Lee Enterprises (LEE) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises' Net Margin came in at 3.71% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 5.07 percentage points from -1.36% a year earlier and up 5.47 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lee Enterprises (LEE) Net Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, Lee Enterprises reported Net Margin of -1.84%, up 5.26 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it was -6.69%, down 2.46 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin has declined in each of the last four fiscal years, with a five-year change of -6.37 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Net Margin was -4.23% in FY2024 (-3.47 pp), -0.76% in FY2023 (-0.50 pp), -0.26% in FY2022 (-3.12 pp) and 2.86% in FY2021 (+3.18 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Net Margin since fiscal Q1 2022.
- Year-over-year, Net Margin has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.62 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Net Margin over five years came in fiscal Q2 2026 (a gain of 7.35 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 12.03 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LEE's Net Margin at -1.76% (Q2 2026), -4.31% (Q1 2026) and -4.61% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 1.71% |
| 2 | Fox | 28.41 Bn | 14.21 Bn | - | 16.41% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.53 Bn | 4.62 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 8.91% |
| 4 | News | 16.96 Bn | 8.44 Bn | - | 7.66% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.84 Bn | 8.95 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.16 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 12.25% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.11 Bn | 8.68 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 11.06% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.68 Bn | -6.36 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lee Enterprises | 145.28 Mn | 9.96 Mn | - | 3.71% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 3.71% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | -1.76% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | -4.31% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -4.61% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | -1.36% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -9.11% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | -11.59% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | -6.36% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | -2.83% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | -8.31% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 0.44% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | -1.21% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 0.88% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | -3.45% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 0.59% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -3.68% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | -0.14% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -3.83% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 6.26% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 2.45% |
Lee Enterprises Net Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "ticker": "LEE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();