Lumen Technologies, Inc.
$23.43B- Market cap
- $6.99B
- Debt
- +$17.44B
- Cash
- −$1.00B
Capital structure 29% equity / 71% debt · EV / Revenue 1.89x · EV / EBITDA 9.42x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 · Mkt cap
Decision snapshot: LUMN stock price at discount vs FAST $6.78 current versus $83.49 implied using P/S multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at FAST's multiple
Implied fair value · at LUMN's multiple
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: LUMN FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · FAST FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Five fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 29% equity / 71% debt · EV / Revenue 1.89x · EV / EBITDA 9.42x
Capital structure 100% equity / 0% debt · EV / Revenue 6.93x · EV / EBITDA 30.86x
FAST carries the larger enterprise value at $56.81B against $23.43B; LUMN trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (1.89x vs 6.93x); LUMN on the lower EV / EBITDA (9.42x vs 30.86x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · implied price per share
Bear
-$11.13
Base
-$10.46
Bull
-$9.26
FASTENAL CO · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
-15.61x
0.04x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
6.61x
-0.07x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$1.00B
$276.80M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$17.44B
$150.00M
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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