Lumen Technologies (LUMN) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) posted EBT Margin of -9.09% for Q2 2026, up 28.07 percentage points from -37.16% a year earlier but down 15.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, EBT Margin at Lumen Technologies was -11.83%, up 1.31 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -21.90%, down 20.15 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBT Margin shows a five-year change of -18.12 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Lumen Technologies' EBT Margin was -1.75% in FY2024 (+68.57 pp), -70.32% in FY2023 (-64.65 pp), -5.67% in FY2022 (-19.39 pp) and 13.72% in FY2021 (+17.50 pp).
- Quarterly EBT Margin has run from a low of -237.37% in Q2 2023 to a high of 21.34% in Q3 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBT Margin increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.92 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBT Margin in the past five years was Q2 2024, with a gain of 236.11 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a drop of 247.19 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin for the three prior quarters was 6.11% (Q1 2026), -16.74% (Q4 2025) and -26.34% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.70 Bn | 155.11 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 15.40% |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 175.28 Bn | 160.03 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 18.99% |
| 3 | At&T | 167.47 Bn | 115.42 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 18.45% |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 141.87 Bn | 130.50 Bn | 318.12 Mn | 2.23% |
| 5 | Comcast | 76.96 Bn | 41.21 Bn | - | 15.40% |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 35.31 Bn | 31.16 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 22.74% |
| 7 | EchoStar | 25.94 Bn | 17.08 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 273.76% |
| 8 | AST SpaceMobile | 22.90 Bn | 23.41 Bn | 7.95 Mn | -947.99% |
| 9 | Bce | 18.99 Bn | 17.31 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lumen Technologies | 5.77 Bn | -1.14 Bn | 1.39 Bn | -9.09% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -9.09% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.11% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -16.74% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -26.34% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -37.16% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -7.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.57% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -5.34% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1.25% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.10% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -60.90% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -2.33% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -237.37% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.19% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -83.74% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 21.34% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.82% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.13% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.01% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.65% |
Lumen Technologies EBT Margin 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "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=ebt-margin&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();