Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $2.3 billion for Q1 2026, down 25.3% year-over-year from $3.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 29.13% quarter-over-quarter from $3.2 billion in Q4 2025.
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lumen Technologies' Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.3 billion for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 25.3% year-over-year to $2.3 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $12.4 billion (changed 0.34% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $13.2 billion, up 4.48% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $2.3 billion, down from $3.2 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.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $3.2 billion (2024), against an average of $4.1 billion.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Expenses jumped 226.54% in 2023, then slumped 74.07% in 2024.
- Lumen Technologies' Operating Expenses stood at $7.1 billion in 2022, then declined by 25.28% to $5.3 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 40.02% to $3.2 billion in 2024, then advanced by 2.08% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then decreased by 29.13% to $2.3 billion in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows LUMN's Operating Expenses at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026, $3.2 billion in Q4 2025, and $3.2 billion in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.89 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.30 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.24 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.20 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.70 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.08 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.18 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.10 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.25 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.29 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.42 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.08 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.35 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.08 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.01 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.70 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.59 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.69 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.76 Bn |