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LUMN Short Interest

Lumen Technologies, Inc.
1W: +4.7% 1M: -15.2% 3M: -24.8% YTD: -39.0% 1Y: -42.0% 3Y: +237.4% 5Y: -58.4%
$4.69
+0.26 (+5.87%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±8.6%
$4 $4 $5 $5 $5
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services · Tech Score Sell · Power 33 · $4.8B mcap · 948M float · 1.45% daily turnover · Short 58% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 91% of companies Debt: 73.6% of company value Bonds: $132.1M held by 127 funds, 324 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the riskiest tenth, about 1 in 20 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.99 (down 79%), Lumen Technologies, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $13.49B against a stock market value of $4.84B.
Distance to default 1.47 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $6.63B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 75.8%; Altman Z'' -2.31. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
67.9%
Short Ratio
of total volume
54.6%
20-Day Avg
58.4%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
4.0M
Short Volume
5.9M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 3,944,435 5,767,659 68.4%
NYSE 65,365 139,651 46.8%
BATS 7,363 13,179 55.9%

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