Lee Enterprises (LEE) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 1.12 in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 347.41% year-over-year to 1.12; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.44 (up 377.31% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.11, down 204.12% from the prior year.
• Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 1.12, up from 0.51 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 1.19 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.45 in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 0.46 (2025), against an average of 0.31.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Interest Coverage Ratio surged 413.38%; it then plunged 263.75% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 1.07 in 2022, then fell by 28.01% to 0.77 in 2023, then sank by 142.16% to 0.33 in 2024, then jumped by 255.89% to 0.51 in 2025, then surged by 120.32% to 1.12 in 2026.
• The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 1.12 (Q1 2026), 0.51 (Q4 2025), and 0.14 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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