---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018926-25-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:11:45.204450+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen Q1 net loss $201M; revenue $3.18B, adjusted EBITDA $929M

## Summary
- Revenue $3.18B (-3% YoY); net loss $201M vs net income $57M; diluted loss per share $0.20.
- Adjusted EBITDA (ex-special) $929M (-5% YoY); free cash flow (ex-special) $354M vs $518M in Q1 2024 (incl $700M tax refund).
- Grow segment revenue up 7% YoY to $1.136B; signed partnership with Google for direct fiber access to Google Cloud.
- Net loss excluding special items $129M vs $41M loss last year; diluted loss per share ex-special $0.13 vs $0.04 loss.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018926-25-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892625000047/0000018926-25-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892625000047/lumn-20250501.htm

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