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Lumen Technologies, Inc. LUMN
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) earns a Piotroski F-score of 3/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.01% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $12.4B at a -14.0% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | JP Morgan | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-05-08 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-05-06 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-05-06 | TD Cowen | Hold (main) |
| 2026-02-05 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-02-05 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 3/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.102 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.574 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.024 |
| Equity / liabilities | -0.032 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUMN | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 3/9 | -1.39 | — | -5.4% |
| CTGG | QWEST CORP | 4/9 | 3.68 | — | -13.8% |
| UNIT | Uniti Group Inc. | 5/9 | — | 2.1 | +91.5% |
| IDT | IDT CORP | 7/9 | 5.41 | 18.7 | +2.1% |
| TDS | TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ | 5/9 | 2.72 | — | -5.3% |
| ATNI | ATN International, Inc. | 5/9 | 1.54 | — | -0.2% |
| SHEN | SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/ | 3/9 | 2.01 | — | +9.1% |
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About Lumen Technologies, Inc.
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.
FAQ
Is LUMN financially healthy?
Lumen Technologies, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 3/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does LUMN pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Lumen Technologies, Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 0.01% with a -0.1% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is LUMN?
In FY2025, Lumen Technologies, Inc. had a net margin of -14.0%.
Is LUMN overvalued or undervalued?
Lumen Technologies, Inc. trades at about 3.3× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 6.5×–34.6×, median 22.3×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for LUMN?
The average Wall-Street price target for Lumen Technologies, Inc. is $8.29, about 31.8% above the recent price, from 10 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is LUMN a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Lumen Technologies, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 3/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a dividend yield of 0.01%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.