32
Dec 24	1.45
Dec 24	1.56
Nov 24	1.64
Nov 24	1.76
Nov 24	1.91
Nov 24	2.14
Nov 24	2.11
Oct 24	1.94

Price to Book

LUMN Price to Book by year
Period	Price to Book
Jul 26	0.55
Jul 26	0.54
Jul 26	0.54
Jul 26	0.58
Jul 26	0.55
Jun 26	0.69
Jun 26	0.7
Jun 26	0.73
Jun 26	0.76
May 26	0.94
May 26	0.81
May 26	0.86
May 26	0.73
Jul 25	14.85
Jul 25	14.95
Jul 25	15.33
Jul 25	15.78
Jun 25	15.47
Jun 25	13.51
Jun 25	13.86
Jun 25	13.51
May 25	13.45
May 25	12.76
May 25	14.06
May 25	15.06
May 25	12.97
Apr 25	7.13
Apr 25	7
Apr 25	7.37
Apr 25	6.96
Mar 25	8.39
Mar 25	10.47
Mar 25	10.37
Mar 25	11.28
Feb 25	10.05
Feb 25	9.92
Feb 25	13.3
Feb 25	14.43
Jan 25	14.28
Jan 25	17.12
Jan 25	16.36
Jan 25	15.61
Jan 25	16.36
Dec 24	15.87
Dec 24	17.12
Dec 24	18.82
Dec 24	20.24
Nov 24	21.22
Nov 24	22.78
Nov 24	24.69
Nov 24	27.73
Nov 24	14.83
Oct 24	13.64
Oct 24	14.28
Oct 24	13.13
Oct 24	14.36
Sep 24	15.42
Sep 24	14.11
Sep 24	12.9
Sep 24	12.37
Aug 24	11.12
Aug 24	13.2
Aug 24	12.75
Aug 24	11.8
Aug 24	6
Jul 24	3.46
Jul 24	2.7
Jul 24	2.31
Jul 24	2.01
Jun 24	2.15
Jun 24	2.09
Jun 24	2.21
Jun 24	2.48
May 24	2.52
May 24	2.48
May 24	2.58
May 24	2.56
May 24	2.58
Apr 24	2.85
Apr 24	3.09
Apr 24	3.26
Apr 24	3.16
Mar 24	3.68
Mar 24	3.8
Mar 24	3.7
Mar 24	4.29
Mar 24	3.82
Feb 24	3.54
Feb 24	0.68
Feb 24	0.67
Feb 24	0.57
Jan 24	0.62
Jan 24	0.58
Jan 24	0.7
Jan 24	0.75
Dec 23	0.8
Dec 23	0.76
Dec 23	0.8
Dec 23	0.65
Dec 23	0.65

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marketbeat.com · 11 Sep 2026

Lumen Technologies Maps AI Networking Growth Strategy at Citi Conference

Lumen Technologies NYSE: LUMN Chief Executive Officer Kate Johnson said the company is positioning its network and software capabilities around enterprise demand for artificial intelligence, arguing that customers increasingly need to move data among buildings, cloud platforms, data centers and edge locations in real time.

marketbeat.com · 11 Sep 2026

Lumen Technologies Bets on Digital Networks as AI Inference Strains Connectivity

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defenseworld.net · 8 Sep 2026

Hsbc Holdings PLC Acquires 919,605 Shares of Lumen Technologies, Inc. $LUMN

Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its holdings in Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN) by 10.5% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 9,685,625 shares of the technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 919,605 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC owned about 0.94%

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defenseworld.net · 27 Aug 2026

Algert Global LLC Raises Holdings in Lumen Technologies, Inc. $LUMN

Algert Global LLC raised its holdings in Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN) by 61.0% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,179,678 shares of the technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 447,104 shares during the period. Algert