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

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

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cost of Revenue fell 12.18% year-over-year to $62.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $280.1 million (down 6.96% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $294.6 million, down 2.42% from the prior year.
• Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 stood at $62.8 million, down from $68.8 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $88.0 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $62.8 million in Q1 2026.
• The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $74.8 million (2023), against an average of $77.1 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Cost of Revenue retreated 14.52%; it then advanced 9.48% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at $86.8 million in 2022, then retreated by 13.83% to $74.8 million in 2023, then fell by 0.13% to $74.7 million in 2024, then declined by 7.85% to $68.8 million in 2025, then slipped 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.

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