Lee Enterprises (LEE) Invested Capital (2010 - 2025)
Lee Enterprises' (LEE) quarterly Invested Capital came in at $406000.0 in Q2 2025, down 84.38% YoY from $2.6 million in Q2 2024, and down 84.38% on a QoQ basis from $2.6 million in Q2 2024.
Lee Enterprises (LEE) Invested Capital (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 15 years of Invested Capital data on file, last reported at $406000.0 in Q2 2025.
- Quarterly Invested Capital fell 84.38% year-over-year to $406000.0 in Q2 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $406000.0 (down 84.38% YoY) and the FY2021 annual result came in at $6.1 million, down 55.49% from the prior year.
- Invested Capital retreated to $406000.0 in Q2 2025, from $2.6 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Invested Capital ranged from a high of $13.8 million in Q1 2021 to a low of $406000.0 in Q2 2025.
- A 4-year average of $4.3 million and a median of $2.3 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Invested Capital.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Invested Capital plunged 97.09% — and 2024, when it increased 29.16%.
- Tracing LEE's Invested Capital over 4 years: stood at $6.1 million in 2021, then sank by 67.06% to $2.0 million in 2023, then rose by 29.16% to $2.6 million in 2024, then tumbled by 84.38% to $406000.0 in 2025.
- The last three Invested Capital figures came in at $406000.0 (Q2 2025), $2.6 million (Q2 2024), and $2.0 million (Q2 2023), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2025 | 406,000.00 |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 2.60 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 2.01 Mn |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 6.11 Mn |
| Jun 27, 2021 | 1.07 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2021 | 13.75 Mn |
| Dec 27, 2020 | 17.14 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2020 | 13.73 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2020 | 36.71 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2019 | 1.89 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 2.95 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 3.93 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 7.32 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2018 | 1.38 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 7.03 Mn |
| Jun 24, 2018 | 6.25 Mn |
| Dec 24, 2017 | 6.25 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2017 | 30.18 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2017 | 6.25 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2017 | 174,000.00 |