Growth Metrics

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

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has disclosed Gross Margin for 14 consecutive years, with 51.97% as the latest value for Q4 2023.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2023, Gross Margin fell 116.0% year-over-year to 51.97%, compared with a TTM value of 52.99% through Dec 2023, down 175.0%, and an annual FY2023 reading of 53.26%, down 258.0% over the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 51.97% for Q4 2023 at Lee Enterprises, down from 55.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 62.17% in Q2 2019 and bottomed at 51.63% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 57.05%, with a median of 57.53% recorded in 2020.
  • The sharpest move saw Gross Margin tumbled -2247bps in 2019, then surged 204bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 60.39% in 2019, then grew by 2bps to 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for LEE at 51.97% in Q4 2023, 55.05% in Q3 2023, and 53.3% in Q2 2023.