IDT vs LUMN Stock Comparison

Idt and Lumen Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IDT Idt Corp
$81.90 +21.6% 1M +61.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.02B
P/E
23.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.30B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
6 wins
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc.
$4.43 -22.4% 1M -45.2% 1Y
Market cap
$4.69B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.83B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
1 win

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Idt leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Idt 6, Lumen Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIDTLUMNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.02B $4.69B LUMN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.3x -4.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.4% -7.7% IDT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.7% -8.7% IDT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 1.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.9x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.6% -45.2% IDT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.0%/yr -17.9%/yr IDT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.5% 74.9% IDT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 53/100 IDT

Percentile Scorecard

IDTLUMN

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

AxisIDTLUMN
Valuation 38 #31 of 49 77 #12 of 49
Growth 73 #13 of 45 68 #15 of 45
Profitability 61 #18 of 45 46 #25 of 45
Financial Health 92 #5 of 49 23 #38 of 49
Shareholder Returns 28 #27 of 37 –
Overall 58 53
  • 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

PeriodIDTLUMNSPY
1 month +21.6%-22.4% -0.8%
3 months +24.5%-29.2% +3.5%
6 months +56.1%-50.4% +7.0%
Year to date +59.9%-43.0% +12.2%
1 year +61.6%-45.2% +13.0%
3 years +194.7%+233.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +43.4%+49.4% +23.1%
5 years +76.1%-62.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +12.0%-17.9% +11.0%
10 years +438.1%-84.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +18.3%-16.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIDTLUMNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.5%74.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.1%76.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.262.57 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.32-0.60 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.9%-93.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.0%-62.6% -1.8%
52-week high $84.47$11.83 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleIDTLUMN
P/E now vs peer median 23.6xmedian 11.8x -4.3xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 6.8x 5.5xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.0xmedian 5.7x 5.5xmedian 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.3x -3.1xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.79median 0.24 -0.08median 0.24

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 monthsIDTLUMN
Revenue $1.30B $11.83B
Gross profit $496.79M $5.66B
Operating income $121.17M $198.00M
Net income $95.09M -$1.02B
Free cash flow $67.96M $837.00M
R&D $55.74M –
EPS (diluted) $3.46 $-1.02
Cash & equivalents $220.69M $1.88B
Total debt – $13.21B
Shares (diluted) 25.02M 1.00B
Enterprise value $1.07B -$2.22B

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
MetricIDTLUMN
P/E 23.6x -4.3x
P/FCF 28.0x 5.5x
P/Operating cash flow 20.9x 0.9x
P/S 1.5x 0.4x
P/B 4.8x -3.1x
P/Tangible book 4.9x -0.8x
EV/EBITDA 11.5x 5.5x
EV/EBIT 13.6x 80.3x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 1.3x
EV/FCF 24.2x 19.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.1x 3.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.79 -0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIDTLUMN
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.4% -7.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.6% -8.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.3% -7.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.6% -11.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 20.7% 191.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 25.9% 26.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 17.2% 13.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 54.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.1% 14.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 29.8% 54.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -28.3% 22.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.2% 29.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -36.1% -10.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.7% 48.5%

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIDTLUMN
Debt / assets – 42.9%
Debt / equity – -8.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.9x
Debt / FCF – 15.8x
Liabilities / assets 48.2% 104.8%
Equity / assets 51.8% -4.8%
Interest coverage – 0.2x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 6.24 -0.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIDTLUMN
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.

ConsensusIDTLUMN
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
HoldersIDTLUMN
Held by institutions 60.0% 70.7%
Institutions holding 197 622
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.5% +2.6%
Institutions buying 108 289
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.

IDTLUMN
IDT 1.00 0.01
LUMN 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IDT and LUMN?

Lumen Technologies (LUMN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Idt (IDT) $2.02B, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) $4.69B.

Which company is growing faster?

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

Which company is more profitable?

Idt (IDT) has the highest net margin (Idt (IDT) 6.7%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) -8.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Idt (IDT) returned the most: Idt (IDT) +61.6%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) -45.2%. Over five years, Idt (IDT) compounded fastest (Idt (IDT) +12.0%/yr, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) -17.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idt (IDT) has been the steadiest (Idt (IDT) 26.5%, Lumen Technologies (LUMN) 74.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do IDT and LUMN move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.01, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, 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 6. 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.