Lee Enterprises (LEE) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises (LEE) reported EBITDA Margin of 9.65% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 3.68 percentage points from 5.98% a year earlier but down 0.23 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lee Enterprises (LEE) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 28, 2026, Lee Enterprises' EBITDA Margin came in at 6.80%, up 4.30 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it was 2.52%, down 2.74 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBITDA Margin has a five-year change of -11.46 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, EBITDA Margin came in at 5.26% in FY2024 (-4.55 pp), 9.81% in FY2023 (+1.95 pp), 7.86% in FY2022 (-4.65 pp) and 12.51% in FY2021 (-1.47 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBITDA Margin spans a low of 0.49% in fiscal Q2 2025 and a high of 17.20% in fiscal Q1 2022.
- Year over year, EBITDA Margin has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.35 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBITDA Margin in five years was fiscal Q2 2026 (a gain of 9.40 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 9.66 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 9.89% (Q2 2026), 6.76% (Q1 2026) and 1.56% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 16.01% |
| 2 | Fox | 28.42 Bn | 14.22 Bn | - | 24.50% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.52 Bn | 4.61 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 16.59% |
| 4 | News | 17.00 Bn | 8.48 Bn | - | 17.37% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.83 Bn | 8.95 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.22 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 18.25% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.09 Bn | 8.67 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 29.68% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.66 Bn | -6.38 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lee Enterprises | 145.17 Mn | 9.85 Mn | - | 9.65% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 9.65% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 9.89% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 6.76% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 1.56% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 5.98% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.49% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 2.02% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 1.59% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 7.82% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 1.87% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 9.72% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 11.25% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 11.49% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 6.20% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 10.30% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 2.90% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 7.82% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 3.01% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 17.20% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 11.65% |
Lee Enterprises EBITDA Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "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=ebitda-margin&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();