LUMN

Lumen Technologies Inc

4.88

Oct 30 • 3:59 PM ET +0.09 (1.88%)

4.88

Aftermarket • 7:57 PM ET -0.00 (-0.06%)

Communication Services Telecom Services USA Mid NASD

Oct 29, 8:36 AMLumen Technologies launches three networking initiatives with Emerald AI, The Ohio State University and Fortinet-based post-quantum SASE cryptography starting November 2026

Peers: CCOI T VZ CHTR CMCSA SHEN UNIT OPTU BAND EQIX

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Index	RUT
Market Cap	5.03B
Enterprise Value	16.65B
Income	-1.02B
Sales	11.83B
Book/sh	-1.44
Cash/sh	1.82
Dividend Est.	-
Dividend TTM	-
Dividend Ex-Date	Aug 29, 2022
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -
Payout	-
Employees	24000
IPO	Oct 24, 1978

P/E	-
Forward P/E	-
PEG	-
P/S	0.43
P/B	-
P/C	2.68
P/FCF	6.01
EV/EBITDA	7.20
EV/Sales	1.41
Quick Ratio	0.88
Current Ratio	0.91
Debt/Eq	-
LT Debt/Eq	-
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	-1.03
EPS next Y	-0.31
EPS next Q	-0.23
EPS this Y	-597.54%
EPS next Y	65.58%
EPS next 5Y	-19.22%
EPS past 3/5Y	-4.40% -8.90%
Sales past 3/5Y	-10.81% -9.75%
EPS Y/Y TTM	13.54%
Sales Y/Y TTM	-7.74%
EPS Q/Q	78.24%
Sales Q/Q	-9.28%
Earnings	Nov 04 AMC
EPS/Sales Surpr.	47.68% 2.36%

Insider Own	8.11%
Insider Trans	0.12%
Inst Own	71.53%
Inst Trans	-0.73%
ROA	-3.21%
ROE	-
ROIC	-8.78%
Gross Margin	25.14%
Oper. Margin	-3.10%
Profit Margin	-8.65%
SMA20	-0.82%
SMA50	-14.82%
SMA200	-32.75%
Trades

Shs Outstand	1.03B
Shs Float	947.85M
Short Float	6.77%
Short Ratio	4.62
Short Interest	64.20M
52W High	11.95 -59.16%
52W Low	4.25 14.82%
Volatility	5.41% 6.34%
ATR (14)	0.30
RSI (14)	43.77
Beta	1.95
Rel Volume	0.86
Avg Volume	13.89M
Volume	12,002,243

Perf Week	6.78%
Perf Month	-12.70%
Perf Quarter	-24.34%
Perf Half Y	-47.64%
Perf YTD	-37.19%
Perf Year	-52.80%
Perf 3Y	227.52%
Perf 5Y	-58.85%
Perf 10Y	-83.94%
Recom	2.86
Target Price	7.10
Prev Close	4.79
Price	4.88
Change %	1.88%

Consensus

Hold

Avg. Price Target

$7.10

Implied Upside

+45.5%

Analysts8incl. previous ratings

Rating Distribution0 Buy · 7 Hold · 1 Sell

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change	Implied Upside
Oct 30, 2026	Upgrade	MMoffettNathanson	Sell → Neutral	$4	-18.0%
Feb 04, 2026	Downgrade	RRaymond James	Outperform → Mkt Perform
Oct 31, 2025	Downgrade	CCitigroup	Buy → Neutral	$11	+125.4%
Sep 02, 2025	Resumed	GGoldman	Neutral	$4.10	-16.0%
May 05, 2025	Upgrade	RRaymond James	Mkt Perform → Outperform	$4.50	-7.8%
Feb 26, 2025	Upgrade	CCitigroup	Neutral → Buy	$8 → $6.50	+33.2%
Feb 21, 2025	Upgrade	WWells Fargo	Underweight → Equal Weight	$5	+2.5%
Aug 16, 2024	Downgrade	WWells Fargo	Equal Weight → Underweight	$1.75 → $4	-18.0%
Aug 07, 2024	Upgrade	JJP Morgan	Underweight → Neutral
Aug 07, 2024	Upgrade	GGoldman	Sell → Neutral	$1 → $4	-18.0%
Aug 06, 2024	Upgrade	CCitigroup	Sell → Neutral	$1.25 → $3.15	-35.5%
Jul 01, 2024	Initiated	GGoldman	Sell	$1	-79.5%
Jun 06, 2023	Upgrade	RRaymond James	Underperform → Mkt Perform
Feb 08, 2023	Downgrade	CCitigroup	Neutral → Sell	$6.25 → $3.50	-28.3%
Dec 06, 2022	Resumed	GGoldman	Neutral	$6	+23.0%
Oct 05, 2022	Downgrade	WWells Fargo	Overweight → Equal Weight	$8	+63.9%
Aug 05, 2022	Resumed	JJP Morgan	Underweight	$10	+104.9%
Nov 04, 2021	Upgrade	CCitigroup	Sell → Neutral	$13	+166.4%
May 20, 2021	Downgrade	OOppenheimer	Outperform → Perform
Jan 28, 2021	Downgrade	MMorgan Stanley	Equal-Weight → Underweight

