---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018926-25-000110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:25:44.836944+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen reports Q3 net loss of $621M; PCF deals reach $10B+; reaffirms FY outlook

## Summary
- Net loss $621M ($0.62 diluted loss per share); adjusted loss per share $0.20 vs $0.13 YoY.
- Revenue $3.087B, down 4% YoY; Adjusted EBITDA (ex-special items) $787M vs $899M.
- Free cash flow (ex-special items) $1.661B, up from $1.198B YoY; beat expectations.
- Signed $1B additional PCF deals in Oct; total deal value now $10B+.
- Reiterated FY2025 outlook: Adj EBITDA $3.2-3.4B, FCF $1.2-1.4B, capex $4.1-4.3B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018926-25-000110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+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/18926/000001892625000110/0000018926-25-000110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892625000110/lumn-20251030.htm

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