---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018926-24-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:40:43.695347+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen Q2 net loss $49M vs $8.736B loss a year ago; revenue down 11% to $3.27B

## Summary
- Diluted loss per share $0.05; adjusted EPS loss $0.13 vs $0.10 gain a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA ex-special items $1.011B, down 18% YoY from $1.229B.
- Large Enterprise revenue $837M (-7% YoY); Public Sector up 8% to $448M.
- Free cash flow negative $156M ex-special items vs negative $896M in Q2 2023.
- Announces Microsoft partnership for AI-driven fiber network demand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018926-24-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892624000093/0000018926-24-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892624000093/lumn-20240806.htm

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