Oct-29-26 08:30AM	Lumen is Redefining Networking for the AI and Quantum Eras (Business Wire)
Oct-27-26 06:14PM	Lumen's Q3 Tests Whether Strategic Momentum Can Outrun A 32% Stock Slide (Earnings Whispers) +5.87%
Oct-20-26 08:30AM	Lumen Takes Network Resilience Beyond the Backup Plan with AI and Built-In Diversity (Business Wire)
Oct-15-26 08:30AM	Lumen and Snowflake Seek to Simplify Private Data Connectivity for Enterprises (Business Wire) +7.03%
Oct-14-26 04:12PM	Why You Should Think About AT&T Differently Now? (Trefis) -8.82%
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Oct-13-26 05:40PM	Should You Buy AT&T Stock At This Price? (Trefis)
08:30AM	Lumen Technologies to Hold Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call (Business Wire)
Oct-09-26 03:59PM	Your Verizon Stock Thesis Has One Loose End (Trefis) -5.04%
Oct-08-26 08:30AM	Eminence Grey and Lumen Partner to Deliver Sovereign AI Infrastructure Across the U.S. (PR Newswire) -5.92%
Oct-07-26 12:57PM	Should You Worry That Verizon Stopped Leading With This One Metric? (Trefis)
Oct-06-26 10:25AM	AT&T Reports Q3 Earnings on October 21. Heres What Its Lumen Markets Need to Show (TIKR) +5.07%
Sep-29-26 12:01PM	T Paid Holders $58 Billion While The Stock Trailed The Market (Trefis)
Sep-25-26 08:51AM	Are You Overpaying For Verizon Stock Versus Its Rivals? (Trefis)
08:30AM	Lumen Technologies Announces Intention to Transfer Stock Exchange Listing to Nasdaq (Business Wire)
Sep-23-26 10:19AM	Is Verizon Stock Cheap, Or Just Done Growing? (Trefis)
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Sep-21-26 04:13PM	Why Does AT&T Stock Cost Less Than A Slower-Growing Verizon? (Trefis)
Sep-19-26 08:30AM	The old new thing: Cisco and retro tech are back and forming the AI buildout's backbone (MarketWatch)
Sep-18-26 12:04PM	Is Verizon Stock Cheap, Or Is Its Cash Already Spoken For? (Trefis)
Sep-16-26 02:50PM	What Does AT&T Stock Do To Your Money When The Market Falls? (Trefis)
Sep-14-26 01:36PM	Is Verizon Stock Counting On Money That Has Not Arrived Yet? (Trefis)
12:47PM	Is AT&T Asking You To Fund A Network For AI Traffic? (Trefis)
Sep-10-26 06:55PM	Is The Next Leg In Verizon Stock Riding On Customers Who Stay? (Trefis)
Sep-09-26 12:16PM	Why Does AT&T Stock Still Trade Like It Is Shrinking? (Trefis)
Sep-03-26 03:02PM	VZ Keeps Climbing. Should You Climb On? (Trefis)
Aug-31-26 12:01PM	The Number Verizon No Longer Leads With Is The One In Decline (Trefis)
Aug-28-26 10:30AM	AT&T Stock's Margin Hit A Multi-Year Best As Its Copper Network Winds Down (Trefis)
Aug-26-26 03:00PM	VZ Has Left Its Peers Behind. Or Has It? (Trefis)
06:26AM	Lumen extends Multi-Cloud Gateway access to more than 10 million US business sites (InvestorsHub)
06:00AM	Lumen Expands Cloud Networking Access to More Than 10 Million U.S. Business Locations (Business Wire)
Aug-20-26 05:15PM	The Peer-Group Mispricing Sitting On T Stock (Trefis)
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Aug-17-26 03:45PM	The Unusual Cash Offer Sitting In T Stock (Trefis)
Aug-14-26 10:24AM	AT&T Stock's Best Lever Is The Copper Network It Is Turning Off (Trefis)
Aug-13-26 09:55AM	VZ Paid Holders $59 Billion While The Stock Trailed The Market (Trefis)
Aug-12-26 10:35AM	AT&T Barely Moves With The Market It Belongs To (Trefis)
Aug-07-26 08:57AM	The Discount On T Stock Looks Overdone (Trefis) +5.76%
Aug-05-26 01:04PM	$58 billion In Payouts, A Lagging Stock: The T Trade-Off (Trefis) -9.39%
01:02AM	Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Revenue Surges 14% ... (GuruFocus.com)
Aug-04-26 04:03PM	Lumen beats revenue estimates on strong digital networking demand (Reuters)
04:01PM	Lumen Technologies Reports Solid Second Quarter 2026 Results; Digital Transformation Accelerates (Business Wire)
Jul-30-26 01:06PM	AT&T Swapped Its Scoreboard For A Forecast (Trefis) +5.13%
