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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Lumen Technologies has reported Operating Expenses over the past 17 years, most recently at $3.2 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Expenses at $3.2 billion for Q4 2025, up 2.08% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $13.2 billion (up 4.48% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $13.2 billion, up 4.48%.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was $3.2 billion at Lumen Technologies, up from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for LUMN hit a ceiling of $12.1 billion in Q2 2023 and a floor of $3.0 billion in Q3 2022.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $3.5 billion (2022), compared with a mean of $4.1 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: skyrocketed 226.54% in 2023 and later tumbled 74.07% in 2024.
  • Lumen Technologies' Operating Expenses stood at $3.7 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 92.19% to $7.1 billion in 2022, then dropped by 25.28% to $5.3 billion in 2023, then crashed by 40.02% to $3.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 2.08% to $3.2 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), $3.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $3.7 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.