Lee Enterprises LEE
NASDAQ LEE
$8.18 -0.26 (-3.08%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Profit After Tax (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises' (LEE) quarterly Profit After Tax came in at -$1.7 million in Q1 2026, up 86.46% YoY from -$916528.6 in Q1 2025, and up 66.66% on a QoQ basis from -$5.1 million in Q4 2025.

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Profit After Tax (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Profit After Tax data on file, last reported at -$1.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Profit After Tax rose 86.46% year-over-year to -$1.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$12.2 million (up 71.31% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$34.8 million, down 47.46% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax advanced to -$1.7 million in Q1 2026, from -$5.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Profit After Tax ranged from a high of $8.6 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$16.2 million in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$3.7 million and a median of -$3.4 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Profit After Tax.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Profit After Tax jumped 666.84% — and 2024, when it tumbled 1415.82%.
  • Tracing LEE's Profit After Tax over 5 years: stood at $1.1 million in 2022, then gained by 12.19% to $1.2 million in 2023, then plunged by 1415.82% to -$16.2 million in 2024, then soared by 68.4% to -$5.1 million in 2025, then surged by 66.66% to -$1.7 million in 2026.
  • The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at -$1.7 million (Q1 2026), -$5.1 million (Q4 2025), and -$3.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn 93.42 Mn
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn 217.05 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn 135.35 Mn
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn 9.29 Mn
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn 9.40 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 5.17 Mn
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn -1.40 Mn
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 5.17 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 -1.71 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 -5.13 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 -3.35 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 -2.04 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 -12.63 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 -16.22 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 -9.48 Mn
Jun 23, 2024 -4.27 Mn
Mar 24, 2024 -11.64 Mn
Dec 24, 2023 1.23 Mn
Sep 24, 2023 8.63 Mn
Jun 25, 2023 1.50 Mn
Mar 26, 2023 -5.89 Mn
Dec 25, 2022 1.10 Mn
Sep 25, 2022 3.43 Mn
Jun 26, 2022 196,000.00
Mar 27, 2022 -7.28 Mn
Dec 26, 2021 12.66 Mn
Sep 26, 2021 4.70 Mn