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

Lee Enterprises' Operating Margin history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 2.32% for Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, Operating Margin fell 735.0% year-over-year to 2.32%; the TTM value through Dec 2024 reached 1.27%, down 385.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.83%, 157.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 2.32% in Q4 2024 per LEE's latest filing, roughly flat from 2.31% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 12.42% in Q4 2021 to a low of 2.32% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 4.57%, with a median of 5.03% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: tumbled -930bps in 2020, then skyrocketed 845bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 9.82% in 2020, then increased by 26bps to 12.42% in 2021, then plummeted by -51bps to 6.04% in 2022, then dropped by -17bps to 5.03% in 2023, then tumbled by -146bps to 2.32% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Operating Margin are 2.32% (Q4 2024), 2.31% (Q3 2024), and 3.27% (Q2 2024).