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As of close of business last night, Lumen Technologies Inc’s stock clocked out at $5.07, up 4.11% from its previous closing price of $4.87. In other words, the price has increased by $4.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.63 million shares were traded. LUMN stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.13 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.88.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of LUMN’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.72 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.66. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.11 and its Current Ratio is at 1.15. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 41.20 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 39.77.
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, Citigroup on February 26, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $6.50 from $8 previously.
On February 21, 2025, Wells Fargo Upgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Underweight but kept the price unchanged to $5.
Wells Fargo Downgraded its Equal Weight to Underweight on August 16, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $1.75 to $4.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 03 ’24 when Fowler James bought 10,000 shares for $4.70 per share. The transaction valued at 46,990 led to the insider holds 384,056 shares of the business.
GOFF STACEY W bought 374,492 shares of LUMN for $2,381,769 on Aug 08 ’24. On Aug 08 ’24, another insider, GOFF STACEY W, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 71,025 shares for $6.36 each.
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 5139965952 and an Enterprise Value of 22368962560. 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 11.09. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.707 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.558.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LUMN is 1.17, which has changed by 2.0 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LUMN has reached a high of $10.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.97. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.15%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.96%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that LUMN traded 12.77M shares on average per day over the past three months and 12994800 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 1.01B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 930.61M. Insiders hold about 8.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.42% stake in the company. Shares short for LUMN as of 1740700800 were 77435236 with a Short Ratio of 6.06, compared to 1738281600 on 74957208. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 77435236 and a Short% of Float of 10.6000006.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.94.
