Growth Metrics

Lee Enterprises (LEE) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2024)

Lee Enterprises' EBITDA Margin history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 11.66% for Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, EBITDA Margin fell 1062.0% year-over-year to 11.66%; the TTM value through Dec 2024 reached 8.22%, down 858.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 6.18%, 82.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin reached 11.66% in Q4 2024 per LEE's latest filing, down from 9.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 33.46% in Q3 2021 to a low of 12.51% in Q3 2022.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 0.32%, with a median of 0.52% recorded in 2020.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: skyrocketed 2957bps in 2021, then tumbled -4597bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 8.05% in 2020, then plummeted by -60bps to 3.24% in 2021, then crashed by -84bps to 0.52% in 2022, then tumbled by -302bps to 1.04% in 2023, then tumbled by -1017bps to 11.66% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's EBITDA Margin are 11.66% (Q4 2024), 9.08% (Q3 2024), and 2.93% (Q2 2024).