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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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$3.53 -0.04 (-1.12%)
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LUMN vs. IDT, ATNI, T, VZ, KT, FYBR, TIMB, TKC, PHI, and TEO

Should you be buying Lumen Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lumen Technologies include IDT (IDT), ATN International (ATNI), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), TIM (TIMB), Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (TKC), PLDT (PHI), and Telecom Argentina (TEO). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.

Lumen Technologies vs.

Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.

IDT has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -0.42%. IDT's return on equity of 22.18% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies-0.42% -46.17% -0.61%
IDT 6.10%22.18%10.03%

66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IDT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lumen Technologies received 400 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lumen TechnologiesOutperform Votes
577
58.76%
Underperform Votes
405
41.24%
IDTOutperform Votes
177
63.44%
Underperform Votes
102
36.56%

Lumen Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $4.59, indicating a potential upside of 30.13%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lumen Technologies
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.89
IDT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.3%. IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lumen Technologies pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDT pays out 7.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lumen Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

IDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumen Technologies. Lumen Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies$13.11B0.28-$55M-$0.05-70.60
IDT$1.22B1.03$64.45M$3.1515.90

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 12 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 2 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat IDT's score of 0.22 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lumen Technologies
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IDT
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Lumen Technologies beats IDT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LUMN vs. The Competition

MetricLumen TechnologiesTelephone communication, except radio IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.62B$24.74B$7.31B$18.97B
Dividend YieldN/A13.69%2.58%4.03%
P/E Ratio-70.5915.0830.7532.71
Price / Sales0.283.61172.2327.85
Price / Cash1.739.0231.5117.53
Price / Book7.672.735.034.47
Net Income-$55M$1.03B$195.49M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.72%2.02%6.23%2.26%
1 Month Performance-10.47%0.47%2.37%-2.86%
1 Year Performance196.64%12.78%12.73%5.48%

Lumen Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
3.255 of 5 stars
$3.53
-1.1%
$4.59
+30.1%
+192.2%$3.62B$13.11B-70.5929,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
IDT
IDT
1.2673 of 5 stars
$49.31
+1.0%
N/A+37.7%$1.24B$1.22B16.891,690
ATNI
ATN International
3.9445 of 5 stars
$17.57
+1.6%
$26.00
+48.0%
-7.4%$272.00M$729.08M-6.462,300Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
T
AT&T
4.5398 of 5 stars
$27.16
+1.3%
$28.62
+5.4%
+60.3%$194.94B$122.34B18.23160,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.6814 of 5 stars
$42.26
+0.8%
$47.41
+12.2%
+7.1%$181.28B$135.29B10.21117,100Analyst Forecast
KT
KT
3.7072 of 5 stars
$18.95
+1.5%
N/A+49.7%$9.77B$26.43T10.6421,800Short Interest ↑
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.8732 of 5 stars
$36.24
+0.0%
$36.07
-0.5%
+53.6%$9.07B$5.87B-28.0914,700Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
TIMB
TIM
4.3674 of 5 stars
$16.43
+1.1%
$16.03
-2.4%
-3.5%$7.95B$25.45B13.929,410Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
TKC
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.
N/A$5.98
-1.2%
N/A-0.7%$5.26B$166.67B4.0616,771Gap Down
PHI
PLDT
2.5287 of 5 stars
$23.33
-0.1%
N/A-3.9%$5.04B$216.83B8.9018,800
TEO
Telecom Argentina
0.6298 of 5 stars
$9.81
+0.7%
$9.57
-2.5%
+24.1%$4.24B$4.14T-54.6722,600Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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