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Lumen Technologies LUMN Operating Cash Flow

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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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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 us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

The official record: Lumen Technologies’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lumen Technologies's operating cash flow?
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) reported operating cash flow of $1.32B in Q1 2026.
How has Lumen Technologies's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?
Lumen Technologies's operating cash flow increased by 20.8% year-over-year, from $1.1B to $1.32B.
What is the long-term trend for Lumen Technologies's operating cash flow?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Lumen Technologies's operating cash flow has grown at a -7.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.5B to $4.74B.
What does operating cash flow mean?
The total cash generated by the company's day-to-day business activities.
How do you interpret operating cash flow?
Higher values indicate a healthy, self-sustaining business model, while lower or negative values may signal operational inefficiencies or liquidity stress.
How does operating cash flow compare across companies?
The most critical metric for comparing operational health across all industries; compared against net income to assess earnings quality.