---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018926-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:38:45.988667+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen Q4 net income $85M, EPS $0.09; revenue $3.33B (-5% YoY); FY net loss narrows

## Summary
- Net income $85M in Q4 2024 vs net loss of $1.995B a year ago; diluted EPS $0.09 vs ($2.03).
- Total revenue $3.329B, down 5% YoY; full-year revenue $13.108B, down 10% from $14.557B.
- Adjusted EBITDA excl. special items $1.052B in Q4 (31.6% margin), down 4% from $1.099B.
- Free cash flow excl. special items negative $174M in Q4 vs positive $50M in Q4 2023.
- Management cited progress on AI backbone and cloudifying telecom; no specific 2025 guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018926-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892625000004/0000018926-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892625000004/lumn-20250204.htm

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