Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN)

[KarlDieGlatze]

When Storey can raise prices on those Apple fruit cakes and others, we will buy more stock. Until then, he is struggling to be an EBITDA growth company with a period certain where expenses can no longer be wrung out. IMO

[stocktrademan]

CTL buy 22.75























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log chart

[Deetew]

Ready for the bounce-back! This stock has been great! It had to shake up a little; I mean it was positive every day for a while now. It will continue its positive streak --especially as they continue to cut costs and increase revenues with their new business plan.

[harkmi]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but could you expand on your previous note?
I don't know who or what Rage is or Hooligan Land either?
Where would I go to find the $72 price target or any indication that Comcast has to 'buy them out' in 6 years?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
I do see the $2.16 as the dividend rate, but even a 10.10% dividend is not too bad.
I presently hold 3,545 sh @ CB about $19.40 and looking to add more.

[harkmi]

Great stuff! I had 1850 sh @ 17.85 bought another 730 sh this AM at the open @ $19.85, now trading around $20.50 AND I get paid 11% just to wait. Gotta love it!

[KarlDieGlatze]

A German Leader with Rage over in Hooligan Land just put a $72 price target on the stock before Comcast is forced to buy them in less than six years when their IRU's left over from LVLT expires.

IT's a "tax free dividend" for as far as the eye can see before then, and at 3 percent tax free yield on $2.16 per share yearly dividend, target price is attained.

[saturn_five]

CTL, After The Bell: Forward-looking "profit guidance" is adjusted upward about 4%.
CTL now expecting $ 9 Billion - $ 9.15 Billion EBITDA.
After Hours Trading Action: CTL popped up to about $19.40 ... now at ~ $19.10
( 08/08/18: CTL market cap listed at ~ $20 Billion. )
$$ glta

[saturn_five]

Closed at $18.54, before earnings report was published.

[KarlDieGlatze]

Did anyone hear CenturyLink rewriting Level 3 Communications' history to make it appear like they are facilitating Level 3's network to get to the 3rd layer of the internet stack, when in fact, Level 3's name was derived from building the first THREE LAYERS of the internet?

Maybe they should stop rewriting the STOREY and get to driving upward their TOP LINE with these services to new CLOUD CUSTOMERS including Oracle who will now sign up with AT&T and VZ like Google, Microsoft and Amazon before them?

That's an ugly STOREY though, isn't it? Because truth be known there is no "product differentiation" to his DUMB PIPE NETWORK STOREY even at Level 3, until the get to the top of the stack where the Tech Titans are who hardly pay them for their backbone services! IMO

https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/centurylink-connects-oracle-cloud-to-serve-enterprise-customers

[KarlDieGlatze]

Including the recent takeover of CenturyLink by Level 3 Communications for nearly twenty years, this company continues to be unable to grow the top line even while their CEO's from Crowe to now Storey say that the communications market is theirs to take majority share in. There is always a "new product" that is connected to "new growth" at the expense of old products being replaced and a declining revenue base as a result. SillyCon Economics has yet to work here when pondering Intel's chip market where comparisons by leadership inside this company have made. The STOREY is sorry, similar to the CEO's current health status, and as I remain on record, he is fast running out of time to vindicate himself and his long suffering share owners till death does them part. Paying a dividend in between while mammoth debt hangs over our heads($30 plus billion) and mammoth outstanding shares(Over 1 Billion) to the exclusion of growing revenue on the top line like a "growth company," is a recipe for death of a business model greeting all of his shareholders sooner rather than later. IMO

[Couch Potato]

The past couple days feels more like shorts cashing in as the price started to level out.

[tankworth]

Very likely, I think.

[leftovers]

actually I just looked at my transaction page and just a few above my call purchase was my CTL dividend that essentially bought the calls. Right now 2 days later the calls are up 50% and I have till March.

I'll go out on a limb here and say this could be trading for over 19 buy then!

Run CTL Run!

[tankworth]

Very smart play there, wow. You'd be paying a lot more for them today...

CTL

[leftovers]

picked up a bunch of 18 march calls the other day that are looking real sweet right now!

Printing 16.90 today! CTL is Rocking....

[tankworth]

Another great day, for sure!

[leftovers]

We be moving up today. All systems go!

[tankworth]

Will price action push on through the MA 50, or will it back off? And if it pierces it, will it stay there, or close back below?

There was high volume yesterday, but three attempts to break through resistance didn't work. The market was highly managed, though, so who knows? I kept getting the feeling market makers were holding it back. Either way, thanks CTL for a great first leg.

[tankworth]

Century Link (CTL) Current Yahoo Finance chatter


Gautama yesterday

I got paid my divi today.


myownstimulusplan 3 days ago

Glen F Post, CenturyLink's Chief Executive Officer and a director of the company, recently acquired 50,000 shares of the company. The buys took place at $14.17 per share, on December 08, 2017. Post now owns 1,733,301 shares of the company. Post operates out of Monroe, LA.


Anonymous 4 days ago

This should be a $25+ per share stock. The L3 acquisition brings invaluable assists to relieve the erosion of local telecom business. Yes, there is debt but the investment is positioning CTL for future growth. The L3 backbone is comparable to ATT.


Steve 2 days ago

8 insiders bought shares on Friday, including 50k shares by Post and 71k shares by Jeff Storey.

[tankworth]

Centurylink Inc (CTL) CEO Glen F Post Iii Bought $708,500 of Shares


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-inc-ctl-ceo-glen-231501972.html

[tankworth]

CenturyLink selected as network provider for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-selected-network-provider-commonwealth-130000734.html

[tankworth]

Glad I listened to my cable installer during my recent move. He said, "I think the old Level 3 has been bought by Century Link."

