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Lumen Technologies (Lumen Technologies) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lumen Technologies Financial Strength?

Lumen Technologies has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Lumen Technologies Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Lumen Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.46. Lumen Technologies's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.44. As of today, Lumen Technologies's Altman Z-Score is -1.12.


Competitive Comparison of Lumen Technologies's Financial Strength

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Lumen Technologies's Financial Strength falls into.



Lumen Technologies Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Lumen Technologies's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-290 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $133 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $19,831 Mil.

Lumen Technologies's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*133/-290
=0.46

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Lumen Technologies Inc interest coverage is 1.06, which is low.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Lumen Technologies's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(425 + 19831) / 14068
=1.44

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Lumen Technologies has a Z-score of -1.12, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -1.12 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Lumen Technologies has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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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