Lee Enterprises (LEE) Interest Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Interest Expenses data on file, last reported at $7.6 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Expenses fell 23.33% year-over-year to $7.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $38.1 million (down 7.22% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $40.5 million, down 1.76% from the prior year.
• Interest Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $7.6 million, down from $10.2 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Interest Expenses topped out at $10.8 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $7.6 million in Q1 2026.
• The 5-year median for Interest Expenses is $10.2 million (2025), against an average of $10.1 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Interest Expenses increased 4.63%; it then fell 23.33% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Interest Expenses shows it stood at $10.4 million in 2022, then dropped by 2.66% to $10.1 million in 2023, then gained by 1.49% to $10.3 million in 2024, then dropped by 0.33% to $10.2 million in 2025, then slipped by 25.56% to $7.6 million in 2026.
• The last three Interest Expenses figures came in at $7.6 million (Q1 2026), $10.2 million (Q4 2025), and $10.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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