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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2025)

Lumen Technologies has reported Cost of Revenue over the past 17 years, most recently at $1.6 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Cost of Revenue at $1.6 billion for Q4 2025, down 4.63% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $6.6 billion (down 0.97% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $6.6 billion, down 0.97%.
  • Cost of Revenue for Q4 2025 was $1.6 billion at Lumen Technologies, down from $1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Cost of Revenue for LUMN hit a ceiling of $2.2 billion in Q3 2021 and a floor of $1.6 billion in Q2 2025.
  • Median Cost of Revenue over the past 5 years was $1.8 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $1.8 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Cost of Revenue: fell 15.45% in 2023 and later increased 2.12% in 2025.
  • Lumen Technologies' Cost of Revenue stood at $2.1 billion in 2021, then dropped by 12.46% to $1.8 billion in 2022, then fell by 4.87% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then decreased by 1.78% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then fell by 4.63% to $1.6 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Cost of Revenue were $1.6 billion (Q4 2025), $1.7 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.6 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.