GLTK vs IDT vs LUMN Stock Comparison

GlobalTech, Idt and Lumen Technologies Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GLTK GlobalTech Corp
$4.90 +8.6% 1M +151.3% 1Y
Market cap
$727.20M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$33.64M
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
3 wins
IDT Idt Corp
$81.78 +8.2% 1M +59.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.05B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.30B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
4 wins
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc.
$4.79 -13.5% 1M -56.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.86B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.83B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Idt leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Idt 4, GlobalTech 3, Lumen Technologies 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGLTKIDTLUMNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $727.20M $2.05B $4.86B LUMN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -66.8x 23.7x -4.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.4x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +68.5% +5.4% -7.7% GLTK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -32.4% 6.7% -8.7% IDT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -22.4% — 1.2% LUMN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.3x — 3.9x GLTK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +151.3% +59.5% -56.5% GLTK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +11.1%/yr -16.6%/yr IDT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 134.9% 26.6% 74.0% IDT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 29/100 58/100 55/100 IDT

Percentile Scorecard

GLTKIDTLUMN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGLTKIDTLUMN
Valuation 10 #44 of 49 38 #31 of 49 79 #11 of 49
Growth 57 #20 of 45 73 #13 of 45 71 #14 of 45
Profitability 5 #43 of 45 61 #18 of 45 46 #25 of 45
Financial Health 46 #27 of 49 92 #5 of 49 23 #38 of 49
Shareholder Returns – 28 #27 of 37 –
Overall 29 58 55
  • GLTK ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • IDT ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • LUMN ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGLTKIDTLUMNSPY
1 month +8.6%+8.2%-13.5% +0.7%
3 months +151.3%+23.7%-26.9% +3.7%
6 months +235.6%+63.1%-45.8% +7.1%
Year to date +146.2%+59.7%-38.4% +12.8%
1 year +151.3%+59.5%-56.5% +11.9%
3 years —+193.0%+221.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year —+43.1%+47.6% +22.8%
5 years —+69.1%-59.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year —+11.1%-16.6% +10.9%
10 years —+442.3%-84.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+18.4%-16.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGLTKIDTLUMNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 134.9%26.6%74.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 127.4%24.1%76.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.140.262.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.122.24-0.76 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -74.1%-66.9%-93.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.9%-3.2%-59.5% -1.2%
52-week high $5.15$84.47$11.83 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$47.25$4.43 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGLTKIDTLUMN
P/E now vs peer median -68.2xmedian 11.5x 23.6xmedian 11.5x -4.7xmedian 11.5x
P/S now vs peer median 22.2xmedian 1.1x 1.5xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -137.0xmedian 6.8x 11.5xmedian 6.8x 5.7xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -216.5xmedian 5.9x 28.0xmedian 5.9x 5.9xmedian 5.9x
P/B now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 1.3x 4.8xmedian 1.3x -3.3xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.25 0.79median 0.25 -0.09median 0.25

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGLTKIDTLUMN
Revenue $33.64M $1.30B $11.83B
Gross profit $7.87M $496.79M $5.66B
Operating income -$9.09M $121.17M $198.00M
Net income -$12.80M $95.09M -$1.02B
Free cash flow -$3.44M $67.96M $837.00M
R&D – $55.74M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.07 $3.46 $-1.02
Cash & equivalents $3.62M $220.69M $1.88B
Total debt $11.80M – $13.21B
Shares (diluted) 151.50M 25.02M 1.00B
Enterprise value $709.12M $1.10B -$2.04B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGLTKIDTLUMN
P/E -68.2x 23.6x -4.7x
P/FCF -216.5x 28.0x 5.9x
P/Operating cash flow -246.6x 20.9x 0.9x
P/S 22.2x 1.5x 0.4x
P/B 26.4x 4.8x -3.3x
P/Tangible book -44.8x 4.9x -0.9x
EV/EBITDA -137.0x 11.5x 5.7x
EV/EBIT -82.8x 13.6x 82.1x
EV/Revenue 22.4x 1.3x 1.4x
EV/FCF -218.5x 24.2x 19.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -249.0x 18.0x 3.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.79 -0.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGLTKIDTLUMN
Revenue growth (1Y) 68.5% 5.4% -7.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 44.0% 1.6% -8.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 325.8% 11.3% -7.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 119.7% 11.6% -11.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -133.8% 20.7% 191.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 15.9% 25.9% 26.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -403.8% 17.2% 13.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 28.9% 54.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -410.5% 15.1% 14.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 29.8% 54.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -113.2% -28.3% 22.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.4% 20.2% 29.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -131.4% -36.1% -10.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 30.7% 48.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGLTKIDTLUMN
Gross margin 23.4% 38.3% 47.8%
EBITDA margin -16.3% 11.0% 24.3%
Operating margin -27.0% 9.3% 1.7%
Pretax margin -12.1% 10.0% -11.8%
Net margin -32.4% 6.7% -8.7%
FCF margin -10.2% 5.2% 7.1%
Operating cash flow margin -9.0% 7.0% 45.4%
Return on equity -15.7% 24.6% –
Return on assets -4.6% 13.0% -3.3%
Return on invested capital -22.4% – 1.2%
Return on capital employed -20.1% 31.9% 0.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.8x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x 1.0x -5.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGLTKIDTLUMN
Debt / assets 12.5% – 42.9%
Debt / equity 0.4x – -8.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.3x – 3.9x
Debt / FCF -3.4x – 15.8x
Liabilities / assets 70.0% 48.2% 104.8%
Equity / assets 30.0% 51.8% -4.8%
Interest coverage -4.1x – 0.2x
Current ratio 0.4x 1.9x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.3x 1.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 5.78 6.23 -0.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGLTKIDTLUMN
Dividend yield – 0.3% –
Net buyback yield – 1.1% –
Shareholder yield – 1.5% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGLTKIDTLUMN
Forward P/E – 18.4xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $4.45FY2027 $-0.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +16.5%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after – -4.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $1.41BFY2027 $10.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +8.2%FY2027 -13.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -1.5% -5.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGLTKIDTLUMN
Held by institutions – 60.0% 70.7%
Institutions holding – 197 623
Change in shares held, QoQ – +5.5% +2.6%
Institutions buying – 108 290
Institutions selling – 65 180
Buyers to sellers – 1.66 1.61

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GLTKIDTLUMN
GLTK 1.00 0.01 -0.01
IDT 0.01 1.00 -0.01
LUMN -0.01 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GLTK, IDT and LUMN?

Lumen Technologies (LUMN) is the largest by market capitalisation: GlobalTech (GLTK) $727.20M, Idt (IDT) $2.05B, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) $4.86B.

Which company is growing faster?

GlobalTech (GLTK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: GlobalTech (GLTK) +68.5%, Idt (IDT) +5.4%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) -7.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idt (IDT) has the highest net margin (GlobalTech (GLTK) -32.4%, Idt (IDT) 6.7%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) -8.7%). On return on invested capital, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) leads (GlobalTech (GLTK) -22.4%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) 1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year GlobalTech (GLTK) returned the most: GlobalTech (GLTK) +151.3%, Idt (IDT) +59.5%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) -56.5%. Over five years, Idt (IDT) compounded fastest (Idt (IDT) +11.1%/yr, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) -16.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idt (IDT) has been the steadiest (GlobalTech (GLTK) 134.9%, Idt (IDT) 26.6%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) 74.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GLTK, IDT and LUMN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Idt (IDT) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.