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LUMN · NYSE
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Telecom Services · United States
USD 5.57-2.5% daily changeQuote 2026-09-28 · USD
- Market cap (USD)
- US$5.74B
- Trailing P/E
- —
- Forward P/E
- —
- Quarterly revenue growth
- -9.3%
- Trailing net margin
- -8.7%
- Indicated dividend yield
- —
Snapshot 2026-09-28 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-10-29 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
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.
Company websiteQ2 2026
Go beyond the headline.
Lumen (LUMN) Q2 2026 Earnings: $476M Of Cash In, $91M Of Revenue Out
Published 2026-08-09
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| Metric | LUMNLumen Technologies, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-06-30 | IRDMIridium Communications Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-06-30 | TUTELUS CorporationSnapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-06-30 | Peer medianSimilar-size peers only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$5.74B | US$5.11B | US$13.21B | US$9.16Bn=2 |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | — | 28.14x | 15.40x | 21.77xn=2 |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 7.83x | 15.99x | — | — |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | -9.3% | 3.8% | -2.2% | 0.8%n=2 |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | -2.9% | 15.1% | 15.1% | 15.1%n=2 |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 36.9% | 4.7% | — | — |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 5.20x | 3.79x | 6.07x | 4.93xn=2 |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | — | 3.79x | 2.24x | 3.01xn=2 |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | — | 55.47x | — | — |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | — | 10.82x | 1.41x | 6.11xn=2 |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 1.48x | 7.66x | — | — |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | — | -55.0% | — | — |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 47.8% | 71.9% | 35.6% | 53.7%n=2 |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | -8.7% | 10.5% | -4.5% | 3.0%n=2 |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | — | 19.7% | -6.4% | 6.7%n=2 |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 17.9% | 27.1% | 11.9% | 19.5%n=2 |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | — | 1.2% | 6.4% | 3.8%n=2 |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 0.0% | 69.0% | 278.2% | 173.6%n=2 |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 0.96x | 2.78x | 0.67x | 1.72xn=2 |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 1.80 | 0.88 | 0.73 | 0.81n=2 |
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Q2 20262026-08-09
Lumen (LUMN) Q2 2026 Earnings: $476M Of Cash In, $91M Of Revenue Out
Presentation · 2026-08-09 · YouTube