Lumen Technologies (STU:CYTH) Debt-to-Equity : 48.58 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Lumen Technologies Debt-to-Equity?

Lumen Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €390 Mil. Lumen Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €18,185 Mil. Lumen Technologies's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €382 Mil. Lumen Technologies's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 48.58.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

STU:CYTH' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.37 Med: 1.92 Max: 48.58
Current: 48.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Lumen Technologies was 48.58. The lowest was 1.37. And the median was 1.92.

STU:CYTH's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
99.43% of 348 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.66 vs STU:CYTH: 48.58

Lumen Technologies Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Lumen Technologies Debt-to-Equity Chart

Lumen Technologies Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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2.61

2.89

2.48

2.02

48.58

Lumen Technologies Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.02	1.84	8.92	9.10	48.58

Competitive Comparison of Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-Equity

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lumen Technologies's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Lumen Technologies Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Lumen Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(389.725	+	18185.027)	/	382.389
	=	48.58

Lumen Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(389.725	+	18185.027)	/	382.389
	=	48.58

Lumen Technologies (STU:CYTH) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Lumen Technologies (STU:CYTH) Business Description

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Address

100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, LA, USA, 71203

Website

https://www.lumen.com

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.