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Lumen Technologies is a telecom services business based in the US. Lumen Technologies shares (LUMN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $7.74 – a decrease of 12.94% over the previous week. Lumen Technologies employs 25,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $13.3 billion.
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Lumen Technologies stock price (NYSE: LUMN)
Use our graph to track the performance of LUMN stocks over time.Lumen Technologies shares at a glance
Latest market close | $7.74 |
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52-week range | $0.97 - $10.33 |
50-day moving average | $6.88 |
200-day moving average | $3.25 |
Wall St. target price | $5.09 |
PE ratio | N/A |
Dividend yield | N/A |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $-2.11 |
Is it a good time to buy Lumen Technologies stock?
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Lumen Technologies price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $8.13 from 2024-11-18
1 week (2024-11-13) | -8.55% |
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1 month (2024-10-18) | 20.62% |
3 months (2024-08-20) | 32.20% |
6 months (2024-05-20) | 525.38% |
1 year (2023-11-20) | 489.13% |
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2 years (2022-11-18) | 38.50% |
3 years (2021-11-19) | 12.2379 |
5 years (2019-11-20) | 11.5616 |
Is Lumen Technologies stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing Lumen Technologies stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Lumen Technologies's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Lumen Technologies's PEG ratio
Lumen Technologies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 54.5753. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Lumen Technologies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Lumen Technologies's EBITDA
Lumen Technologies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $3.3 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Lumen Technologies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Lumen Technologies financials
Revenue TTM | $13.3 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 5.09% |
Gross profit TTM | $9.6 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 0.66% |
Return on equity TTM | -166.73% |
Profit margin | -16.06% |
Book value | $0.34 |
Market Capitalization | $8.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Lumen Technologies's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Lumen Technologies.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Lumen Technologies's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 29
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Lumen Technologies's overall score of 29 (as at 12/31/2018) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 44th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Lumen Technologies is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Lumen Technologies's environmental score
Environmental score: 9.33/100
Lumen Technologies's environmental score of 9.33 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Lumen Technologies is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Lumen Technologies's social score
Social score: 15.47/100
Lumen Technologies's social score of 15.47 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Lumen Technologies is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Lumen Technologies's governance score
Governance score: 9.19/100
Lumen Technologies's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Lumen Technologies is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Lumen Technologies's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Lumen Technologies scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Lumen Technologies has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Lumen Technologies Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 29 |
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Total ESG percentile | 43.54 |
Environmental score | 9.33 |
Environmental score percentile | 6 |
Social score | 15.47 |
Social score percentile | 6 |
Governance score | 9.19 |
Governance score percentile | 6 |
Level of controversy | 2 |
Lumen Technologies share dividends
We're not expecting Lumen Technologies to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Have Lumen Technologies's shares ever split?
Lumen Technologies's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 31 March 1999 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Lumen Technologies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Lumen Technologies shares which in turn could have impacted Lumen Technologies's share price.
Lumen Technologies share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Lumen Technologies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.9702 up to $10.33. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Lumen Technologies's is 1.201. This would suggest that Lumen Technologies's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Lumen Technologies overview
Lumen Technologies, Inc. , a facilities-based technology and communications company, provides various integrated products and services to business and residential customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Business and Mass Markets. It offers dark fiber, edge cloud services, internet protocol, managed security, software-defined wide area networks, secure access service edge, unified communications and collaboration, and optical wavelengths services; ethernet and VPN data networks services; and legacy services to manage cash flow, including time division multiplexing voice, private line, and other legacy services, as well as sells communication equipment, and IT solutions. 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, Quantum Fiber, and CenturyLink brands. The company was formerly known as CenturyLink, Inc.
Frequently asked questions
nullWhat percentage of Lumen Technologies is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 7.566% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by insiders and 64.744% by institutions. How many people work for Lumen Technologies?
Latest data suggests 25,000 work at Lumen Technologies. When does the fiscal year end for Lumen Technologies?
Lumen Technologies's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Lumen Technologies based?
Lumen Technologies's address is: 100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, LA, United States, 71203 What is Lumen Technologies's ISIN number?
Lumen Technologies's international securities identification number is: US5502411037 What is Lumen Technologies's CUSIP number?
Lumen Technologies's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 156700106
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