LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Last updated: Mar 16, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q1 2018: $14M, Q3 2017: $0M, Q2 2017: $3M, Q1 2017: $12M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $14M vs trailing avg $5M (+180%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-2.4B), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 0 shares = 0.0% of 1,014,768,000 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
8 open-market purchases by 2 insiders
- Johnson Kathleen E (President & CEO) bought 78,685 shares at $6.35 on 2026-02-05
- Stansbury Christopher (EVP and CFO) bought 17,000 shares at $4.44 on 2025-08-15
- Stansbury Christopher (EVP and CFO) bought 11,500 shares at $4.44 on 2025-08-15
- Stansbury Christopher (EVP and CFO) bought 11,500 shares at $4.44 on 2025-08-15
- Stansbury Christopher (EVP and CFO) bought 18,000 shares at $4.29 on 2025-08-14
- Stansbury Christopher (EVP and CFO) bought 12,000 shares at $4.29 on 2025-08-14
- Stansbury Christopher (EVP and CFO) bought 12,000 shares at $4.29 on 2025-08-14
- Johnson Kathleen E (President & CEO) bought 135,870 shares at $3.69 on 2025-08-05
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $1M, sold $0M (net buying)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
No buyback-insider divergence detected