LUMN vs VCTR Comparison

Lumen Technologies is one of the largest telecommunications carriers serving global enterprises. The merger with Level 3 in 2017, the 2022 divestiture of much of its local phone business in rural areas, and the 2026 sale of its remaining consumer fiber network to AT&T have shifted the company's operations away from the legacy consumer business and toward enterprise services, which account for about 85%-90% of revenue. Lumen offers businesses a full suite of communications services, providing colocation and data center services, data transportation, phone service, and internet access.

Victory Capital Holdings Inc is a diversified investment management firm. The company provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors. Its offerings include actively and passively managed mutual funds, rules-based and active exchange traded funds (ETFs), institutional separate accounts, variable insurance products (VIPs), alternative investments, private closed end funds, and a 529 Education Savings Plan. The company operates in one operating and reportable segment that provides investment management services and products to institutional, intermediary, retirement platforms and individual investors. The majority of the company's revenue consists of Investment management fees.