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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$-2.91
Intrinsic $-3.88 · 25% MOS
Current price: $8.10
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 2.0% for years 1–5 and 1.0% for years 6–10, anchored to a default 8% growth assumption, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $447M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $-3.88 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $-2.91, suggesting the stock is currently 136% overvalued against the $8.10 market price.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$447M
Cash & equivalents
$1.6B
Total debt
$13.3B
Shares outstanding
999M