Lumen Technologies slips after Wells Fargo downgrade
** Telecommunication company Lumen Technologies's LUMN.N shares fall 6% to $5.37
** Wells Fargo hikes PT to $4 from $1.75 on stock, but downgrades to 'underweight' from 'equal weight'
** New PT represents nearly 30% downside to stock's previous close of $5.71
** Stock rose as high as $5.97 before closing 0.8% up on Thursday, after New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion selected LUMN to provide nearly 900 miles high-speed fiber connectivity to K-12 public schools
** $5 bln of hyperscale AI deals could improve free cash flow (FCF) performance in next 2-3 years - Wells Fargo analysts
** However, deals are relatively lower return, unlikely to change FCF and EBITDA longer term - brokerage
** Wells Fargo concerned over co's ability to manage $19 bln of debt maturity, says risk-reward "skews negative"
** 8 of 13 brokerages rate stock "hold", 4 "sell"; median PT is $4.23
** Up to previous close, stock has more than tripled YTD
Reporting by Lisa Mattackal in Bengaluru;
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