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Lumen Technologies, Inc.

LUMN Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$5.71

▼ -0.15 (-2.6%)

52w hi$11.83
52w lo$5.67
Vol9.56M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.56

Short-0.22
Medium-0.61
Long-1.16

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Communication Services · Telecom Services

Market cap$5.89B
Enterprise value$17.51B
Forward P/E-19.26x
EV / EBITDA7.83x
P / S (ttm)0.50x
Profit margin-8.7%
Revenue growth-9.3%

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.23
Sector+0.03
Technical-0.27
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

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

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX2.25
Corr SPX0.49
Annual vol74.2%
Annual ret+19.5%
Sharpe0.26
Max DD-69.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$8.19
High / Low$10.00 / $6.00
Median$8.20
Analysts10
Strong Buy0
Buy0
Hold10
Sell0
Strong Sell1

Recent rating actions

2026-05-08Wells Fargo→ Equal-Weight
2026-05-06UBS→ Neutral
2026-05-06TD Cowen→ Hold
2026-02-05UBS→ Neutral
2026-02-05Citigroup→ Neutral
2026-02-04Goldman Sachs→ Neutral

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-04Earnings Release, Officer / Director Change…read
2026-06-11Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-06-10Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-05-27Officer / Director Change, Bylaws Amendment…read
2026-05-21Material Agreement, Material Obligation…read
2026-05-20Material Agreement, Other Material Event…read
2026-05-20Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-05-20Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-05-14Material Agreement, Material Obligation…read
2026-05-12Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-05-07Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-05-05Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-06Johnson Kathleen EChief Executive OfficerBuy100.00K$612.68K
2026-08-05Hinshaw John MGrant27.35K$166.29K

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$612.68K
Insider buys / sells1 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders9
Top-5 share98.5%
HHI3,496 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$368.66M48.00M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$348.11M45.33M
Renaissance Technologies$70.43M9.17M
Citadel Advisors$35.86M4.67M
Capital Research / Capital World$33.75M4.39M
Millennium Management$9.94M1.29M
AQR Capital Management$2.76M359.45K
Bridgewater Associates$375.81K48.93K
T. Rowe Price Group$10.29K1.34M

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.00%
$ / share (TTM)$0.00
5y CAGR-19.1%

Annual dividend per share

2017$2.16
2018$2.16
2019$1.00
2020$1.00
2021$1.00
2022$0.75

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-064view
2026-08-063view
2026-08-064view
2026-08-048-Kview
2026-08-0410-Qview
2026-06-118-Kview
2026-06-108-Kview
2026-05-278-Kview
2026-05-264view
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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%

Indices

S&P SmallCap 600

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$5.86$5.96$5.70$5.719.56M
Sep 24$6.05$6.06$5.82$5.8612.71M
Sep 23$6.36$6.37$6.11$6.139.71M
Sep 22$6.48$6.54$6.36$6.389.47M
Sep 21$6.57$6.57$6.34$6.4611.41M

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