Lumen Technologies Inc vs NetApp Inc. — how do they compare? Lumen Technologies Inc trades at $6.76 (market cap $6.47B), while NetApp Inc. trades at $166.94 (market cap $31.57B). The key difference: NetApp Inc. is far larger — about 4.9× Lumen Technologies Inc's market cap, and NetApp Inc. pays a 1.29% dividend while Lumen Technologies Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUMN | NTAP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.47B | $31.57B |
Sector | Media | Technology |
52-Week High | $11.83 | $181.08 |
52-Week Low | $3.70 | $94.11 |
Enterprise Value | $18.10B | $30.72B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.29% |
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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 →NetApp is a leading provider of enterprise data management and storage solutions. The company's three operating business units are products, software maintenance, and hardware maintenance. NetApp transitioned from a data center storage firm to a company with software data management solutions for multicloud environments. The California-headquartered company sells globally and has approximately 10,000 employees.
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