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title: "Lumen Technologies’ Digital Overhaul Poses Execution Risks, Potentially Pressuring Operations and Financial Targets"
description: "Lumen Technologies Inc. faces significant execution risks as it undertakes a digital transformation, including integrating legacy systems and deploying master data management. Analysts warn that poten"
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# Lumen Technologies’ Digital Overhaul Poses Execution Risks, Potentially Pressuring Operations and Financial Targets

> Lumen Technologies Inc. faces significant execution risks as it undertakes a digital transformation, including integrating legacy systems and deploying master data management. Analysts warn that potential delays and budget overruns could disrupt service delivery and impair compliance, threatening customer retention and financial targets. The average stock price target for LUMN is $7.46, indicating a potential downside of 4.73%.

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Lumen Technologies Inc. faces heightened execution risk as it attempts to integrate and modernize legacy systems, deploy master data management, and complete a broad digital transformation. Given the complexity of these initiatives, observers note that delays, budget overruns, or failure to realize expected efficiencies could undermine its strategic and cost-saving objectives.

Analysts warn that unsuccessful implementation could disrupt service delivery, extend repair times, and destabilize critical network functions, while also impairing regulatory and contractual compliance. Such outcomes could erode the customer base, constrain new customer acquisition, and prevent the company from meeting its financial targets, materially pressuring its operating results.

The average LUMN stock price target is $7.46, implying -4.73% downside potential.

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