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Lumen Technologies LUMN Business — Total expense

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.9B-8.9%
Gross profit$1.5B-2.1%
Operating income$602.0M+463%
Net income-$200.0M+0.5%
EPS (diluted)-$0.200.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.6B-14.4%
Total debt$13.4B-29.0%
Total equity-$1.3B-556%
Total assets$30.6B-8.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.3B+20.8%
CapEx$943.0M+19.2%
Free cash flow$380.0M+25.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.45B+79.1%
Enterprise value$20.23B-9.8%
P/S0.7×+0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin47.3%-0.9pp
Operating margin-2.6%-6.6pp
Net margin-14.3%
FCF margin-3.9%-9.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-170.9%+20.5pp
Debt / equity65.4×+26.1×
Current ratio-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Lumen Technologies in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept lumn:OperatingExpensesExcludingDepreciationAmortizationandImpairment.

The official record: Lumen Technologies’s 10-K, filed February 20, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lumen Technologies's business — total expense?
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) reported business — total expense of $1.34B in Q4 2025.
How has Lumen Technologies's business — total expense changed year-over-year?
Lumen Technologies's business — total expense decreased by 6.6% year-over-year, from $1.44B to $1.34B.
What is the long-term trend for Lumen Technologies's business — total expense?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Lumen Technologies's business — total expense has grown at a 3.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.76B to $5.37B.
What does business — total expense mean?
The aggregate of all operating costs incurred by the business segment to generate revenue, including both labor and non-labor expenditures. This metric provides a comprehensive view of the segment's cost structure.