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Lumen Technologies LUMN Return on invested capital

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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

Calculated from Lumen Technologies’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 return on invested capital?
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) reported return on invested capital of -2.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Lumen Technologies's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Lumen Technologies's return on invested capital decreased by 178.7% year-over-year, from 2.9% to -2.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Lumen Technologies's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Lumen Technologies's return on invested capital has grown at a 17.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2.1% to -4.6%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.