Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$21.07
+0.05% today
1Y Change
+1.25%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 242 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Qwest Corp (CTBB) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $3.81B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $21.07 and up 1.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -13.8%, EPS growth of 0.0%, a dividend yield of 8.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -13.8%, EPS 0.0%, free cash flow -18.2% with operating margin -29.5% and ROIC -9.0%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 8.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CTBB price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
CTBB is 19.61 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
CTBB had 8.89 pts shallower max drawdown than SPY.
CTBB beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
CTBB
+1.25%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.86%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-19.61 pts
Relative to SPY
CTBB Max Drawdown
-0.24%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CTBB and SPY.
| Year | CTBB | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.57% | +6.71% | -6.13 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +0.72% | +11.19% | -10.47 pts | SPY |
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$7.0B
+7.8% YoY
FY Net Income
$2.1B
+9.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$2.2B
+25.8% YoY
Revenue Growth
-13.8%
EPS Growth
+0.0%
Gross Margin
-19.0%
Net Margin
-40.1%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 4.7B | 5.5B | 5.9B | 6.4B | 7.0B |
| Gross Profit | 0 | 4.0B | 4.3B | 4.8B | 5.3B |
| Operating Income | -1.0B | 2.1B | -195M | 2.8B | 3.1B |
| EBITDA | -199M | 2.8B | 3.0B | 3.6B | 4.1B |
| Net Income | -1.3B | 1.5B | -831M | 1.9B | 2.1B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 39M | 26M | 10M | 8M | 2M |
| Total Assets | 15.8B | 17.4B | 16.3B | 19.0B | 18.4B |
| Total Liabilities | 4.9B | 5.1B | 5.6B | 5.4B | 6.7B |
| Shareholder Equity | 10.9B | 12.2B | 10.8B | 13.6B | 11.6B |
| Total Debt | 1.7B | 2.0B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 3.5B |
| Net Debt | 1.6B | 2.0B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 3.5B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
3.0B
+15.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
797M
+6.1% YoY
Free Cash Flow
2.2B
+25.8% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
-19.0%
Operating Margin
-29.5%
Net Margin
-40.1%
ROE
-15.5%
Debt / Equity
0.16x
Next Step
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