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Lumen Technologies (Lumen Technologies) Days Sales Outstanding

: 33.63 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Lumen Technologies's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,296 Mil. Lumen Technologies's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,517 Mil. Hence, Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 33.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding or its related term are showing as below:

LUMN' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 27.15   Med: 34.82   Max: 42.66
Current: 34.18

During the past 13 years, Lumen Technologies's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 42.66. The lowest was 27.15. And the median was 34.82.

LUMN's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
74.21% of 380 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 56.465 vs LUMN: 34.18

Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding increased from Dec. 2022 (33.33) to Dec. 2023 (33.63).


Lumen Technologies Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding 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.

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Lumen Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.57 32.50 27.79 27.15 31.34

Lumen Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Days Sales Outstanding Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.33 33.58 36.20 36.14 33.63

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding 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 Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding falls into.



Lumen Technologies Days Sales Outstanding Calculation

Days Sales Outstanding measures the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's Accounts Receivable are being managed.

Accounts Receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding.

Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (1319 + 1181) / 2 ) / 14557*365
=1250 / 14557*365
=31.34

Lumen Technologies's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Sep. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Dec. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (1411 + 1181) / 2 ) / 3517*365 / 4
=1296 / 3517*365 / 4
=33.63

* 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.


Lumen Technologies  (NYSE:LUMN) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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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