LUMN has 36-month beta value of 1.32. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for LUMN is 940.98M, and currently, short sellers hold a 8.04% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of LUMN on April 07, 2025 was 13.42M shares.
LUMN) stock’s latest price update
Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE: LUMN)’s stock price has plunge by -6.57relation to previous closing price of 3.50. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -17.01% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. prnewswire.com reported 2025-03-27 that DENVER, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN) (“Lumen” or the “Company”) today announced the successful completion of a refinancing transaction at Level 3 Financing, Inc. (“Level 3”), giving it greater financial flexibility and stability to fund its transformation. All of Level 3’s existing term loans under its Credit Agreement, dated March 22, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”), were replaced with a new $2.4 billion term loan maturing in 2032 and priced at Term SOFR + 4.25%.
LUMN’s Market Performance
Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN) has experienced a -17.01% fall in stock performance for the past week, with a -34.99% drop in the past month, and a -41.71% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 8.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 7.67% for LUMN. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -26.60% for LUMN stock, with a simple moving average of -36.93% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of LUMN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LUMN stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for LUMN by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for LUMN in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $6.50 based on the research report published on February 26, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see LUMN reach a price target of $5. The rating they have provided for LUMN stocks is “Equal Weight” according to the report published on February 21st, 2025.
Wells Fargo gave a rating of “Underweight” to LUMN, setting the target price at $4 in the report published on August 16th of the previous year.
LUMN Trading at -30.61% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought LUMN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -68.34% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 7.67%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 8.31%, as shares sank -38.30% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -43.33% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, LUMN fell by -17.01%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +202.78% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $4.45. In addition, Lumen Technologies Inc saw -38.42% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LUMN starting from Fowler James, who purchase 10,000 shares at the price of $4.70 back on Sep 03 ’24. After this action, Fowler James now owns 384,056 shares of Lumen Technologies Inc, valued at $46,990 using the latest closing price.
GOFF STACEY W, the INSIDER of Lumen Technologies Inc, proposed sale 374,492 shares at $6.36 during a trade that took place back on Aug 08 ’24, which means that GOFF STACEY W is holding shares at $2,381,769 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for LUMN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.51 for the gross margin
The net margin for Lumen Technologies Inc stands at -0.0. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -12.49, with -0.16 for asset returns.
Based on Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.98 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.24. The debt to equity ratio resting at 39.14. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.35.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.1 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.97. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.5. The receivables turnover for the company is 10.65for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.39. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.15.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
