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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Lumen Technologies has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 6.58% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 1120.0% year-over-year to 6.58%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 6.55%, down 1006.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 6.55%, 1006.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 6.58% at Lumen Technologies, down from 3.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 31.53% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 230.02% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 10.06% and a median of 4.38% in 2024 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: plummeted -24979bps in 2023 and later surged 23415bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 23.95% in 2021, then crashed by -461bps to 86.42% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 42bps to 50.5% in 2023, then surged by 109bps to 4.63% in 2024, then tumbled by -242bps to 6.58% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for LUMN at 6.58% in Q4 2025, 3.76% in Q3 2025, and 19.5% in Q2 2025.