Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN)Communication Services | Telecom Services | Monroe, United States | NYSE
8.57 USD
+0.06
(0.705%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 8.66 +0.09 (1.050%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:21 p.m. EDT
LUMN is currently trading near its 52-week low, with a high level of short interest and negative earnings. The recent price history shows volatility but with some upward momentum. Dividend payouts are consistent, but the stock is not a strong candidate for long-term growth given the negative fundamentals. Short-term traders may find opportunities in the near-term volatility, but the overall outlook is bearish. Long-term investors should be cautious and consider the fundamentals before investing. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.244437 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.247344 |
| MSTL | 0.293449 |
| AutoTheta | 0.331669 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 61% |
| H-stat | 1.91 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.117 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.58 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2022-08-28 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2022-08-28 |
| Revenue per Share | 12.47 |
| Market Cap | 8,828,457,984 |
| Forward P/E | -29.74 |
| Beta | 1.54 |
| Profit Margins | -14.02% |
| Previous Name | CenturyLink, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.lumen.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 1:21 p.m. EDT: The options activity suggests mixed sentiment. There is a concentration of open interest and volume around the strike prices of $7.5 and $8.0, indicating potential for price movement in that range. However, the high implied volatility (IV) on the put side, especially around the $6.0 and $6.5 strikes, suggests some bearish speculation. The presence of significant open interest at higher strikes like $11.0 and $12.0 indicates potential for a sharp upward move, but the overall low predicted direction from the forecasting model suggests caution.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-29 | 0.250000 | 2.429543 |
| 2022-05-27 | 0.250000 | 2.047574 |
| 2022-03-07 | 0.250000 | 2.446225 |
| 2021-11-26 | 0.250000 | 2.028794 |
| 2021-08-27 | 0.250000 | 2.276637 |
| 2021-05-28 | 0.250000 | 2.010359 |
| 2021-03-05 | 0.250000 | 2.102572 |
| 2020-11-27 | 0.250000 | 2.759011 |
| 2020-08-28 | 0.250000 | 2.688360 |
| 2020-05-29 | 0.250000 | 3.073357 |
| 2020-03-06 | 0.250000 | 2.587508 |
| 2019-11-29 | 0.250000 | 2.180917 |
| 2019-08-29 | 0.250000 | 2.842967 |
| 2019-05-31 | 0.250000 | 3.144948 |
| 2019-03-11 | 0.250000 | 2.726980 |
| 2018-11-23 | 0.540000 | 4.149554 |
| 2018-08-30 | 0.540000 | 3.526054 |
| 2018-06-01 | 0.540000 | 4.415921 |
| 2018-03-02 | 0.540000 | 4.653092 |
| 2017-11-24 | 0.540000 | 6.020001 |
| 2017-08-31 | 0.540000 | 4.390316 |
| 2017-06-01 | 0.540000 | 3.437569 |
| 2017-03-01 | 0.540000 | 3.781083 |
| 2016-11-23 | 0.540000 | 3.810106 |
| 2016-08-31 | 0.540000 | 3.417232 |
| 2016-05-26 | 0.540000 | 3.636095 |
| 2016-03-02 | 0.540000 | 3.171491 |
| 2015-11-20 | 0.540000 | 3.692123 |
| 2015-09-03 | 0.540000 | 3.828176 |
| 2015-05-29 | 0.540000 | 3.145959 |
| 2015-03-04 | 0.540000 | 2.931209 |
| 2014-11-20 | 0.540000 | 2.661760 |
| 2014-08-27 | 0.540000 | 2.679974 |
| 2014-06-05 | 0.540000 | 2.977101 |
| 2014-03-06 | 0.540000 | 3.599966 |
| 2013-11-21 | 0.540000 | 3.674997 |
| 2013-09-04 | 0.540000 | 3.575137 |
| 2013-05-30 | 0.540000 | 3.353117 |
| 2013-03-07 | 0.540000 | 3.472939 |
| 2012-12-07 | 0.725000 | 4.309024 |
| 2012-09-07 | 0.725000 | 3.973167 |
| 2012-06-01 | 0.725000 | 4.573694 |
| 2012-03-02 | 0.725000 | 4.423438 |
| 2011-12-02 | 0.725000 | 4.956085 |
| 2011-09-01 | 0.725000 | 5.227721 |
| 2011-06-02 | 0.725000 | 4.388250 |
| 2011-02-16 | 0.725000 | 4.364669 |
| 2010-12-03 | 0.725000 | 4.359397 |
| 2010-09-02 | 0.725000 | 5.322143 |
| 2010-06-04 | 0.725000 | 5.816888 |
| 2010-03-05 | 0.725000 | 6.007806 |
| 2009-11-30 | 0.700000 | 5.558447 |
| 2009-09-03 | 0.700000 | 6.504801 |
| 2009-06-12 | 0.700000 | 6.433057 |
| 2009-03-13 | 0.700000 | 8.413924 |
| 2008-11-28 | 0.700000 | 8.150756 |
| 2008-09-05 | 0.700000 | 5.787303 |
| 2008-07-02 | 0.632000 | 5.925917 |
| 2008-06-09 | 0.068000 | 0.624199 |
| 2008-03-06 | 0.068000 | 0.650434 |
| 2007-11-23 | 0.065000 | 0.505896 |
| 2007-08-30 | 0.065000 | 0.452979 |
| 2007-05-31 | 0.065000 | 0.435516 |
