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Lumen Technologies, Inc.

LUMN

NYSE·Communication Services·Telecommunications Services·Mkt cap $7.4B

$6.43

▼ -10.07%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$3.37 - $11.95

P/E

-3.69

Fwd P/E

-13.53

Beta

1.72

Div Yield

0.00%

Avg Vol

14.8M

Shares Out

1.0B

Mkt Cap

$7.4B

Price action

Price chart

Up 60.7% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

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Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Extensive nationwide fiber optic network infrastructure and last-mile connectivity
  • Large established customer base of 4.5+ million broadband subscribers with high switching costs
  • Integrated service portfolio spanning connectivity, cloud, data centers, and managed security
  • Strategic data center locations supporting colocation and content delivery services
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Bear Case

1 risk

  • Above-average volatility (beta 1.7).

Growth

Stable outlook

Increasing enterprise demand for cloud services, hybrid IT solutions, and managed security

Value

Deep value opportunity - significant discount to Telecom Services peers

Momentum

Stable

+2.3% over 3m

Quality

Strong

Mixed fundamentals

Dividend

None

No dividend

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 29, 2026

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Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 5, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.47 vs -$0.13 consensus (-261.4% surprise). Revenue of $2.9B vs $2.8B expected (+2.4%).

EPS miss
Rev beat +2.4%

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-261.4%

Next: Apr 29, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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-9%

-9%

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Q4 24

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Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$3.3B

$3.2B

$3.3B

$3.2B

$3.1B

$3.1B

$3.0B

$2.9B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

—

Operating

—

Profit

-6.9%

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Wall Street consensus

6 analysts · 0% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

0%

Hold

6

100%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$8.00

▲ +24.4% vs $6.43

Low $8.00
Median $8.00
High $8.00

Latest: JP Morgan · May 11, 2026

1 analyst covering

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How LUMN stacks vs Telecommunications Services

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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