11:27AM	The Number That Could Keep Verizon Communications Stock Climbing (Trefis)
07:13AM	Does AT&T Stock Actually Diversify Your Portfolio? (Trefis)
07:13AM	Verizon Traded Phone Upgrades For Cash Flow (Trefis)
Jul-27-26 04:46AM	The Hidden Cost Of AT&T Stock's Success (Trefis)
Jul-24-26 12:10PM	What Could Go Wrong For AT & T Stock (Trefis)
Jul-22-26 09:26AM	Does AT&T Stock Follow Its Own Path? (Trefis)
09:14AM	AT&T Earnings Beat, Revenue Light As Wireless Subscribers Top Estimates (Investor's Business Daily)
Jul-21-26 10:56AM	Does AT&T Stock Follow Its Own Path? (Trefis) +5.96%
08:45AM	Lumen Recognized in Gartner Report, AI Vendor Race: Lumen Is the Company to Beat in Enterprise WAN and Connectivity Services for AI (Business Wire)
08:30AM	Lumen Technologies To Attend Investor Conferences (Business Wire)
Jul-17-26 02:05PM	VZ Earns Its Premium Over Peers. Now What? (Trefis)
01:46PM	What Is AT&T Stock Really Adding To Your Portfolio? (Trefis)
Jul-14-26 08:45AM	Lumen Technologies to Hold Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call (Business Wire)
08:30AM	New York Yankees Choose Lumen to Power Game-Day Connectivity, Data Resilience, and the Fan Experience (Business Wire)
Jul-13-26 08:32AM	The Cash Machine The Market Put On Sale: VZ (Trefis)
08:30AM	Lumen Expands Managed Detection and Response Services for Palo Alto Networks to Strengthen Cyber Defense (Business Wire)
Jul-10-26 10:29AM	The Unusual Cash Offer Sitting In T Stock (Trefis)
Jul-09-26 12:27PM	Lumen Named Among TIME's America's Best Companies and U.S. News & World Report's Best Companies to Work For as AI Transformation Accelerates (Business Wire)
Jul-08-26 07:17AM	The Case For VZ Stock Survives One Real Flaw (Trefis)
Jul-07-26 08:00AM	Lumen Completes Alkira Acquisition, Accelerating Its Unified Digital Platform for AI-Era Networking (Business Wire)
Jul-03-26 09:02AM	Alphabet Takes Aim at Malicious Web Traffic (GuruFocus.com)
Jun-23-26 03:03PM	Nvidia's Network Ambitions Could Lift Telecom (GuruFocus.com)
Jun-10-26 08:45AM	Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Qwest Corporation Announce Expiration and Final Results of Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations (Business Wire)
May-26-26 09:00AM	Lumen Elevates Melissa Mann and Jessica Taylor to Chief Officer Roles, Strengthening Public Policy and Communications Leadership (Business Wire) +8.08%
May-20-26 04:38PM	Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Qwest Corporation Announce Entry into Support Agreement with Certain Noteholders and Amendment to Previously Announced Exchange Offers (Business Wire)
08:45AM	Lumen Technologies, Inc. Announces Early Results of Previously Announced Tender Offers (Business Wire)
May-12-26 08:45AM	Lumen Expands its U.S. Network with NorthLine, a New Northern Fiber Route Built for AI Data Movement (Business Wire)
May-06-26 05:09PM	Lumen Technologies, Inc. Announces Pricing of its 7.500% Senior Notes Due 2037 (Business Wire) +6.28% -13.76%
10:41AM	Lumen Technologies to acquire Alkira for $475 million (Quartz)
10:41AM	Lumen Technologies is buying multi-cloud networking startup Alkira for $475 million (Quartz)
08:29AM	Lumen Technologies, Inc. Announces Offering of Senior Notes Due 2037 and Concurrent Tender Offers (Business Wire)
May-05-26 04:04PM	Lumen beats quarterly revenue estimates, to acquire Alkira for $475 million (Reuters)
04:01PM	Lumen to Acquire Alkira, Establishing the Control Plane for Cloud Connectivity (Business Wire)
04:01PM	Lumen Technologies Reports Solid First Quarter 2026 Results (Business Wire)
Apr-23-26 04:05PM	Lumen Technologies to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences (Business Wire)
Apr-22-26 01:06PM	AT&T Reports 2.9% Revenue Growth And Q1 Earnings Beat Expectations (GuruFocus.com) +6.07%
11:17AM	AT&T stock recovers after Q1 wireless service revenue falls short of some analyst estimates (Yahoo Finance)
