Lee Enterprises LEE
NASDAQ LEE
$8.18 -0.26 (-3.08%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Cost of Revenue (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises' (LEE) quarterly Cost of Revenue came in at $62.8 million in Q1 2026, down 12.18% YoY from $71.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 8.81% on a QoQ basis from $68.8 million in Q4 2025.

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Cost of Revenue (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Cost of Revenue data on file, last reported at $62.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Cost of Revenue fell 12.18% year-over-year to $62.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $280.1 million (down 6.96% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $294.6 million, down 2.42% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue fell to $62.8 million in Q1 2026, from $68.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cost of Revenue ranged from a high of $88.0 million in Q2 2022 to a low of $62.8 million in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $77.1 million and a median of $74.8 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Cost of Revenue.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Cost of Revenue retreated 14.52% — and 2024, when it advanced 9.48%.
  • Tracing LEE's Cost of Revenue over 5 years: stood at $86.8 million in 2022, then fell by 13.83% to $74.8 million in 2023, then declined by 0.13% to $74.7 million in 2024, then dropped by 7.85% to $68.8 million in 2025, then decreased by 8.81% to $62.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $62.8 million (Q1 2026), $68.8 million (Q4 2025), and $71.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn 367.84 Mn
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn 1.13 Bn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn 110.08 Mn
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn 328.09 Mn
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn 190.40 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 62.08 Mn
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn 1.93 Mn
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 62.08 Mn
Jun 28, 2026 62.08 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 62.75 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 62.75 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 68.81 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 68.81 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 71.26 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 71.26 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 77.25 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 77.25 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 71.46 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 71.46 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 74.68 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 74.68 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 80.70 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 80.70 Mn
Jun 23, 2024 74.18 Mn
Jun 23, 2024 74.18 Mn
Mar 24, 2024 72.29 Mn
Mar 24, 2024 72.29 Mn