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The price of Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE: LUMN) closed at $3.43 in the last session, up 4.89% from day before closing price of $3.27. In other words, the price has increased by $4.89 from its previous closing price. On the day, 20.5 million shares were traded. LUMN stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.8165 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.02.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LUMN’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.86 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 3.19. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of 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 3516093184 and an Enterprise Value of 20544122880. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.27 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 7.50. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.567 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.023.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LUMN is 1.33, which has changed by 1.3493152 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of -0.028342128 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 -26.44%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -33.99%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LUMN traded on average about 13.49M shares per day over the past 3-months and 20926000 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 1.01B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 940.98M. Insiders hold about 8.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.61% stake in the company. Shares short for LUMN as of 1741910400 were 75663198 with a Short Ratio of 5.61, compared to 1739491200 on 75290381. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 75663198 and a Short% of Float of 10.3599995.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 11.94.
