For the quarter ended June 2025, Lumen (LUMN) reported revenue of $3.09 billion, down 5.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$0.03, compared to -$0.13 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.06% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.13 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.24, the EPS surprise was +87.5%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Lumen performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Operating Revenues- Total Business Segment Revenue: $2.49 billion compared to the $2.48 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3.4% year over year.
- Operating Revenues- Total Mass Markets Revenue: $602 million versus $649.47 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -12.9% change.
- Operating Revenues- Total Business Segment Revenue- Wholesale: $690 million versus $685.96 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.6% change.
- Large Enterprise- Total: $732 million compared to the $713.65 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -12.5% year over year.
- Operating Revenues- International and Other- Total: $82 million compared to the $85.85 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Public Sector- Total: $486 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $475.71 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +8.5%.
- Fiber Broadband-Mass Markets Segment by Product Category: $217 million compared to the $216.54 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +19.9% year over year.
- Other Broadband-Mass Markets Segment by Product Category: $245 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $241.35 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -17.8%.
- Voice and Other-Mass Markets Segment by Product Category: $140 million versus $191.08 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -34% change.
- Mid-Market Enterprise- Total: $500 million compared to the $514 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.6% year over year.
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Shares of Lumen have returned +0.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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