The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Lumen Technologies's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.35.
Lumen Technologies has a current ratio of 1.35. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
STU:CYTH'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48 Med: 0.78 Max: 1.61
Current: 1.35
During the past 13 years, Lumen Technologies's highest Current Ratio was 1.61. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 0.78.
STU:CYTH's Current Ratio is ranked better than 64.12% of 393
companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.02
vs STU:CYTH: 1.35
Lumen Technologies Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio falls into.
Lumen Technologies Current Ratio Calculation
The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.
Lumen Technologies's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Lumen Technologies (STU:CYTH) Current Ratio Explanation
The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.
Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.
The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.
If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.
Lumen Technologies Current Ratio Related Terms
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Lumen Technologies (STU:CYTH) Business Description
With 450,000 route miles of fiber, including over 35,000 route miles of subsea fiber connecting Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Lumen Technologies is one of the United States' largest telecommunications carriers serving global enterprises. Its merger with Level 3 in 2017 and divestiture of much of its incumbent local exchange carrier, or ILEC, business in 2022 has shifted the company's operations away from its legacy consumer business and toward enterprises (now nearly 80% of revenue). Lumen offers businesses a full menu of communications services, providing colocation and data center services, data transportation, and end-user phone and internet service. On the consumer side, Lumen provides broadband and phone service across 37 states, where it has 4.5 million broadband customers.
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