Lumen Technologies, Inc.
LUMN
NYSE·Communication Services·Telecommunications Services·Mkt cap $7.0B
$6.81
▲ +6.74%
P/E
-6.66
Mkt Cap
$7.0B
52-Wk Range
$4.57–$11.95
52-Week Range
$4.57 - $11.95
P/E
Fwd P/E
Beta
Div Yield
Avg Vol
Shares Out
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Price action
Price chart
Up 44.3% over the trailing year
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.
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
Bear Case
1 risk
- Above-average volatility (beta 1.8).
Growth
Mild headwinds expected
Increasing enterprise demand for cloud services, hybrid IT solutions, and managed security
Value
Deep value opportunity - significant discount to Telecom Services peers
Momentum
Falling
-31.8% over 3m
Quality
Strong
Mixed fundamentals
Dividend
None
No dividend
Smart-money signal
Who's buying LUMN right now
Insider Form 4s, 13F institutional filings, and Congressional disclosures - at a glance.
Earnings track record
Latest print - beat on both lines
AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.
Next: Oct 29, 2026
AUG 4, 2026
Reported EPS of -$0.07 vs -$0.13 consensus (+47.7% surprise). Revenue of $2.8B vs $2.7B expected (+2.4%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.
EPS surprise · last 4Q
1 of 1 beats
Estimate
Actual
Q3 26
+47.7%
Revenue trend · last 8Q
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-5%
-3%
-5%
-4%
-9%
-9%
-9%
Q3 24
Q4 24
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
Q4 25
Q1 26
Q2 26
$3.2B
$3.3B
$3.2B
$3.1B
$3.1B
$3.0B
$2.9B
$2.8B
Margins · last 8Q
Gross
0.0%
Operating
-3.1%
Profit
-7.2%
Wall Street consensus
5 analysts · 0% Buy
Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.
Buy
0%
Hold
100%
Sell
0%
Median Price Target
—
Latest: Goldman Sachs · Aug 5, 2026
vs Industry
How LUMN stacks vs Telecommunications Services
Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.
Industry comparison data unavailable for this stock.
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