Lumen Technologies Inc vs S&P Global Inc — how do they compare? Lumen Technologies Inc trades at $6.76 (market cap $6.47B), while S&P Global Inc trades at $431.26 (market cap $132.71B). The key difference: S&P Global Inc is far larger — about 20.5× Lumen Technologies Inc's market cap, and S&P Global Inc pays a 0.87% dividend while Lumen Technologies Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUMN | SPGI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.47B | $132.71B |
Sector | Media | Financials |
52-Week High | $11.83 | $534.79 |
52-Week Low | $3.70 | $370.42 |
Enterprise Value | $18.10B | $144.68B |
Dividend Yield | — | 0.87% |
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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 →S&P Global provides data and benchmarks to capital and commodity market participants. In 2021 and excluding IHS Markit, S&P Ratings was over 45% of the firm's revenue and over 55% of the firm's operating income. S&P Ratings is the largest credit rating agency in the world. The firm's other segments include Market Intelligence, Indices, and Platts. Market Intelligence provides desktop tools and other data solutions to investment banks, corporations, and other entities. Indices provides benchmarks for financial markets and is monetized through subscriptions, asset-based fees, and transaction-based royalties. Platts provides benchmarks to commodity markets, principally petroleum.
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