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Lee Enterprises (LEE) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Lee Enterprises' Debt Ratio history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.77 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Debt Ratio rose 9.1% year-over-year to 0.77; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.77, up 9.1%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.76, 10.19% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio reached 0.77 in Q4 2025 per LEE's latest filing, up from 0.76 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.77 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.56 in Q4 2021.
  • Average Debt Ratio over 5 years is 0.65, with a median of 0.64 recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Debt Ratio: dropped 8.16% in 2021, then rose 11.25% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.56 in 2021, then grew by 11.25% to 0.62 in 2022, then rose by 4.5% to 0.65 in 2023, then increased by 8.98% to 0.7 in 2024, then increased by 9.1% to 0.77 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Debt Ratio are 0.77 (Q4 2025), 0.76 (Q3 2025), and 0.73 (Q2 2025).