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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Lumen Technologies has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at -$1.1 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at -$1.1 billion for Q4 2025, down 376.65% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $371.0 million (down 66.33% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $371.0 million, down 66.33%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$1.1 billion at Lumen Technologies, down from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for LUMN hit a ceiling of $1.5 billion in Q3 2025 and a floor of -$1.1 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $291.0 million (2022), compared with a mean of $292.6 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: plummeted 562.5% in 2023 and later surged 3010.53% in 2024.
  • Lumen Technologies' Free Cash Flow stood at $759.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 98.95% to $8.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 562.5% to -$37.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 513.51% to -$227.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 376.65% to -$1.1 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were -$1.1 billion (Q4 2025), $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), and -$321.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.