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

Lee Enterprises' Gross Margin history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 48.34% for Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, Gross Margin fell 363.0% year-over-year to 48.34%; the TTM value through Dec 2024 reached 67.24%, up 1425.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 47.6%, 301.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 48.34% in Q4 2024 per LEE's latest filing, down from 49.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 61.4% in Q4 2020 to a low of 48.34% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 54.97%, with a median of 55.44% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: surged 204bps in 2021, then crashed -595bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 61.4% in 2020, then decreased by -6bps to 57.49% in 2021, then dropped by -8bps to 53.13% in 2022, then decreased by -2bps to 51.97% in 2023, then fell by -7bps to 48.34% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Gross Margin are 48.34% (Q4 2024), 49.11% (Q3 2024), and 50.74% (Q2 2024).