| 2007-03-08 | 0.065000 | 0.488700 |
| 2006-11-22 | 0.063000 | 0.503115 |
| 2006-08-31 | 0.063000 | 0.526150 |
| 2006-06-01 | 0.063000 | 0.576812 |
| 2006-03-02 | 0.063000 | 0.572792 |
| 2005-11-30 | 0.060000 | 0.605889 |
| 2005-08-31 | 0.060000 | 0.559656 |
| 2005-06-01 | 0.060000 | 0.619246 |
| 2005-03-02 | 0.060000 | 0.591273 |
| 2004-12-01 | 0.058000 | 0.588443 |
| 2004-09-02 | 0.058000 | 0.593237 |
| 2004-06-03 | 0.058000 | 0.661504 |
| 2004-03-04 | 0.058000 | 0.675323 |
| 2003-11-26 | 0.055000 | 0.571301 |
| 2003-09-04 | 0.055000 | 0.524844 |
| 2003-06-05 | 0.055000 | 0.540855 |
| 2003-03-06 | 0.055000 | 0.708371 |
| 2002-11-27 | 0.053000 | 0.586259 |
| 2002-09-05 | 0.053000 | 0.709587 |
| 2002-05-30 | 0.053000 | 0.590225 |
| 2002-03-07 | 0.053000 | 0.533990 |
| 2001-11-28 | 0.050000 | 0.514958 |
| 2001-08-29 | 0.050000 | 0.493835 |
| 2001-05-30 | 0.050000 | 0.621881 |
| 2001-03-08 | 0.050000 | 0.597765 |
| 2000-11-29 | 0.048000 | 0.466344 |
| 2000-08-30 | 0.048000 | 0.585012 |
| 2000-05-31 | 0.048000 | 0.617191 |
| 2000-03-03 | 0.048000 | 0.474408 |
| 1999-12-01 | 0.045000 | 0.345389 |
| 1999-09-01 | 0.045000 | 0.391572 |
| 1999-06-02 | 0.045000 | 0.388386 |
| 1999-03-03 | 0.045333 | 0.371593 |
| 1998-12-02 | 0.043333 | 0.398417 |
| 1998-09-02 | 0.043333 | 0.494806 |
| 1998-06-04 | 0.043333 | 0.494167 |
| 1998-03-05 | 0.043556 | 0.595947 |
| 1997-12-03 | 0.040889 | 0.705456 |
| 1997-09-03 | 0.040889 | 0.849160 |
| 1997-06-04 | 0.040889 | 1.083533 |
| 1997-03-05 | 0.040889 | 1.026947 |
| 1996-12-04 | 0.040000 | 0.995755 |
| 1996-09-04 | 0.040000 | 0.975783 |
| 1996-06-05 | 0.040000 | 0.963744 |
| 1996-02-29 | 0.040000 | 0.959215 |
| 1995-11-29 | 0.036444 | 0.939089 |
| 1995-08-30 | 0.036444 | 1.050353 |
| 1995-05-26 | 0.036444 | 1.026076 |
| 1995-02-27 | 0.036444 | 0.970174 |
| 1994-11-28 | 0.035556 | 0.952955 |
| 1994-08-29 | 0.035556 | 0.971396 |
| 1994-05-27 | 0.035556 | 1.123851 |
| 1994-02-28 | 0.035556 | 1.127286 |
| 1993-11-29 | 0.034222 | 1.143395 |
| 1993-08-30 | 0.034222 | 0.966378 |
| 1993-05-28 | 0.034222 | 0.985673 |
| 1993-03-01 | 0.034222 | 0.943419 |
| 1992-11-30 | 0.032593 | 0.999975 |
| 1992-08-31 | 0.032593 | 1.256193 |
| 1992-06-01 | 0.032593 | 1.370731 |
| 1992-03-02 | 0.032593 | 1.170820 |
| 1991-12-02 | 0.031704 | 1.464512 |
| 1991-08-30 | 0.031704 | 1.511402 |
| 1991-05-28 | 0.031704 | 1.443395 |
| 1991-03-04 | 0.031704 | 1.364010 |
| 1990-12-10 | 0.031111 | 1.337692 |
| 1990-08-27 | 0.031111 | 1.643695 |
| 1990-05-29 | 0.031111 | 1.432079 |
| 1990-03-05 | 0.031111 | 1.517950 |
| 1989-11-27 | 0.030222 | 1.308938 |
| 1989-08-28 | 0.030222 | 1.281592 |
| 1989-05-30 | 0.030222 | 1.411029 |
| 1989-02-27 | 0.029630 | 1.574141 |
| 1988-11-29 | 0.029630 | 2.197975 |
| 1988-08-30 | 0.029630 | 2.828601 |
| 1988-05-24 | 0.028971 | 2.961638 |
| 1988-02-25 | 0.028971 | 3.701616 |
| 1987-11-20 | 0.028313 | 4.618387 |
| 1987-08-31 | 0.028313 | 3.616950 |
| 1987-05-22 | 0.028313 | 5.603524 |
| 1987-03-02 | 0.027654 | 4.666401 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.7915308 |
| Address1 | 100 CenturyLink Drive |
| All Time High | 49.94 |
| All Time Low | 0.78 |
| Ask | 8.66 |
| Ask Size | 9,400 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.1 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 15,017,900 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 14,010,467 |
| Average Volume | 14,010,467 |
| Average Volume10Days | 15,017,900 |
| Beta | 1.539 |
| Bid | 8.62 |
| Bid Size | 9,100 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | -1.089 |
| City | Monroe |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.57 |
| Current Ratio | 1.802 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 8.84 |
| Day Low | 8.42 |
| Display Name | Lumen |
| Dividend Date | 1,662,681,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,014,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,011,200 |
| Ebitda | 2,444,999,936 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.19715 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.878 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.144 |
| Enterprise Value | 26,595,848,192 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.4998 |
