Growth Metrics

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Net Margin (2016 - 2024)

Lee Enterprises' Net Margin history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 11.19% for Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, Net Margin fell 1202.0% year-over-year to 11.19%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 11.19%, down 864.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 6.36%, 250.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin reached 11.19% in Q4 2024 per LEE's latest filing, down from 5.98% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 7.74% in Q4 2020 to a low of 11.19% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Net Margin over 5 years is 0.7%, with a median of 0.32% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Net Margin: skyrocketed 380bps in 2021, then tumbled -1202bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 7.74% in 2020, then decreased by -16bps to 6.53% in 2021, then crashed by -85bps to 0.99% in 2022, then fell by -16bps to 0.82% in 2023, then tumbled by -1460bps to 11.19% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Net Margin are 11.19% (Q4 2024), 5.98% (Q3 2024), and 2.45% (Q2 2024).