Lee Enterprises (LEE) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises posted quarterly Gross Margin of 48.55% for Q1 2026, up 56.0% year-on-year from 31.12% in Q1 2025, and up 3.1% on a QoQ basis from 47.09% in Q4 2025.
Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 48.55% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 56.0% year-over-year to 48.55%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 47.4% (down 168.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 47.6%, down 301.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 48.55%, up from 47.09% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 55.46% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 45.33% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 50.74% (2024), against an average of 51.03%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Gross Margin sank 595 bps; it then jumped 56 bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 53.13% in 2022, then retreated by 2 bps to 51.97% in 2023, then decreased by 7 bps to 48.34% in 2024, then declined by 3 bps to 47.09% in 2025, then grew by 3 bps to 48.55% in 2026.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 48.55% (Q1 2026), 47.09% (Q4 2025), and 48.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | 48.55% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 47.09% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 48.78% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 45.33% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 47.99% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 48.34% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 49.11% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 50.74% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 50.67% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 51.97% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 55.05% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 53.30% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 51.63% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 53.13% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 55.46% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 54.88% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 55.44% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 57.49% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 57.79% |
| Jun 27, 2021 | 58.21% |
| Mar 28, 2021 | 58.50% |
| Dec 27, 2020 | 61.40% |
| Sep 27, 2020 | 57.95% |
| Jun 28, 2020 | 57.57% |
| Mar 29, 2020 | 56.46% |
| Dec 29, 2019 | 60.39% |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 61.35% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 62.17% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 60.87% |
| Dec 30, 2018 | 63.48% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 63.63% |
| Jun 24, 2018 | 62.93% |
| Mar 25, 2018 | 61.41% |
| Dec 24, 2017 | 64.98% |
| Sep 24, 2017 | 64.59% |
| Jun 25, 2017 | 65.15% |
| Mar 26, 2017 | 63.45% |
| Dec 25, 2016 | 65.73% |
| Sep 25, 2016 | 64.64% |
| Jun 26, 2016 | 64.65% |
| Mar 27, 2016 | 63.15% |
| Dec 27, 2015 | 65.04% |
| Sep 27, 2015 | 64.43% |
| Jun 28, 2015 | 64.37% |
| Mar 29, 2015 | 63.68% |
| Dec 28, 2014 | 66.01% |
| Sep 28, 2014 | 62.13% |
| Jun 29, 2014 | 67.21% |
| Mar 30, 2014 | 66.02% |
| Dec 29, 2013 | 69.08% |
| Sep 29, 2013 | 66.07% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 67.99% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 66.84% |
| Dec 30, 2012 | 70.64% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 68.59% |
| Jun 24, 2012 | 70.12% |
| Mar 25, 2012 | 68.85% |
| Dec 25, 2011 | 71.31% |
| Sep 25, 2011 | 73.61% |
| Jun 26, 2011 | 139.79% |
| Mar 27, 2011 | 66.50% |
| Dec 26, 2010 | 70.09% |
| Sep 26, 2010 | 111.56% |
| Jun 27, 2010 | -27.99% |