Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Lumen Technologies has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at $2.9 billion in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses fell 21.71% year-over-year to $2.9 billion in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $11.6 billion, a 10.78% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $13.2 billion, up 4.48% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $2.9 billion for Q2 2026 at Lumen Technologies, up from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $12.1 billion in Q2 2023, with the low at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026.
• Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $4.0 billion, with a median of $3.2 billion recorded in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Expenses soared 226.54% in 2023, then slumped 74.07% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Operating Expenses stood at $7.1 billion in 2022, then retreated by 25.28% to $5.3 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 40.02% to $3.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 2.08% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then slipped by 10.74% to $2.9 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $2.9 billion (Q2 2026), $2.3 billion (Q1 2026), and $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.