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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
$3.94
-3.8%
$4.89
$0.97
$10.33
$4.04B1.2818.89 million shs15.87 million shs
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
$378.80
-3.0%
$405.52
$376.91
$468.35
$2.82T0.9220.52 million shs21.61 million shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
0.00%-20.10%-12.08%-28.18%+149.56%
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
0.00%-3.18%-3.50%-12.02%-10.12%
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CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
2.4745 of 5 stars
1.92.00.03.22.71.70.0
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9413 of 5 stars
4.54.03.32.92.81.71.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
1.89
Reduce$4.5916.50% Upside
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
2.93
Moderate Buy$510.5934.79% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LUMN and MSFT Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
3/20/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Tigress Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$550.00 ➝ $595.00
3/20/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Wedbush
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$550.00 ➝ $550.00
3/20/2025
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
Scotiabank
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Initiated CoverageSector Outperform$470.00
3/13/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
DA Davidson
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Buy$425.00 ➝ $450.00
3/7/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Stifel Nicolaus
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$515.00 ➝ $475.00
2/26/2025
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LUMN
Lumen Technologies
Citigroup
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Buy$8.00 ➝ $6.50
2/21/2025
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LUMN
Lumen Technologies
Wells Fargo & Company
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UpgradeUnderweight ➝ Equal Weight$5.00
2/10/2025
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LUMN
Lumen Technologies
Royal Bank of Canada
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Reiterated RatingSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$4.25 ➝ $4.25
1/30/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$525.00 ➝ $510.00
1/30/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
Royal Bank of Canada
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$500.00 ➝ $500.00
1/30/2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
DA Davidson
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Reiterated RatingNeutral ➝ Neutral$425.00 ➝ $425.00
(Data available from 3/30/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
$13.11B0.31$2.28 per share1.73$0.46 per share8.57
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
$261.80B10.76$13.52 per share28.01$40.72 per share9.30
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
-$55M-$0.05N/AN/AN/A-0.42%-46.17%-0.61%4/29/2025 (Estimated)
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MSFT
Microsoft
$88.14B$12.4230.5025.772.2135.43%33.36%18.07%4/24/2025 (Estimated)

Latest LUMN and MSFT Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/24/2025N/A
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MSFT
Microsoft
$3.20N/AN/AN/A$68.54 billionN/A
2/4/2025Q4 2024
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
-$0.05$0.09+$0.14$0.09$3.20 billionN/A
1/29/2025Q2 2025
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MSFT
Microsoft
$3.15$3.23+$0.08$3.23$68.86 billionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
$1.0025.36%N/AN/A N/A
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
$3.320.88%+10.22%26.73%23 Years

Latest LUMN and MSFT Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
3/11/2025
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
quarterly$0.830.87%5/15/20255/15/20256/12/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
37.70
1.21
1.20
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
0.13
1.35
1.34

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
66.19%
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
71.13%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
1.68%
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
0.03%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Lumen Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
29,0001.03 billion997.76 millionOptionable
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
228,0007.43 billion7.43 billionOptionable

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Lumen Technologies NYSE:LUMN

$3.94 -0.16 (-3.83%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$3.92 -0.03 (-0.71%)
As of 03/28/2025 08:00 PM Eastern
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Lumen Technologies, Inc., a facilities-based technology and communications company, provides various integrated products and services to business and residential customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Business and Mass Markets. It offers dark fiber, edge cloud services, internet protocol, managed security, software-defined wide area networks, secure access service edge, unified communications and collaboration, and optical wavelengths services; ethernet and VPN data networks services; and legacy services to manage cash flow, including time division multiplexing voice, private line, and other legacy services, as well as sells communication equipment, and IT solutions. The company also provides high speed and lower speed broadband service to residential and small business customers; local and long-distance voice services, professional services, and other ancillary services; and federal broadband and state support programs. It serves its products and services under the Lumen, Quantum Fiber, and CenturyLink brands. The company was formerly known as CenturyLink, Inc. and changed its name to Lumen Technologies, Inc. in September 2020. Lumen Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana.

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Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT

$378.80 -11.78 (-3.02%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$377.80 -1.01 (-0.27%)
As of 03/28/2025 07:59 PM Eastern
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Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services. This segment also provides LinkedIn; and dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, power apps, and power automate; and on-premises ERP and CRM applications. The Intelligent Cloud segment offers server products and cloud services, such as azure and other cloud services; SQL and windows server, visual studio, system center, and related client access licenses, as well as nuance and GitHub; and enterprise services including enterprise support services, industry solutions, and nuance professional services. The More Personal Computing segment offers Windows, including windows OEM licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows commercial comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and windows Internet of Things; and devices, such as surface, HoloLens, and PC accessories. Additionally, this segment provides gaming, which includes Xbox hardware and content, and first- and third-party content; Xbox game pass and other subscriptions, cloud gaming, advertising, third-party disc royalties, and other cloud services; and search and news advertising, which includes Bing, Microsoft News and Edge, and third-party affiliates. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online, and retail stores. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.