The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

LUMN

Concerning the House

Lumen Technologies, Inc., a networking company, provides integrated products and services to business and mass customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Business and Mass Markets. It offers dark fiber and conduit, edge cloud, internet protocol (IP), voice over IP, managed security, software-defined wide area networks, unified communications and collaboration, and optical services; ethernet and VPN data networks services; and legacy services to manage cash flow, including time division multiplexing voice and private line; other legacy services, such as Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) based ethernet, legacy data hosting services, and conferencing services; and managed and professional service solutions, as well as sells communications equipment. The company also provides high speed and lower speed broadband service to residential and small business customers; local and long-distance voice services, professional services, and other ancillary services; and federal broadband and state support programs. It serves its products and services under the Lumen, CenturyLink, Black Lotus Labs, and Quantum Fiber brand name. The company was formerly known as CenturyLink, Inc. and changed its name to Lumen Technologies, Inc. in September 2020. Lumen Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana.

United States · www.lumen.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$13.52B+16.0%
Operating income-$812.00M-13.3%
Net income-$55.00M+15.4%
Cash from ops$4.33B+1.6%
Quotation

$6.40

+0.11 (+1.7%)

52w hi$11.83
52w lo$4.31
Vol8.68M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.98

Short-0.45
Medium-1.21
Long-1.56

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Communication Services · Telecom Services

Market cap$6.59B
Enterprise value$18.11B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E-21.59x
EV / EBITDA8.10x
P / S (ttm)0.56x
Profit margin-8.7%
Return on equity
Revenue growth-9.3%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX2.24
Corr SPX0.47
Annual vol77.9%
Annual ret+38.7%
Sharpe0.50
Max DD-69.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.23
Sector-0.03
Technical-0.32
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$6.28$6.50$6.18$6.408.68M
Aug 12$6.50$6.52$6.28$6.2910.76M
Aug 11$6.65$6.74$6.32$6.3812.48M
Aug 10$6.23$6.72$6.20$6.6419.17M
Aug 7$6.21$6.39$6.10$6.2421.01M