Lee Enterprises (LEE) Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Invested Capital data on file, last reported at -$3.2 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Invested Capital rose 91.23% year-over-year to -$3.2 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$3.2 million (up 91.23% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$43.3 million, down 490.48% from the prior year.
• Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at -$3.2 million, up from -$46.4 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Invested Capital topped out at $39.7 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$261.2 million in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Invested Capital is $9.1 million (2024), against an average of -$16.2 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Invested Capital jumped 3873.64%; it then sank 516.29% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Invested Capital shows it stood at $15.9 million in 2022, then soared by 39.3% to $22.2 million in 2023, then tumbled by 208.95% to -$24.2 million in 2024, then tumbled by 92.08% to -$46.4 million in 2025, then surged by 93.19% to -$3.2 million in 2026.
• The last three Invested Capital figures came in at -$3.2 million (Q1 2026), -$46.4 million (Q4 2025), and -$43.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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