Investor’s Toolkit: Key Ratios for Assessing Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN)’s Performance

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Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE: LUMN) closed the day trading at $5.25 up 1.55% from the previous closing price of $5.17. In other words, the price has increased by $1.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.2 million shares were traded. LUMN stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.37 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.125.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of LUMN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.57 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 0.60. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.90 and its Current Ratio is at 0.95. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 40.52 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 39.51.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Wells Fargo on August 16, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Underweight and sets its target price to $4 from $1.75 previously.

Goldman Upgraded its Sell to Neutral on August 07, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $1 to $4.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 08 ’24 when GOFF STACEY W bought 374,492 shares for $6.36 per share.

GOFF STACEY W bought 71,025 shares of LUMN for $451,719 on Aug 08 ’24. On May 02 ’24, another insider, Johnson Kathleen E, who serves as the President & CEO of the company, bought 750,000 shares for $1.28 each. As a result, the insider paid 959,850 and bolstered with 7,756,290 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LUMN now has a Market Capitalization of 5338252288 and an Enterprise Value of 22727251968. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.39 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 11.45. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.657 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.512.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, LUMN has reached a high of $7.83, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 74.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 185.47%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, LUMN traded about 34.10M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LUMN traded about 24809700 shares per day. A total of 1.01B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 990.43M. Insiders hold about 2.59% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 65.32% stake in the company. Shares short for LUMN as of 1723680000 were 78196536 with a Short Ratio of 2.29, compared to 1721001600 on 137546649. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 78196536 and a Short% of Float of 10.66.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.94.

Earnings Estimates

Investors are keenly observing as 6.0 analysts analyze and rate the current performance of Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.07, with high estimates of $0.0 and low estimates of -$0.22.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.17 and -$0.59 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.32. EPS for the following year is -$0.52, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $0.13 and -$1.48.

Revenue Estimates

9 analysts predict $3.22B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $3.28B to a low estimate of $3.17B. As of the current estimate, Lumen Technologies Inc’s year-ago sales were $3.61BFor the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.2B. There is a high estimate of $3.27B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $3.12B.

A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LUMN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $13.11B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $12.85B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $12.97B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $14.56BBased on 12 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $12.44B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $12.95B and the low estimate is $11.83B.

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