LUMN Stock — Lumen Technologies Inc.

Lumen Technologies Inc. (LUMN)

Updated October 16, 2026.

LUMN is a Stock. Total return is 1474.7% over the past 41.9 years.

Lumen Technologies is a networking company providing integrated telecommunications and internet services to business and residential customers in the United States and internationally, including dark fiber, edge cloud, IP services, broadband, voice, and managed security solutions across its Business and Mass Markets segments. The company does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders. Lumen appeals to investors seeking exposure to the telecommunications and networking infrastructure sector rather than those focused on dividend income.

LUMN performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1474.7% over the past 41.9 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -33.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 61.5%.

LUMN key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/05/1984

Distribution frequency

None

5-year average yield

10.02

Last close

$4.65 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$4,796,221,129

Average volume

13978588.0

Ex-dividend date

08/29/2022

Payment date

09/09/2022

Beta

1.858

Payout ratio

50.0%

Forward P/E

98.0392

EPS

$-1.02

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

LUMN risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 61.5%.

Who may consider LUMN — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (LUMN does not currently distribute). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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