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

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has disclosed Operating Margin for 14 consecutive years, with 5.03% as the latest value for Q4 2023.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2023, Operating Margin fell 101.0% year-over-year to 5.03%, compared with a TTM value of 5.11% through Dec 2023, up 368.0%, and an annual FY2023 reading of 5.38%, up 220.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 5.03% for Q4 2023 at Lee Enterprises, down from 6.66% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 15.74% in Q2 2019 and bottomed at 1.79% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 7.04%, with a median of 6.82% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin tumbled -930bps in 2020, then soared 846bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 14.96% in 2019, then plummeted by -34bps to 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for LEE at 5.03% in Q4 2023, 6.66% in Q3 2023, and 7.13% in Q2 2023.