Lee Enterprises (LEE) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises posted quarterly Net Margin of 1.4% for Q1 2026, up 734.0% year-on-year from 0.17% in Q1 2025, and up 64.45% on a QoQ basis from 3.94% in Q4 2025.
Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 1.4% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 734.0% year-over-year to 1.4%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.7% (up 429.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 6.36%, down 250.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 1.4%, up from 3.94% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 1.24% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 11.19% in Q4 2024.
- The 5-year median for Net Margin is 3.14% (2023), against an average of 3.22%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Net Margin slumped 1199 bps; it then jumped 734 bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 0.99% in 2022, then decreased by 20 bps to 0.79% in 2023, then tumbled by 1513 bps to 11.19% in 2024, then surged by 65 bps to 3.94% in 2025, then surged by 64 bps to 1.4% in 2026.
- The last three Net Margin figures came in at 1.4% (Q1 2026), 3.94% (Q4 2025), and 4.21% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | -1.40% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | -3.94% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -4.21% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | -1.19% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -8.75% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | -11.19% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | -5.95% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | -2.45% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | -7.94% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 0.79% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | -0.79% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 1.24% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | -3.14% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 0.99% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -3.41% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 0.08% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -3.52% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 6.53% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 2.71% |
| Jun 27, 2021 | 1.90% |
| Mar 28, 2021 | -0.32% |
| Dec 27, 2020 | 7.74% |
| Sep 27, 2020 | -0.07% |
| Jun 28, 2020 | -0.40% |
| Mar 29, 2020 | -4.11% |
| Dec 29, 2019 | 4.67% |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 6.55% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 4.85% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 1.64% |
| Dec 30, 2018 | 7.87% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -9.06% |
| Jun 24, 2018 | 3.58% |
| Mar 25, 2018 | 1.98% |
| Dec 24, 2017 | 24.57% |
| Sep 24, 2017 | 10.19% |
| Jun 25, 2017 | 4.51% |
| Mar 26, 2017 | 4.78% |
| Dec 25, 2016 | 8.08% |
| Sep 25, 2016 | 0.45% |
| Jun 26, 2016 | 2.89% |
| Mar 27, 2016 | 13.27% |
| Dec 27, 2015 | 6.83% |
| Sep 27, 2015 | 6.49% |
| Jun 28, 2015 | 1.35% |
| Mar 29, 2015 | 1.30% |
| Dec 28, 2014 | 5.65% |
| Sep 29, 2013 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | -1.43% |
| Dec 30, 2012 | 0.57% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | -1.32% |
| Jun 24, 2012 | -0.24% |
| Mar 25, 2012 | -0.17% |
| Dec 25, 2011 | 0.08% |
| Sep 25, 2011 | -0.41% |
| Jun 26, 2011 | 0.29% |
| Mar 27, 2011 | -0.20% |
| Dec 26, 2010 | 0.12% |
| Sep 26, 2010 | -1.50% |
| Jun 27, 2010 | 22.27% |