Lumen Technologies (FRA:CYTH) Cash-to-Debt : 0.11 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Lumen Technologies Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Lumen Technologies's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.11.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Lumen Technologies couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lumen Technologies's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CYTH' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.01 Max: 0.11
Current: 0.11

During the past 13 years, Lumen Technologies's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.11. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.01.

FRA:CYTH's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
73.39% of 387 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.36 vs FRA:CYTH: 0.11

Lumen Technologies Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lumen Technologies's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Lumen Technologies Cash-to-Debt Chart

Lumen Technologies Annual Data

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0.05

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0.06

0.11

Lumen Technologies Quarterly Data
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Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.06	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.11

Competitive Comparison of Lumen Technologies's Cash-to-Debt

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Lumen Technologies's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Lumen Technologies's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Lumen Technologies's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lumen Technologies's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Lumen Technologies Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Lumen Technologies's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	2048.578	/	(389.725	+	18185.027)
	=	0.11

Lumen Technologies's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	2048.578	/	(389.725	+	18185.027)
	=	0.11

Lumen Technologies (FRA:CYTH) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Lumen Technologies (FRA:CYTH) Business Description

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Address

100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, LA, USA, 71203

Website

https://www.lumen.com

With 450,000 route miles of fiber, including over 35,000 route miles of subsea fiber connecting Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Lumen Technologies is one of the United States' largest telecommunications carriers serving global enterprises. Its merger with Level 3 in 2017 and divestiture of much of its incumbent local exchange carrier, or ILEC, business in 2022 has shifted the company's operations away from its legacy consumer business and toward enterprises (now nearly 80% of revenue). Lumen offers businesses a full menu of communications services, providing colocation and data center services, data transportation, and end-user phone and internet service. On the consumer side, Lumen provides broadband and phone service across 37 states, where it has 4.5 million broadband customers.