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Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Lumen Technologies, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is a digital networking services company that provides integrated communication products and services to enterprise and wholesale customers globally. The company operates a large fiber optic network and offers services including network connectivity, edge computing, cybersecurity, and network-as-a-service. Lumen serves domestic and international enterprise clients, focusing on enabling digital transformation and secure, efficient data and application connectivity.

Snapshot

Revenue
$11.33B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-6.6%
Net income
$-1.74B
Diluted EPS
$-1.75
Gross margin
41.4%
Operating margin
-7.2%
Net margin
-15.3%
FCF margin
3.3%
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$6.28B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Lumen Technologies

  • Revenue fell 6.6% to $11.3B in FY2025, after a 10.3% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 7.2% loss in FY2025, from 24.1% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $2.5B, down 12.6% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $371M in FY2025, 3.3% of revenue.
  • Net loss widened to $1.7B in FY2025, from $55M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Lumen Technologies’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin41.4%
42nd percentile of 105
Operating margin-7.2%
32nd percentile of 185
Net margin-15.3%
23rd percentile of 191
FCF margin3.3%
42nd percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)-6.6%
20th percentile of 209
Short interest3.64d
54th percentile of 216

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $612,680 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
1 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
5
5 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$273.4M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$134.4M17.5MAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$70.4M9.2MReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$42.3M5.5MReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$13.1M1.7MReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$8.6M1.1MReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.8M359.5KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$1.5M193.5KNew
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$375,81348.9KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$613K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-06
Johnson Kathleen EChief Executive OfficerBuy100.0K$6.13$613K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
63.2M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+1.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.64
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
17.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1463.2M+1.2%3.64
2026-07-3162.4M-1.7%5.82
2026-07-1563.5M+7.7%5.38
2026-06-3058.9M-0.5%3.38
2026-06-1559.2M-3.7%4.64
2026-05-2961.5M+7.8%4.67
2026-05-1557.0M+1.3%3.27
2026-04-3056.3M-1.2%4.96

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$11.33B$12.13B$13.52B$16.11B$17.80B
Gross profit$4.69B$5.43B$6.38B$8.24B$9.31B
Operating income$-812.0M$460.0M$-9.58B$95.0M$4.29B
Net income$-1.74B$-55.0M$-10.30B$-1.55B$2.03B
Diluted EPS$-1.75$-0.06$-10.48$-1.54$1.91

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.00B$1.89B$2.23B$1.25B$354.0M
Current assets$7.91B$4.39B$4.78B$5.45B$11.54B
Total assets$34.34B$33.50B$34.02B$45.61B$57.99B
Current liabilities$4.39B$3.64B$3.53B$4.90B$7.17B
Long-term debt$17.35B$17.49B$19.83B$20.42B$27.43B
Total liabilities$35.46B$33.03B$33.60B$35.24B$46.22B
Total equity$-1.12B$464.0M$417.0M$10.37B$11.78B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$4.74B$4.33B$2.16B$4.74B$6.50B
Capital expenditure$4.37B$3.23B$3.10B$3.02B$2.90B
Free cash flow$371.0M$1.10B$-940.0M$1.72B$3.60B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.51B-12.6%$-201.0M$-0.20
Q1 FY2026$2.60B-10.8%$-200.0M$-0.20
Q4 FY2025$2.75B-11.0%$-2.0M$-0.00
Q3 FY2025$2.81B-5.4%$-621.0M$-0.62
Q2 FY2025$2.87B-4.9%$-915.0M$-0.92
Q1 FY2025$2.91B-4.9%$-201.0M$-0.20
Q4 FY2024$3.08B-6.1%$85.0M$0.09
Q3 FY2024$2.97B-12.2%$-148.0M$-0.15

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryTelephone Communications (No Radiotelephone)
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK18926

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-04
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10-Q2026-05-05
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-06-11
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8-K2026-06-10
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8-K2026-05-27
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.