earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.80
Lumen Q3 net income $578M, adj EPS $0.14; cuts dividend; authorizes $1.5B buyback; proposes $1.8B EMEA sale
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
2022-Q3 EPS reported
$1.50
revenue$13,678,000,000
- Q3 net income $578M ($0.57 diluted EPS), adj diluted EPS $0.14 vs $0.49 prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $1.688B vs $2.078B prior year; Free Cash Flow $620M vs $1.072B.
- Completed $2.7B Latin American divestiture (Aug 1) and $7.5B ILEC divestiture (Oct 3).
- Eliminated stock dividend; authorized up to $1.5B two-year share repurchase program.
- Announced exclusive arrangement to sell EMEA business to Colt for $1.8B.