| Eps Forward | -0.2882 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.75 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,661,731,200 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 7.215 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.3549995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.18780312 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 179.15309 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 11.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.38 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.2828452 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 3.01 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.5599995 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.847176 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 3.01 - 11.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 322,151,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 11.94 |
| Float Shares | 943,577,578 |
| Forward Eps | -0.2882 |
| Forward P E | -29.736294 |
| Free Cashflow | -5,901,499,904 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 24,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.46476 |
| Gross Profits | 5,763,999,744 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.080010004 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.71686995 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 1,030,158,552 |
| Industry | Telecom Services |
| Industry Disp | Telecom Services |
| Industry Key | telecom-services |
| Ir Website | http://ir.centurylink.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112635&p=irol-IRHome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,661,731,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.25 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 922,924,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | Lumen Technologies, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 8,828,457,984 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_260149 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-04-18 |
| Net Income To Common | -1,739,000,064 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 8,828,458,790 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 10 |
| Open | 8.6 |
| Operating Cashflow | 4,737,999,872 |
| Operating Margins | -0.05985 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 17.14 |
| Phone | 318 388 9000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.09000015 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.0501769 |
| Post Market Price | 8.66 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,217 |
| Prev Name | CenturyLink, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 8.51 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -17.146858 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -7.869605 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.7118576 |
| Profit Margins | -0.14022 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.638 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.09091 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0599995 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.705047 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.84 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.42 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.42 - 8.84 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.6 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.51 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.57 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,003 |
| Regular Market Volume | 11,970,303 |
| Return On Assets | -0.0056 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.087 |
| Revenue Per Share | 12.47 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1,030,158,552 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.059299998 |
| Shares Short | 61,065,259 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 52,020,868 |
| Short Name | Lumen Technologies, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.070199996 |
| Short Ratio | 5.51 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | LA |
| Symbol | LUMN |
| Target High Price | 10.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.675 |
| Target Median Price | 7.75 |
| Total Cash | 1,003,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.979 |
| Total Debt | 18,819,999,744 |
| Total Revenue | 12,401,999,872 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.75 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 6.9095 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.6604996 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.24032123 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 11,970,303 |
| Website | https://www.lumen.com |
| Zip | 71,203 |