Lee Enterprises (LEE) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$6.8 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 215.93% year-over-year to -$6.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $855000.0 (up 104.4% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$7.1 million, up 12.45% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 stood at -$6.8 million, down from $3.7 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $8.3 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$8.9 million in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is -$2.8 million (2023), against an average of -$1.8 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Free Cash Flow plunged 2860.39%; it then surged 251.13% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$3.4 million in 2022, then jumped by 72.07% to -$950000.0 in 2023, then tumbled by 835.79% to -$8.9 million in 2024, then surged by 141.77% to $3.7 million in 2025, then sank by 283.79% to -$6.8 million in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at -$6.8 million (Q1 2026), $3.7 million (Q4 2025), and -$4.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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