Growth Metrics

Lee Enterprises (LEE) EBITDA (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises posted quarterly EBITDA of -$2.2 million for Q1 2026, up 82.36% year-on-year from -$1.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 60.86% on a QoQ basis from -$5.7 million in Q4 2025.

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of EBITDA data on file, last reported at -$2.2 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA rose 82.36% year-over-year to -$2.2 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$13.3 million (up 72.46% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$34.8 million, down 6.08% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA for Q1 2026 stood at -$2.2 million, up from -$5.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA topped out at $8.6 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$24.2 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA is -$4.4 million (2024), against an average of -$6.2 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBITDA tumbled 1187.04%; it then jumped 194.92% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA shows it stood at $959000.0 in 2022, then tumbled by 269.55% to -$1.6 million in 2023, then sank by 937.08% to -$16.9 million in 2024, then soared by 66.26% to -$5.7 million in 2025, then surged by 60.86% to -$2.2 million in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA figures came in at -$2.2 million (Q1 2026), -$5.7 million (Q4 2025), and -$3.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -2.23 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 -5.69 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 -3.35 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 -2.04 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 -12.63 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 -16.86 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 -14.40 Mn
Jun 23, 2024 -4.41 Mn
Mar 24, 2024 -12.33 Mn
Dec 24, 2023 -1.63 Mn
Sep 24, 2023 8.63 Mn
Jun 25, 2023 1.36 Mn
Mar 26, 2023 -6.03 Mn
Dec 25, 2022 959,000.00
Sep 25, 2022 -24.22 Mn
Jun 26, 2022 -1.44 Mn
Mar 27, 2022 -8.44 Mn
Dec 26, 2021 6.55 Mn
Sep 26, 2021 64.89 Mn
Jun 27, 2021 3.70 Mn
Mar 28, 2021 -656,000.00
Dec 27, 2020 17.04 Mn
Sep 27, 2020 7.46 Mn
Jun 28, 2020 -958,000.00
Mar 29, 2020 -5.05 Mn
Dec 29, 2019 5.64 Mn
Sep 29, 2019 -16.18 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 5.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -2.80 Mn
Dec 30, 2018 10.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 8.37 Mn
Jun 24, 2018 4.49 Mn
Mar 25, 2018 2.20 Mn
Dec 24, 2017 35.03 Mn
Sep 24, 2017 8.89 Mn
Jun 25, 2017 6.05 Mn
Mar 26, 2017 7.02 Mn
Dec 25, 2016 12.23 Mn
Sep 25, 2016 -5.97 Mn
Jun 26, 2016 4.05 Mn
Mar 27, 2016 19.19 Mn
Dec 27, 2015 11.19 Mn
Sep 27, 2015 4.01 Mn
Jun 28, 2015 1.69 Mn
Mar 29, 2015 1.61 Mn
Dec 28, 2014 9.56 Mn
Sep 28, 2014 -13.01 Mn
Jun 29, 2014 -10.19 Mn
Mar 30, 2014 1.04 Mn
Dec 29, 2013 11.45 Mn
Sep 29, 2013 -67.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 1.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 -6.09 Mn
Dec 30, 2012 14.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -10.96 Mn
Jun 24, 2012 -1.32 Mn
Mar 25, 2012 -26.47 Mn
Dec 25, 2011 14.71 Mn
Sep 25, 2011 -25.49 Mn
Jun 26, 2011 -153.79 Mn
Mar 27, 2011 -4.75 Mn
Dec 26, 2010 24.43 Mn
Sep 26, 2010 -365,000.00
Jun 27, 2010 9.41 Mn