LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc (LEE) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises (LEE) reported EBT Margin of 5.24% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 8.37 percentage points from -3.13% a year earlier and up 3.81 percentage points from the prior quarter.
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc (LEE) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 28, 2026, Lee Enterprises' EBT Margin came in at -1.41%, up 6.30 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it was -7.58%, down 2.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin has declined for four consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -8.04 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, EBT Margin came in at -5.10% in FY2024 (-4.65 pp), -0.45% in FY2023 (-0.55 pp), 0.10% in FY2022 (-3.93 pp) and 4.03% in FY2021 (+3.57 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly EBT Margin since fiscal Q1 2022.
- Year over year, EBT Margin has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.93 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was fiscal Q2 2026 (a gain of 11.47 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 9.93 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 1.43% (Q2 2026), -3.23% (Q1 2026) and -8.23% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 5.24% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 1.43% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | -3.23% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -8.23% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | -3.13% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -10.05% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | -8.98% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | -8.61% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | -3.02% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | -9.88% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 0.95% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | -0.27% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 1.48% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | -4.36% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 1.22% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -4.27% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 0.18% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -5.18% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 9.17% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 2.79% |
LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc EBT Margin API
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