profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Lumen Technologies
$4.45-5.52% today
-51.9% in 1 year
1-year low $3.981-year high $10.99
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Lumen Technologies sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $17.5 billion in 2022 to $12.4 billion in 2025, with -$1.74 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Lumen Technologies handed back 0% of the cash it generated last year.
$1M
Free cash flow 2025$371M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$1M
Cash vs. debt$1.0B vs. $17.7B
Lumen Technologies vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumen Technologies | No profit yet | ||
 Charter Communications | 4.9× · Cheap | ||
 Telefónica | No profit yet | ||
 BCE | 4.4× · Cheap | ||
 Rogers Communications | 3.7× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Lumen Technologies's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,712 | 19,687 | 17,478 | 14,557 | 13,108 | 12,402 | |
| 11,778 | 11,199 | 9,610 | 7,413 | 6,405 | 5,764 | |
| – | – | 3,293 | 1,230 | 477 | -184 | |
| 5,596 | 8,242 | 3,580 | -6,094 | 4,098 | 1,317 | |
| -1,232 | 2,033 | -1,548 | -10,298 | -55 | -1,739 | |
| -1.14 | 1.91 | -1.54 | -10.48 | -0.06 | -1.75 | |
| 56.9% | 56.9% | 55.0% | 50.9% | 48.9% | 46.5% | |
| – | – | 18.8% | 8.4% | 3.6% | -1.5% | |
| -5.9% | 10.3% | -8.9% | -70.7% | -0.4% | -14.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 59,394 | 57,993 | 45,612 | 34,018 | 33,496 | 34,342 |
| Cash | 406 | 354 | 1,251 | 2,234 | 1,889 | 1,003 |
| Total debt | – | 29,181 | 20,916 | 20,256 | 18,159 | 17,707 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 35,238 | 33,601 | 33,032 | 35,459 |
| 11,162 | 11,777 | 10,374 | 417 | 464 | -1,117 | |
| 1,079 | 1,067 | 1,008 | 983 | 988 | 995 | |
| 6.3% | 8.1% | 0.9% | -34.7% | 4.8% | -6.8% | |
| -11.0% | 17.3% | -14.9% | -2,469.5% | -11.9% | 155.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,524 | 6,501 | 4,735 | 2,160 | 4,333 | 4,738 | |
| 3,729 | 2,900 | 3,016 | 3,100 | 3,231 | 4,367 | |
| 2,795 | 3,601 | 1,719 | -940 | 1,102 | 371 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,109 | 1,087 | 780 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 0 | 1,000 | 200 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 175 | 120 | 98 | 52 | 29 | 48 |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- 0.7×
- 0.4×
- 12.4×
- 16.2×
- 8.1%
- -37.9%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 46.5%
- -1.5%
- -14.0%
- 12.9%
- -2.6%
- -11.6%
- -79.4%
- -5.7%
- -3.5%
- –
Growth
- −9.7%
- –
- −66.3%
- −19.1%
- −1.6%
Financial health
- 7.4×
- 1.14
- 43.3%
- -0.8×
- 0.99
- 0.99
- 0.40
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 8%of 435
Bottom 8%of 437
Bottom 5%of 439
Top 36%of 439
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $7.08
- Range
- $6.00 – $8.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | -0.47 | -0.10 | −389.1% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 0.23 | -0.21 | +209.5% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -0.20 | -0.31 | +35.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -0.03 | -0.24 | +87.5% |
| May 1, 2025 | -0.13 | -0.29 | +55.2% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 0.09 | -0.05 | +280.0% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | -0.13 | -0.20 | +35.0% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | -0.13 | -0.09 | −44.4% |
News
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Could Be 47% Undervalued On Fresh Third Quarter ResultsYahoo Finance · Nov 8, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
23No pass
Benjamin Graham
46No pass
Philip Fisher
33No pass
Peter Lynch
18No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
18No pass
Terry Smith
12No pass
Questions about Lumen Technologies
Is Lumen Technologies a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Lumen Technologies AI analysis
What does Lumen Technologies do?
Lumen Technologies, Inc., a facilities-based technology and communications company, provides various integrated products and services under the Lumen, Quantum Fiber, and CenturyLink brands to business and residential customers in the United States and internationally. It is in Telecommunications Services, based in Monroe, LA, United States, with 21,000 employees.
Does Lumen Technologies pay a dividend?
Yes. In 2025 it paid out $1.00 million in dividends.
Is Lumen Technologies stock halal?
No. Lumen Technologies does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 386% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Lumen Technologies stock done over the past year?
Down 51.9% over the past twelve months, to $4.45. It traded between $3.98 and $10.99 and is 59.5% below its high.
Who are Lumen Technologies's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Charter Communications, Telefónica, BCE and Rogers Communications. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Lumen Technologies's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.