Lumen Technologies, Inc.

LSE:0HVP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.0b

Lumen Technologies Valuation

Is 0HVP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0HVP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate 0HVP's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate 0HVP's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0HVP?

Key metric: As 0HVP is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 0HVP. This is calculated by dividing 0HVP's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 0HVP's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.4x
SalesUS$13.30b
Market CapUS$5.01b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 0HVP's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 0HVP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.3x
GAMA Gamma Communications
2.3x6.6%UK£1.3b
AAF Airtel Africa
1.4x13.6%UK£5.3b
BT.A BT Group
0.7x-0.6%UK£13.9b
BBB Bigblu Broadband
0.8x-154.4%UK£18.5m
0HVP Lumen Technologies
0.4x-2.0%US$5.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 0HVP is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the peer average (1.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 0HVP's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Telecom Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
0HVP 0.4xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies10PS012345+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 0HVP is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the European Telecom industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0HVP's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0HVP PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.4x
Fair PS Ratio1.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 0HVP is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0HVP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$4.94
US$5.37
+8.7%
27.3%US$8.00US$2.00n/a11
Jan ’26US$5.35
US$5.27
-1.6%
28.5%US$8.00US$2.00n/a10
Dec ’25US$7.34
US$5.24
-28.6%
29.0%US$8.00US$2.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$6.92
US$5.04
-27.1%
28.9%US$7.00US$2.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$6.67
US$4.77
-28.5%
36.9%US$7.00US$1.75n/a10
Sep ’25US$5.20
US$4.77
-8.2%
36.9%US$7.00US$1.75n/a10
Aug ’25US$3.42
US$1.55
-54.7%
28.1%US$2.50US$1.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$1.05
US$1.55
+47.7%
28.1%US$2.50US$1.00n/a9
Jun ’25US$1.28
US$1.55
+21.1%
28.1%US$2.50US$1.00n/a9
May ’25US$1.20
US$1.57
+30.8%
24.6%US$2.50US$1.00n/a10
Apr ’25US$1.57
US$1.72
+9.4%
39.4%US$3.50US$1.00n/a9
Mar ’25US$1.63
US$1.77
+8.3%
41.2%US$3.50US$1.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$1.28
US$1.92
+49.7%
58.4%US$5.00US$1.00US$4.9410
Jan ’25US$1.84
US$1.92
+4.1%
58.4%US$5.00US$1.00US$5.3510
Dec ’24US$1.50
US$1.95
+30.4%
56.5%US$5.00US$1.00US$7.3410
Nov ’24US$1.03
US$2.20
+113.6%
49.8%US$5.00US$1.00US$6.9210
Oct ’24US$1.44
US$2.78
+92.4%
36.2%US$5.00US$1.50US$6.6710
Sep ’24US$1.57
US$2.94
+86.9%
33.4%US$5.00US$1.50US$5.2010
Aug ’24US$1.90
US$3.19
+67.8%
28.7%US$5.00US$2.00US$3.4210
Jul ’24US$2.29
US$3.44
+50.3%
34.5%US$6.00US$2.00US$1.0511
Jun ’24US$1.99
US$3.67
+84.8%
33.4%US$6.00US$2.00US$1.2811
May ’24US$2.30
US$4.43
+92.6%
22.4%US$6.00US$2.50US$1.2012
Apr ’24US$2.73
US$5.28
+93.3%
39.6%US$10.00US$2.50US$1.5712
Mar ’24US$3.28
US$5.57
+70.0%
34.4%US$10.00US$3.50US$1.6312
Feb ’24US$5.31
US$7.00
+32.0%
33.7%US$14.00US$5.00US$1.2812
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 11 Analysts
US$5.37
Fair Value
8.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/01 10:34
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is covered by 41 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Christopher WattsAtlantic Equities LLP
Peter RhameyBMO Capital Markets Equity Research