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

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Operating Income data on file, last reported at $8.5 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Income rose 289.7% year-over-year to $8.5 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $17.0 million (up 357.28% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$4.6 million, down 202.29% from the prior year.
• Operating Income for Q1 2026 stood at $8.5 million, up from $5.2 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Income topped out at $12.2 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$4.6 million in Q1 2024.
• The 5-year median for Operating Income is $4.7 million (2025), against an average of $3.0 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Income surged 414.45%; it then plunged 259.27% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at $11.2 million in 2022, then dropped by 29.92% to $7.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 142.79% to -$3.4 million in 2024, then surged by 255.37% to $5.2 million in 2025, then surged by 64.02% to $8.5 million in 2026.
• The last three Operating Income figures came in at $8.5 million (Q1 2026), $5.2 million (Q4 2025), and -$1.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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