Lumen Technologies Inc vs Medtronic PLC — how do they compare? Lumen Technologies Inc trades at $6.69 (market cap $6.47B), while Medtronic PLC trades at $82.79 (market cap $106.61B). The key difference: Medtronic PLC is far larger — about 16.5× Lumen Technologies Inc's market cap, and Medtronic PLC pays a 3.46% dividend while Lumen Technologies Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUMN | MDT | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.47B | $106.61B |
Sector | Media | Health |
52-Week High | $11.83 | $105.35 |
52-Week Low | $3.70 | $73.75 |
Enterprise Value | $18.10B | $125.36B |
Dividend Yield | — | 3.46% |
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With 450,000 route miles of fiber, including over 35,000 route miles of subsea fiber connecting Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Lumen Technologies is one of the United States' largest telecommunications carriers serving global enterprises. Its merger with Level 3 further shifted the company's operations toward businesses (over 70% of revenue) and away from its legacy consumer business. Lumen offers businesses a full menu of communications services, providing colocation and data center services, data transportation, and end-user phone and internet service. On the consumer side, Lumen provides broadband and phone service across 37 states, where it has 4.5 million broadband customers.
Read more on LUMN →One of the largest medical device companies, Medtronic develops and manufactures therapeutic medical devices for chronic diseases. Its portfolio includes pacemakers, defibrillators, heart valves, stents, insulin pumps, spinal fixation devices, neurovascular products, advanced energy, and surgical tools. The company markets its products to healthcare institutions and physicians in the United States and overseas. Foreign sales account for almost 50% of the company's total sales.
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