Lumen Technologies Reports Solid First Quarter 2026 Results
Lumen Technologies reported Q1 2026 revenue of $2.899 billion, in line with expectations, and significantly raised its full-year Free Cash Flow guidance to a range of $1.9 billion to $2.1 billion. The FCF increase is driven by $729 million in proceeds from the Mass Markets Fiber-to-the-Home divestiture, which management used to pay down debt and reduce leverage below 4x.
Key figures
- Revenue
- 2899000000
- Guidance
- FY26 Adjusted EBITDA $3.1B-$3.3B (unchanged); Free Cash Flow $1.9B-$2.1B (raised from $1.2B-$1.4B)
- Revenue Yoy
- -9%
- Free cash flow
- 756000000
- Adjusted ebitda
- 849000000
- Net cash from operations
- 1323000000
- Strategic revenue percent
- 51%
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