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How QWEST CORP makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$4.5B · 100%Cost of revenue$1.4B · 32%Gross profit$3.0B · 68%Operating income−$1.0B · −22%Income before tax−$975M · −22%Income tax$352M · 8%Net income−$1.3B · −30%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$4.5B100%
Cost of revenue$1.4B32%
$3.0B68%
−$1.0B−22%
Income before tax−$975M−22%
Income tax$352M8%
−$1.3B−30%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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