Growth Metrics

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2024)

Lee Enterprises' Interest Coverage Ratio history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.33 for Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 142.16% year-over-year to 0.33; the TTM value through Dec 2024 reached 0.18, down 77.55%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11, 204.12% down from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio reached 0.33 in Q4 2024 per LEE's latest filing, up from 0.34 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Coverage Ratio ranged from a high of 2.36 in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.34 in Q3 2024.
  • Average Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years is 0.75, with a median of 0.77 recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Interest Coverage Ratio: soared 413.38% in 2023, then crashed 142.16% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 1.75 in 2020, then skyrocketed by 34.49% to 2.36 in 2021, then crashed by 54.4% to 1.07 in 2022, then dropped by 28.01% to 0.77 in 2023, then crashed by 142.16% to 0.33 in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Interest Coverage Ratio are 0.33 (Q4 2024), 0.34 (Q3 2024), and 0.49 (Q2 2024).