Lee Enterprises LEE
NASDAQ LEE
$8.18 -0.26 (-3.08%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Invested Cap. (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn -
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn 2.39 Bn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn 12.50 Mn
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn 70.74 Mn
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn -
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn -
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - 4.12 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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