Lee Enterprises LEE
NASDAQ LEE
$8.44 +0.26 (+3.18%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Lee Enterprises (LEE) EPS (Basic) (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises' (LEE) quarterly EPS (Basic) came in at -$0.12 in Q1 2026, up 93.64% YoY from -$0.06 in Q1 2025, and up 84.9% on a QoQ basis from -$0.81 in Q4 2025.

Lee Enterprises (LEE) EPS (Basic) (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of EPS (Basic) data on file, last reported at -$0.12 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EPS (Basic) rose 93.64% year-over-year to -$0.12 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$1.03 (up 84.49% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$5.74, down 49.57% from the prior year.
  • EPS (Basic) climbed to -$0.12 in Q1 2026, from -$0.81 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EPS (Basic) ranged from a high of $0.35 in Q2 2023 to a low of -$2.61 in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$0.78 and a median of -$0.81 in 2025 frame the typical range for EPS (Basic).
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — EPS (Basic) jumped 970.28% — and 2024, when it slumped 1388.59%.
  • Tracing LEE's EPS (Basic) over 5 years: stood at $0.3 in 2022, then slumped by 33.34% to $0.2 in 2023, then tumbled by 1388.59% to -$2.61 in 2024, then soared by 68.84% to -$0.81 in 2025, then soared by 84.9% to -$0.12 in 2026.
  • The last three EPS (Basic) figures came in at -$0.12 (Q1 2026), -$0.81 (Q4 2025), and -$0.94 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EPS (Basic) (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.60 Bn 9.94 Bn 394.61 Mn 0.58
2 Pearson 10.47 Bn 9.86 Bn 1.18 Bn 0.34
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.73 Bn 2.65 Bn 337.86 Mn 2.58
4 Usa Today 963.33 Mn 876.68 Mn 208.25 Mn 0.06
5 Scholastic 949.42 Mn 814.52 Mn 285.70 Mn 0.40
6 Lee Enterprises 187.86 Mn 128.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 0.23
7 Educational Development 11.58 Mn 9.77 Mn 2.82 Mn -0.13
8 TNL Mediagene 696,752.35 -1.23 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 0.23
Mar 29, 2026 -0.12
Dec 28, 2025 -0.81
Sep 28, 2025 -0.94
Jun 29, 2025 -0.28
Mar 30, 2025 -1.93
Dec 29, 2024 -2.61
Sep 29, 2024 -1.54
Jun 23, 2024 -0.62
Mar 24, 2024 -1.92
Dec 24, 2023 0.20
Sep 24, 2023 -0.21
Jun 25, 2023 0.35
Mar 26, 2023 -0.89
Dec 25, 2022 0.30
Sep 25, 2022 -1.10
Jun 26, 2022 0.03
Mar 27, 2022 -1.13
Dec 26, 2021 2.24
Sep 26, 2021 0.90