LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc (LEE) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises' Debt Ratio came in at 0.73 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), down 0.6% from 0.73 a year earlier and down 1.1% from the prior quarter.
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LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc (LEE) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), Lee Enterprises' Debt Ratio was 0.76, up 10.2% from FY2024.
- Debt Ratio has increased in each of the last four fiscal years.
- Going back by fiscal year, Debt Ratio was 0.69 in FY2024 (+7.3%), 0.64 in FY2023 (+3.0%), 0.62 in FY2022 (+8.7%) and 0.57 in FY2021 (-8.2%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Debt Ratio since fiscal Q2 2025.
- Year-over-year, Debt Ratio increased in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 6.9%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Debt Ratio over five years came in fiscal Q1 2023 (growth of 11.3%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2021 (a decline of 8.2%).
- Business Quant data shows LEE's Debt Ratio at 0.74 (Q2 2026), 0.77 (Q1 2026) and 0.76 (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 0.73 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 0.74 |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.77 |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 0.76 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 0.73 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.73 |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 0.70 |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 0.69 |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 0.67 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 0.66 |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 0.65 |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 0.64 |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 0.64 |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 0.63 |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 0.62 |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 0.62 |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 0.58 |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 0.58 |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 0.56 |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 0.57 |
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LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "LEE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();