Lumen Technologies

LUMN Telecom 2/10 Low Risk
2/10
— 2 → 2 over 13 weeks
Sector avg: 4.3/10

Lumen Technologies carries $13.1B in long-term debt, with $6.1B in scheduled principal maturities. Notably, the entire $6.1B maturity schedule falls within five years, creating a concentrated refinancing window. LUMN shows negative interest coverage (-0.6x), indicating operating losses exceed interest costs. DebtCanary scores LUMN at 2/10, suggesting manageable refinancing risk.

Maturity Schedule

As of 2025-06-30 (latest SEC filing with maturity data). Debt actions taken after this date will only appear once SEC processes the relevant XBRL filing.
Year 1 $89M Year 2 $139M Year 3 $739M Year 4 $5.2B Year 5 $0 Beyond 5 $0
Period Amount Due % of Total
Year 1 (0-12 months) $89M 1.5%
Year 2 (12-24 months) $139M 2.3%
Year 3 (24-36 months) $739M 12.0%
Year 4 (36-48 months) $5.2B 84.2%
Year 5 (48-60 months) N/A N/A
Beyond 5 Years N/A N/A
Total Scheduled Maturities $6.1B 100.0%
Why don't these totals match? Total scheduled maturities ($6.1B) falls short of balance-sheet long-term debt ($13.1B) by about 53%. The two figures come from different disclosures: the maturity schedule aggregates gross principal repayments from the debt footnote — typically including the current portion of long-term debt and sometimes finance leases — while balance-sheet long-term debt is a carrying value that excludes the current portion and is net of unamortized discounts, premiums, and issuance costs. They can also come from filings with different period-end dates (2025-06-30 vs 2026-03-31). Both numbers are shown exactly as reported to the SEC.

Key Metrics

Total Long-Term Debt
$13.1B
Near-Term (12mo)
$89M
Interest Coverage
-0.6x
Debt/Equity
N/A
Cash Coverage
18.26x
Operating Income
-$812M
EBITDA
$1.9B
Debt / EBITDA
6.8x
EBITDA / Interest
1.5x

Refinancing Cost Shock

If Lumen Technologies refinanced the $228M due within 24 months at today's market yields, its annual interest bill would change by an estimated -$6M/year.

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Debt due within 24 months (Year 1 + Year 2 buckets): $228M
Current average rate = interest expense / interest-bearing debt = $1.3B / $13.1B = 9.81%
Synthetic rating bucket from coverage (EBITDA/interest 1.5x): B
Market yield for B bucket (ICE BofA via FRED, 2026-07-23): 7.35% (BAMLH0A2HYBEY)
Rate change: 7.35% − 9.81% = -2.46 pp
Annual cost change: -2.46% × $228M = -$6M/yr
Index-level estimate, not issuer-level bond pricing: the rating bucket is inferred from interest coverage (not an agency rating), and actual new-issue pricing depends on tenor, security, and market conditions. See the methodology.
Hidden future pain — added interest run-rate as the schedule rolls
+1yr
-$2M/yr
+2yr
-$6M/yr
+3yr
-$24M/yr
+4yr
-$151M/yr
+5yr
-$151M/yr
Cumulative run-rate change once all debt maturing by each horizon has refinanced. Assumes yields hold. Market-wide view on the Hidden Future Pain page.
What if yields move? market yield 7.35% (+0 bps)
24-month wall refinanced at that yield: = of operating income

Compare across all companies on the Refinancing Cliff Map →

How This Score Was Computed

Weighted average of 3 scored components (raw 2.33, rounded to 2). Weights of skipped components are redistributed proportionally among those scored.

Component Value Sub-Score Weight Used
Near-Term Maturity Concentration
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Year-1 maturities / Total scheduled maturities
Year-1 maturities: $89M
Total scheduled maturities: $6.1B
 1.5% 1/10 40%
Interest Coverage Ratio
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Operating income / Interest expense
Operating income: -$812M
Interest expense: $1.3B
GAAP operating income is negative while operating cash flow is positive (commonly stock-based compensation). The sub-score uses cash-flow coverage of 3.7x ($4.7B operating cash flow / $1.3B interest) so a non-cash loss doesn't read as debt distress. The displayed ratio stays GAAP.
 -0.63x 5/10 33%
Debt-to-Equity Ratio
Stockholders' equity is negative (-$1.3B); a debt-to-equity ratio is not meaningful against negative equity.
 N/A — not scored
Cash Coverage of Near-Term Debt
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Cash & equivalents / Debt due within 12 months
Cash & equivalents: $1.6B
Near-term debt: $89M
 18.26x 1/10 27%
Cash Runway
Only scored when a company is burning cash. Operating cash flow is positive (or unreported), so runway isn't a constraint.
 N/A — not scored

"Weight Used" shows each component's share after the weights of unscored components are redistributed. Full thresholds and formulas are on the methodology page.

Recent SEC Filings

Material disclosures from Lumen Technologies's most recent EDGAR filings. 8-K item labels indicate the type of event reported.

Date Form Details
2026-06-11 8-K Other Events
2026-06-10 8-K Other Events
2026-05-27 8-K Officer / Director Change, Bylaw Amendment, Shareholder Vote
2026-05-22 424B3 Prospectus supplement — possible debt or equity issuance
2026-05-21 8-K Material Agreement, New Debt Obligation
2026-05-20 8-K Material Agreement, Other Events
2026-05-20 8-K Other Events
2026-05-20 8-K Other Events

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Data Source: Financial data sourced from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-K annual reports). Fiscal period end: 2026-03-31. Filing date: 2026-05-05. Data last fetched: 2026-07-26. Maturity schedules reflect the company's most recently reported debt repayment obligations. This company does not tag the standard LongTermDebt concept; its debt figure comes from LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsIncludingCurrentMaturities. Data quality: Partial.
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