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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

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

For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 376.65% year-over-year to -$1.1 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $371.0 million, down 66.33%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $371.0 million, 66.33% down from the prior year.
Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$1.1 billion at Lumen Technologies, down from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $1.5 billion in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$1.1 billion in Q4 2025.
A 5-year average of $292.6 million and a median of $291.0 million in 2022 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: tumbled 562.5% in 2023 and later soared 3010.53% in 2024.
Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $759.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 98.95% to $8.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 562.5% to -$37.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 513.51% to -$227.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 376.65% to -$1.1 billion in 2025.
Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for LUMN at -$1.1 billion in Q4 2025, $1.5 billion in Q3 2025, and -$321.0 million in Q2 2025.