LUMNLumen

Telecom · US · Lumen Technologies, Inc.

5 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index

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