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Lumen Technologies (Lumen Technologies) Profitability Rank : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lumen Technologies Profitability Rank?

Lumen Technologies has the Profitability Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Lumen Technologies's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.78%. As of today, Lumen Technologies's Piotroski F-Score is 5.


Competitive Comparison of Lumen Technologies's Profitability Rank

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Lumen Technologies's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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 Profitability Rank Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Lumen Technologies's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lumen Technologies's Profitability Rank falls into.



Lumen Technologies Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Lumen Technologies has the Profitability Rank of 5.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Lumen Technologies's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=133 / 3517
=3.78 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Lumen Technologies has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Warning Sign:

Lumen Technologies Inc operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -6.4%.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Lumen Technologies (Lumen Technologies) Business Description

Address
100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, LA, USA, 71203
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.
Executives
James Fowler director 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Christopher Stansbury officer: EVP and CFO C/O ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC, 9201 EAST DRY CREEK ROAD, CENTENNIAL CO 80112
Kathleen E Johnson director, officer: President & CEO 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Quincy L Allen director 6600 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BOCA RATON FL 33496
Ashley Haynes-gaspar officer: EVP and Customer Exp Officer 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Kevin P. Chilton director 1201 LAKE ROBBINS DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Laurie Siegel director C/O VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC., 1133 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Peter C Brown director 909 WALNUT STE 200, KANSAS CITY MO 64106
Scott Trezise officer: EVP, Human Resources 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Shaun C Andrews officer: Exec VP & Chief Mktg Officer 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Sham Chotai officer: EVP, Product and IT 10201 TORRE AVENUE, SUITE 350, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Michael James Roberts director ONE MCDONALD'S PLAZA, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Steven T Clontz director 781 THIRD AVENUE, KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406-1409
Martha Helena Bejar director C/O POLYCOM, INC., 6001 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Hal Jones director 1150 15TH STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20071