In fiscal year 2025 Lumen Technologies reported $12.4B in revenue against Optimum Communications's $8.6B, 1.44× as much.
| Measure | LUMN | OPTU | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.4B | $8.6B | ×1.44 |
| Cost of revenue | $6.6B | $2.6B | ×2.52 |
| Operating income | −$812M | −$113M | — |
| Net income | −$1.7B | −$1.8B | — |
| EPS (diluted) | −1.75 | −4.00 | — |
| Total assets | $34.3B | $30.7B | ×1.12 |
| Total liabilities | $35.5B | $33.0B | ×1.07 |
| Shareholders' equity | −$1.1B | −$2.3B | — |
| Cash | $1.0B | $1.0B | ×1.01 |
| Long-term debt | $17.4B | $26.1B | ×1.51 |
| Shares outstanding | 1.0B | 470M | ×2.18 |
| Net margin | −14.0% | −21.3% | — |
| Operating margin | −6.5% | −1.3% | — |
| Operating cash flow | $4.7B | $1.2B | ×3.86 |
| Capital expenditure | $4.4B | $1.3B | ×3.24 |
| Free cash flow | $371M | −$119M | — |
| Dividends paid | $1.0M | $0 | — |
| Income tax expense | −$977M | −$96.9M | — |
| Share buybacks | $0 | $0 | — |
The larger of the two figures is in bold. Larger is not automatically better: on debt, cost and tax a bigger number is simply a bigger number. This site reports the figures and leaves the judgement to you.
Revenue, year by year
Lumen Technologies · 2011–2025
Optimum Communications · 2016–2025
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026
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