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Telecom · US · Lumen Technologies, Inc.

5 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index
28
out of 100 · 3/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

  • Markup

    How much revenue per dollar of cost.

    2.0965× revenue / costverified
    $1 of cost becomes $2.10 of revenue
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Operational Markup

    Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.

    1.1554× revenue / (cost + opex)verified
    $1 of cost+opex becomes $1.16 of revenue
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Labor Share

    How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.

    0.1735of revenue → workersapprox.verified
    17¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
    Sector median: 0.1725Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Executive Extraction

    How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

    113.1× CEO / median workerverified
    CEO earns 113× the median worker
    Sector median: 295.5Bottom 8% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Shareholder Extraction

    Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Companies in Telecom typically don't report R&D — their growth investment goes to capex, not research expense.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Shareholder Extraction doesn't apply.
  • Capital Extraction

    How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.

    1.0266× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
    103% of net profit returned to shareholders — funded beyond current-year earnings
    Sector median: 0.7052Top 25% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0

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Source data

Every raw line item this company disclosed in its XBRL filings. Click any filing to view the original on SEC.gov.

FY 2023· 9 facts
ConceptValueUnitPeriodFilingReceipt
CEO Total Compensation
CEOTotalCompensation
9,592,963USDFY0000018926-24-000046verified
Cost of Goods Sold
CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
8,488,000,000USDFY0000018926-24-000016verified
Dividends Paid
PaymentsOfDividends
1,087,000,000USDFY0000018926-24-000016verified
Median Employee Compensation
MedianEmployeeCompensation
84,804USDFY0000018926-24-000046verified
Net Income
NetIncomeLoss
2,033,000,000USDFY0000018926-24-000016verified
Operating Expenses
OperatingExpensesDerived(CostsAndExpenses-COGS)
6,914,000,000USDFY0000018926-24-000016verified
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
17,795,000,000USDFY0000018926-24-000016verified
Stock Buybacks
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
1,000,000,000USDFY0000018926-24-000016verified
Total Employee Count
TotalEmployees
28,000employeesFY0000018926-24-000046verified