Lee Enterprises (LEE) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $114.4 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 20.0% year-over-year to $114.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $519.6 million (down 13.66% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $571.3 million, down 6.56% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $114.4 million, down from $125.9 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $198.6 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at $114.4 million in Q1 2026.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $152.3 million (2024), against an average of $156.8 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses gained 9.17%; it then retreated 21.39% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $175.6 million in 2022, then declined by 14.94% to $149.4 million in 2023, then dropped by 0.23% to $149.0 million in 2024, then declined by 15.5% to $125.9 million in 2025, then retreated by 9.13% to $114.4 million in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $114.4 million (Q1 2026), $125.9 million (Q4 2025), and $141.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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