Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Cash & Current Investments (2009 - 2026)
Lumen Technologies' Cash & Current Investments was $978 million in Q3 2026, down 59.3% from $2.4 billion a year earlier and down 47.9% from the prior quarter.
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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Cash & Current Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Cash & Current Investments at Lumen Technologies came in at $1 billion, down 46.9% from FY2024.
- Cash & Current Investments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 19.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Cash & Current Investments was $1.89 billion in FY2024 (-15.4%), $2.23 billion in FY2023 (+78.6%), $1.25 billion in FY2022 (+253.4%) and $354 million in FY2021 (-12.8%).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Cash & Current Investments since Q3 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Cash & Current Investments was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 12.5%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Cash & Current Investments over five years was Q3 2024 (growth of 748.9%); the worst was Q2 2022 (a decline of 61.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, LUMN's Cash & Current Investments in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was $1.88 billion (Q2 2026), $1.63 billion (Q1 2026) and $1 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash & Current Investments (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.79 Bn | 157.13 Bn | 27.05 Bn | 4.50 Bn |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 173.48 Bn | 155.91 Bn | 15.13 Bn | 5.62 Bn |
| 3 | At&T | 147.74 Bn | 89.20 Bn | 26.22 Bn | 10.77 Bn |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 147.02 Bn | 147.02 Bn | 960.50 Mn | - |
| 5 | Comcast | 86.74 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 7.60 Bn |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 38.68 Bn | 30.69 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 2.56 Bn |
| 7 | Vodafone Group Public | 37.42 Bn | 6.82 Bn | - | 10.31 Bn |
| 8 | EchoStar | 27.50 Bn | 8.54 Bn | 647.20 Mn | 13.97 Bn |
| 9 | Bce | 20.09 Bn | 18.08 Bn | 2.79 Bn | 458.03 Mn |
| 10 | Lumen Technologies | 4.00 Bn | -1.48 Bn | 1.28 Bn | 978.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 978.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.88 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.63 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.00 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.40 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.57 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.90 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.89 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.64 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.50 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.58 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.23 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 311.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 411.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.25 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 252.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 360.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 366.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 354.00 Mn |
API Access
Lumen Technologies Cash & Current Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-current-investments&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-and-current-investments", "ticker": "LUMN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-current-investments&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();