This has been a great mover, classic V bottom.

CEO --- and the rest of mgmt --- bought a ton of shares last week.

CTL just landed the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: from top-end network services to last-mile customer connectivity, which is HUGE.

Still well-oversold, currently below the MA 50 and MA 200, short-squeeze breakout, being bought-up fast. This is a screamin' buy!

Go CTL

[chriswolff]

The very tiny job CTL got isn't jumping the price. It’s the tax benefits. This will be 15.5 end of week.

[SANDRA11]

Agreed. I have orders in all the way to $10
These are bond holders pissed off that the
Stock paying such Divi.
Fools are shorting it, and their dogs are releasing
Press release after press release.
My Money in CTL at these prices and the Divi
Is safer than in the bank.
Come December 11 I will collect my 54 cents
Divi as well on my shares that I bought last
Friday.
I am LMAO at these fools all the way to the bank.
GLTY

[temocat]

Agreed, its time to pick up more as I suspect the tax plan will be approved and that will drive the 2018 Q1-2 markets IMHO...

[SANDRA11]

I will take the Divi and ride it back to 20
They drop it bellow todays low I will buy
More.
No Brainer at these prices with the Divi safe
According to the Manegement.
They are on record saying that,
Cutting it opens them up to Letigation on
Personal level.
Give me that 15 percent Divi.
Thank you
May I have another please.
LMAO

[temocat]

Interesting article including dividend payout https://seekingalpha.com/article/4122947-whole-storey-centurylink

[boroborough]

I just purchased 10 share$ to find out what the dividend reinvestment would accumulate to in ten years

[Prudent Capitalist]

Who cares. Like most longtime LVLT holders I dumped these shares well above $17. Would never consider holding here. The deal was supposed to be worth $66 - $68 to LVLT holders when it was announced. total joke the way it ended up.

[swampboots]

CTL 16.43 Not even a scratch as overwrought over div thought by mob to be confiscated!

[swampboots]

CTL: 15.96 dividend seems ok?

[Sone]

Did the cut the dividend yet?

[Prudent Capitalist]

CTL is a pathetic POS. LVLT holders got screwed in this deal, and would have been much better off continuing on its own as LVLT, rather than becoming part of this turd patch.

[FutureBankruptcy]

The Klein Law Firm Reminds Investors of a Class Action Filed on Behalf of CenturyLink, Inc. Shareholders & a Lead Plaintiff D...

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=75206583

omplaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) who purchased shares between March 1, 2013 and June 16, 2017. The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

In particular, the complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, CenturyLink made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) CenturyLink’s policies had engaged the Company in unlawful business practices by allowing its employees to add services or lines to accounts without customer permission, resulting in millions of dollars in unauthorized charges to CenturyLink customers; (2) accordingly, the Company’s revenues contained ill-gotten gains that originated from the Company’s illicit conduct and were unsustainable; and (3) the foregoing illicit conduct was likely to subject CenturyLink to heightened regulatory scrutiny; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ statements about CenturyLink’s business, operations, and prospects, were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

Shareholders have until August 18, 2017 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery does not require that you serve as lead plaintiff. You may choose to be an absent class member.

If you suffered a loss during the class period and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Joseph Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or visit http://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-sbm/centurylink-inc.

Joseph Klein, Esq. is an experienced attorney and has also practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Klein represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170710006289/en/

The Klein Law Firm
Joseph Klein, Esq., 212-616-4899
Fax: [phone]
www.kleinstocklaw.com

[temocat]

At this pace I see this hitting 30, with the dividend this is a no brainer

[wiltonio]

Corvex Management LP has filed a new activist 13D, reporting 5.5% ownership in $CTL - https://fintel.io/so/us/ctl

[Wallstreetwarriors]

Big run coming here !!!

[71tj]

Anyone see that After hour buy of 11 mill ?

[inforthemoney2]

Pay Day..

[T695]

just picked up some shares for earnibngs AH

[ValueInvestor15]

CenturyLink $CTL fundamental analysis highlights stock's 6% undervalued b4 earnings Wednesday:

Fair Value Analysis

[inforthemoney2]

Some huge after hour T trade buys..CTL

[inforthemoney2]

Nice pickup in the last couple of days. CTL

[Bernie-UK]

This is just a short term blip imo. Shorter taking advantage of market declines over last few days.

[Prudent Capitalist]

It is becoming apparent that the market does not believe this deal will be completed. One would have to assume LVLT had some protections in the Agreement based on CTL's share price remaining up in a certain range. And, becoming more apparent that LVLT shareholders are not happy with the prospect and deal as there was clear long term additional value in LVLT given its additional unlit conduits, future projections and new $1 Billion in free cash flow this year and more going forward. The deal appears to be a disaster at this point.

[Bernie-UK]

My guess is that the market wants to see how the cash portion of the deal will be structured and people are taking advantage and shorting it in the meantime.

[slacker01]

Doesn't make a lick of sense to me. We are $3.00 below where we were before earnigns (which was at upper end of scale) and before the merger was introduced. So what I am seeing here is we are all of a sudden worth 12% than we were precviously. I'm dumbfounded by these actions.

[71tj]

Would be nice to were the bottom is? all the insider dumping =(

[JJE1]

Why the decline here?

[ClarkKant]

Wow, CTL just scolded the FCC, the same organization that it needs their blessing on for the deal.

Probably not a good move and traders agree it was not a good move.