Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Ending Cash Balance (2010 - 2026)
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) posted Ending Cash Balance of $990 million for Q3 2026, down 59.0% from $2.41 billion a year earlier and down 47.5% from the prior quarter.
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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Ending Cash Balance (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lumen Technologies' Ending Cash Balance came in at $1.01 billion, down 46.6% from FY2024.
- Annual Ending Cash Balance shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 18.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Lumen Technologies' Ending Cash Balance was $1.9 billion in FY2024 (-15.5%), $2.25 billion in FY2023 (+72.0%), $1.31 billion in FY2022 (+219.6%) and $409 million in FY2021 (-4.2%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Ending Cash Balance since Q3 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Ending Cash Balance increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 12.5%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Ending Cash Balance in the past five years was Q3 2024, with growth of 658.0%; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a decline of 62.4%.
- According to Business Quant data, Ending Cash Balance for the three prior quarters was $1.89 billion (Q2 2026), $1.64 billion (Q1 2026) and $1.01 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.79 Bn | 157.13 Bn | 27.05 Bn | 5.06 Bn |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 173.48 Bn | 155.91 Bn | 15.13 Bn | 6.03 Bn |
| 3 | At&T | 147.74 Bn | 89.20 Bn | 26.22 Bn | 11.18 Bn |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 147.02 Bn | 147.02 Bn | 960.50 Mn | - |
| 5 | Comcast | 86.74 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 7.68 Bn |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 38.68 Bn | 30.69 Bn | 728.80 Mn | - |
| 7 | Vodafone Group Public | 37.42 Bn | 6.82 Bn | - | 10.21 Bn |
| 8 | EchoStar | 27.50 Bn | 8.54 Bn | 647.20 Mn | 13.50 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 | 990.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 990.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.89 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.64 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.01 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.41 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.58 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.91 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.90 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.65 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.51 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.59 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.25 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 350.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 469.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.20 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.31 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 265.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 421.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 439.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 409.00 Mn |
API Access
Lumen Technologies Ending Cash Balance 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=ending-cash-balance&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "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=ending-cash-balance&ticker=LUMN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();