Communication Services
Lumen Technologies, Inc.(LUMN)
Live Price
Offline$8.20
+1.23% today
1Y Change
+82.75%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $9.60B
- Revenue Growth
- -5.4%
- EPS Growth
- -3041.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $9.60B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $8.20 and up 82.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -5.4%, EPS growth of -3041.8%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -5.4%, EPS -3041.8%, free cash flow -66.3% with operating margin -1.5% and ROIC -0.4%. 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 LUMN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-5.4% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-1.5% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -5.4% and EPS is at -3041.8%, with operating margin around -1.5%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +6.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | +0.2% | +22.2% | +5.3% |
2026 Feb 3, 2026 | +209.5% | -21.6% | -8.0% | -17.7% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +35.5% | -0.6% | +5.8% | -21.6% |
Benchmark Edge
LUMN vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LUMN
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LUMN Max Drawdown
-47.34%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
โ
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LUMN and SPY.
Company Overview
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Lumen Technologies, Inc., a facilities-based technology and communications company, provides various integrated products and services under the Lumen, Quantum Fiber, and CenturyLink brands to business and residential customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Business and Mass Markets. It offers compute and application services, such as cloud services, IT solutions, unified communication and collaboration solutions, colocation and data center services, content delivery services, and managed security services; and IP and data services, including VPN data network, Ethernet, internet protocol (IP), and voice over internet protocol. The company also provides fiber infrastructure services comprising high bandwidth optical wavelength networks; and unlit optical fiber and related professional services. In addition, it offers voice and other services, including private line services, a direct circuit or channel specifically dedicated for connecting two or more organizational sites; a portfolio of traditional time division multiplexing voice services; and synchronous optical network-based Ethernet, legacy data hosting services, and conferencing services. As of December 31, 2021, the company served approximately 4.5 million broadband subscribers. 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.
- Leadership
- Kathleen E. Johnson
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 24.0k
- Street Address
- 100 CenturyLink Drive
- Mailing
- Monroe, LA, 71203
- Region
- Monroe, LA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 318 388 9000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 20.0
- Price/Sales
- 0.8
- Price/Book
- โ
Growth
- Revenue
- -5.4%
- EPS
- -3041.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- -66.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 24.3%
- Operating Margin
- -1.5%
- Net Margin
- -14.0%
- ROE
- 268.0%
- ROIC
- -0.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- โ
- Current Ratio
- 1.80
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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