11:17AM	AT&T stock drops as Wall Street points to mixed results (Yahoo Finance)
11:17AM	AT&T stock drops as Q1 wireless service revenue falls short of some analyst estimates (Yahoo Finance)
11:08AM	AT&T Results Seen Mixed as Wireless Service Revenue Disappoints (Bloomberg)
09:14AM	AT&T Tops Q1 Estimates but Free Cash Flow Tells a Different Story (GuruFocus.com)
07:15AM	AT&T beats Q1 wireless subscriber estimates on bundling (Quartz)
Apr-20-26 09:05AM	Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Qwest Corporation Announce Commencement of Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations and Intention to Delist Notes (Business Wire)
Apr-17-26 08:30AM	Lumen Technologies Announces New Chief Legal Officer (Business Wire)
Apr-15-26 04:37PM	Lumen Strikes Connectivity Deal With Amazon's Cloud Unit. The Stock Jumps. (Barrons.com) +10.13%
08:35AM	AWS and Lumen Redefine Private Cloud Connectivity by Bringing Cloud and Network Together (Business Wire)
Apr-14-26 04:05PM	Lumen Technologies to Hold First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call (Business Wire)
09:05AM	Lumen Helps Keep Broadcasters on Air Amid Potential Satellite Capacity Changes (Business Wire)
Apr-13-26 12:05PM	Lumen Appoints Jim Ortbals Senior Vice President of Global Partner Solutions (Business Wire)
08:08AM	At Semafor World Economy Lumen CEO Kate Johnson Issues Open Letter to CEOs: "Is Your Network AI-Ready?"-Calling for AI-Ready Network Modernization (Business Wire)
Mar-24-26 07:05AM	Lumen Technologies Named to Fast Company's 2026 List of the World's Most Innovative Companies (Business Wire)
Mar-18-26 12:31PM	How Lumen Technologies is using AI to help cut $1 billion in network costs (Fortune)
Mar-17-26 07:30AM	Lumen Technologies Announces Board Chair Transition, New Director Nominee and Executive Role Expansions (Business Wire)
Mar-16-26 01:02PM	These stocks are cheaper ways to invest in Palantir's success (MarketWatch)
Mar-13-26 09:45AM	Should You Buy Coherent Stock Before It Joins the S&P 500 on March 23? (Barchart)
Mar-10-26 12:00PM	Lumen (LUMN) Upgraded to Strong Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock? (Zacks)
10:10AM	Will Lumen's Debt Reduction Drive Improve Financial Flexibility? (Zacks)
Mar-05-26 11:30AM	Lumen (LUMN) Up 5% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue? (Zacks)
08:37AM	Lumen Surges 36% in 6 Months: Should Investors Still Buy the Stock? (Zacks)
Feb-28-26 12:43PM	AT&T's Earnings Glow-Up Can't Hide These Red Flags (MarketBeat)

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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Johnson Kathleen E	Chief Executive Officer	Aug 06 '26	Buy	6.13	100,000	612,680	100,000	Aug 06 06:36 PM
Linear Diankha	Director	Feb 20 '26	Sale	7.89	45,000	355,050	198,229	Feb 20 07:09 PM
DIANKHA LINEAR	Director	Feb 20 '26	Proposed Sale	7.89	45,000	355,077		Feb 20 04:19 PM
Johnson Kathleen E	President & CEO	Feb 05 '26	Buy	6.35	78,685	499,925	8,562,582	Feb 05 05:34 PM

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is an investment holding company, which engages in the provision of integrated communications to residential and business customers. It operates through the Business and Mass Markets segments. The Business segment provides products and services under four sales channels to enterprise and commercial customers. The Mass Markets segment focuses on consumer and small business customers. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Monroe, LA.

CEO & DirectorMs. Kathleen E. Johnson

President & CFOMr. Christopher David Stansbury

Executive VP and Chief Technology & Product OfficerMr. James Robert Fowler

Chief Accounting Officer & ControllerMr. Donald Holt

C.F.A.Mr. James Dennis Breen Jr.

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