Lee Enterprises LEE
NASDAQ LEE
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Lee Enterprises (LEE) Non Operating Interest Expenses (2010 - 2026)

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Lee Enterprises (LEE) posted Non Operating Interest Expenses of $5.56 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), down 45.1% from $10.13 million a year earlier and down 27.1% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Non Operating Interest Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 28, 2026, Non Operating Interest Expenses at Lee Enterprises was $33.58 million, down 18.4% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it came in at $40.51 million, down 1.8% from FY2024.

  • Annual Non Operating Interest Expenses has declined for five consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -3.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior fiscal years, Lee Enterprises' Non Operating Interest Expenses was $41.23 million in FY2024 (-0.6%), $41.47 million in FY2023 (-0.7%), $41.77 million in FY2022 (-6.7%) and $44.77 million in FY2021 (-6.2%).
  • The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Non Operating Interest Expenses in data going back to fiscal Q3 2010.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Non Operating Interest Expenses has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 8.9% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Non Operating Interest Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2024, with growth of 4.6%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a decline of 45.1%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Non Operating Interest Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $7.63 million (Q2 2026), $10.25 million (Q1 2026) and $10.14 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Non Operating Interest Expenses (Qtr)
1 Warner Bros. Discovery 77.62 Bn 63.29 Bn 4.10 Bn 511.00 Mn
2 Fox 27.00 Bn 12.91 Bn - -
3 Omnicom 20.21 Bn 2.90 Bn 1.30 Bn 123.20 Mn
4 News 15.94 Bn 8.14 Bn - -
5 Paramount Skydance 11.45 Bn 9.37 Bn - -
6 New York Times 10.22 Bn 7.71 Bn 394.61 Mn -
7 Pearson 10.20 Bn 7.34 Bn - -
8 Sirius Xm Holdings 8.72 Bn 8.30 Bn 1.44 Bn 112.00 Mn
9 36Kr Holdings 5.91 Bn 5.85 Bn - -
10 Lee Enterprises 154.93 Mn 21.89 Mn - 5.56 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 5.56 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 7.63 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 10.25 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 10.14 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 10.13 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 9.95 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 10.28 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 10.81 Mn
Jun 23, 2024 10.08 Mn
Mar 24, 2024 10.21 Mn
Dec 24, 2023 10.13 Mn
Sep 24, 2023 10.33 Mn
Jun 25, 2023 10.24 Mn
Mar 26, 2023 10.50 Mn
Dec 25, 2022 10.41 Mn
Sep 25, 2022 10.29 Mn
Jun 26, 2022 10.29 Mn
Mar 27, 2022 10.52 Mn
Dec 26, 2021 10.66 Mn
Sep 26, 2021 10.64 Mn
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