Growth Metrics

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

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has disclosed FCF Margin for 14 consecutive years, with 0.61% as the latest value for Q4 2023.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2023, FCF Margin rose 123.0% year-over-year to 0.61%, compared with a TTM value of 5.2% through Sep 2024, down 400.0%, and an annual FY2023 reading of 1.2%, down 60.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 0.61% for Q4 2023 at Lee Enterprises, up from 1.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 14.15% in Q2 2020 and bottomed at 2.48% in Q1 2020.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 3.2%, with a median of 0.91% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin hit 1243bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -1359bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 6.46% in 2019, then rose by 26bps to 8.11% in 2020, then tumbled by -107bps to 0.6% in 2021, then crashed by -208bps to 1.84% in 2022, then surged by 67bps to 0.61% in 2023.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for LEE at 0.61% in Q4 2023, 1.69% in Q3 2023, and 2.48% in Q2 2023.