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Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN)

9.32 +0.48 (+5.43%)
At close: May 1 at 4:00:03 PM EDT
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LUMN Q1 2026 earnings call
May 5, 2026 at 5 PM EDT
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News headlines Lumen is gearing up for its Q1 earnings report on May 5, anticipating a $0.06 loss per shareon revenues of $2.84 billion, reflecting a 10.7% declineyear-over-year. The company has a strong track record of beating earnings estimates, with an Earnings ESP of +27.27%suggesting a potential positive surprise this quarter.

Lumen is gearing up for its Q1 earnings report on May 5, anticipating a $0.06 loss per shareon revenues of $2.84 billion, reflecting a 10.7% declineyear-over-year. The company has a strong track record of beating earnings estimates, with an Earnings ESP of +27.27%suggesting a potential positive surprise this quarter.

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  • Previous Close 8.84
  • Open 8.89
  • Bid --
  • Ask --
  • Day's Range 8.74 - 9.45
  • 52 Week Range 3.37 - 11.95
  • Volume 12,020,471
  • Avg. Volume 13,528,780
  • Market Cap (intraday) 9.601B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.54
  • PE Ratio (TTM) --
  • EPS (TTM) -1.75
  • Earnings Date May 5, 2026
  • Forward Dividend & Yield --
  • Ex-Dividend Date Aug 29, 2022
  • 1y Target Est 7.68

Lumen Technologies, Inc., a networking company, provides integrated products and services to business and mass customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Business and Mass Markets. It offers dark fiber and conduit, edge cloud, internet protocol (IP), voice over IP, managed security, software-defined wide area networks, unified communications and collaboration, and optical services; ethernet and VPN data networks services; and legacy services to manage cash flow, including time division multiplexing voice and private line; other legacy services, such as Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) based ethernet, legacy data hosting services, and conferencing services; and managed and professional service solutions, as well as sells communications equipment. The company also provides high speed and lower speed broadband service to residential and small business customers; local and long-distance voice services, professional services, and other ancillary services; and federal broadband and state support programs. It serves its products and services under the Lumen, CenturyLink, Black Lotus Labs, and Quantum Fiber brand name. 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.

www.lumen.com

24,000

Full Time Employees

December 31

Fiscal Year Ends

Telecom Services

Industry

Performance Overview: LUMN

Trailing total returns as of 5/1/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .

YTD Return

LUMN
19.95%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
5.62%

1-Year Return

LUMN
164.77%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
29.01%

3-Year Return

LUMN
291.60%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
73.47%

5-Year Return

LUMN
17.71%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
72.92%

Earnings Trends: LUMN

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Earnings Per Share

GAAP
Normalized
GAAP
Normalized

Revenue vs. Earnings

Annual
Quarterly
Annual
Quarterly
Q4 FY25
Revenue 3.04B
Earnings 229M

Q1

FY25

Q2

FY25

Q3

FY25

Q4

FY25

0
1B
2B
3B

Analyst Insights: LUMN

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Top Analyst

Citigroup
64/100
Latest Rating
Neutral

Analyst Price Targets

6.00 Low
7.68 Average
9.32 Current
10.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell

Latest Rating

Date 2/5/2026
Analyst Citigroup
Rating Action Maintains
Rating Neutral
Price Action Lowers
Price Target 11 -> 10

Statistics: LUMN

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Valuation Measures

Annual
As of 5/1/2026
  • Market Cap

    9.60B

  • Enterprise Value

    26.31B

  • Trailing P/E

    --

  • Forward P/E

    312.50

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

    --

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

    0.75

  • Price/Book (mrq)

    --

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

    2.12

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

    19.97

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    -14.02%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    -0.56%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    --

  • Revenue (ttm)

    12.4B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    -1.74B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    -1.75

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    1B

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    --

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    -5.9B

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Company Insights: LUMN

Fair Value

9.32 Current

Dividend Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Hiring Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Insider Sentiment Score

0 Low
Sector Avg.
100 High

Research Reports: LUMN

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  • What does Argus have to say about LUMN?

    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC has an Investment Rating of HOLD; a target price of $9.000000; an Industry Subrating of Medium; a Management Subrating of Low; a Safety Subrating of Medium; a Financial Strength Subrating of Low; a Growth Subrating of Low; and a Value Subrating of Medium.

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    Price Target
  • Raising target price to $9.00

    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC has an Investment Rating of HOLD; a target price of $9.000000; an Industry Subrating of Medium; a Management Subrating of Low; a Safety Subrating of Medium; a Financial Strength Subrating of Low; a Growth Subrating of Low; and a Value Subrating of Medium.

    Rating
    Price Target
  • Raising target price to $8.00

    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC has an Investment Rating of HOLD; a target price of $8.000000; an Industry Subrating of Medium; a Management Subrating of Low; a Safety Subrating of Medium; a Financial Strength Subrating of Low; a Growth Subrating of Low; and a Value Subrating of Medium.

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    Price Target
  • What does Argus have to say about LUMN?

    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC has an Investment Rating of HOLD; a target price of $7.000000; an Industry Subrating of Medium; a Management Subrating of Low; a Safety Subrating of Medium; a Financial Strength Subrating of Low; a Growth Subrating of Low; and a Value Subrating of Medium.

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    Price Target

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