---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018926-23-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T05:00:14.198073+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen Q3 net loss $78M, revenue down 17% YoY to $3.64B

## Summary
- Net loss of $78M ($0.08 diluted loss per share) vs net income of $578M ($0.57 EPS) YoY.
- Revenue declined 17% YoY to $3.641B; Enterprise channel $2.124B up 1% QoQ.
- Adjusted EBITDA (excl. special items) $1.049B, down from $1.688B YoY.
- Free cash flow (excl. special items) $43M vs $620M YoY.
- EMEA sale expected close Nov 1; added ~141k Quantum Fiber locations in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018926-23-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892623000098/0000018926-23-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892623000098/lumn-20231031.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018926-23-000098.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Lumen Technologies, Inc. reported the third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: net income $(78) million, EPS $(0.08).
  - Period: the third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Net income: $(78) million
  - EPS: $(0.08)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 31, 2023, Lumen Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “we” or “us”) issued a press release announcing operating results for the third quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892623000098/0000018926-23-000098-index.htm

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