Growth Metrics

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises posted quarterly Retained Earnings of $22.6 million for Q1 2026, up 107.03% year-on-year from $10.9 million in Q1 2025, and up 106.73% on a QoQ basis from -$335.5 million in Q4 2025.

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $22.6 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 107.03% year-over-year to $22.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $22.6 million (up 107.03% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$329.9 million, down 12.86% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at $22.6 million, up from -$335.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $26.8 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$335.5 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$260.1 million (2022), against an average of -$176.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Retained Earnings surged 110.28%; it then sank 1794.24% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$260.1 million in 2022, then decreased by 2.18% to -$265.8 million in 2023, then jumped by 107.45% to $19.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 1794.24% to -$335.5 million in 2025, then soared by 106.73% to $22.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $22.6 million (Q1 2026), -$335.5 million (Q4 2025), and -$329.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 22.60 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 -335.55 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 -329.93 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 19.58 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 -321.60 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 19.81 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 -292.34 Mn
Jun 23, 2024 -282.25 Mn
Mar 24, 2024 24.38 Mn
Dec 24, 2023 -265.81 Mn
Sep 24, 2023 26.84 Mn
Jun 25, 2023 -264.51 Mn
Mar 26, 2023 16.37 Mn
Dec 25, 2022 -260.13 Mn
Sep 25, 2022 -261.23 Mn
Jun 26, 2022 -254.10 Mn
Mar 27, 2022 -253.83 Mn
Dec 26, 2021 -246.55 Mn
Sep 26, 2021 42.19 Mn
Jun 27, 2021 -250.53 Mn
Mar 28, 2021 -18.43 Mn
Dec 27, 2020 -252.63 Mn
Sep 27, 2020 -281.96 Mn
Jun 28, 2020 -28.16 Mn
Mar 29, 2020 -265.47 Mn
Dec 29, 2019 -28.80 Mn
Sep 29, 2019 -14.56 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -12.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -272.01 Mn
Dec 30, 2018 -11.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -11.75 Mn
Jun 24, 2018 -286.82 Mn
Mar 25, 2018 -16.08 Mn
Dec 24, 2017 3.07 Mn
Sep 24, 2017 -16.07 Mn
Jun 25, 2017 -21.78 Mn
Mar 26, 2017 -21.83 Mn
Dec 25, 2016 -22.72 Mn
Sep 25, 2016 -356.01 Mn
Jun 26, 2016 -16.41 Mn
Mar 27, 2016 -360.50 Mn
Dec 27, 2015 -16.32 Mn
Sep 27, 2015 -390.97 Mn
Jun 28, 2015 -400.85 Mn
Mar 29, 2015 -402.73 Mn
Dec 28, 2014 -404.53 Mn
Sep 28, 2014 -9.83 Mn
Jun 29, 2014 6.34 Mn
Dec 29, 2013 6.78 Mn
Sep 29, 2013 -421.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -332.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 -334.19 Mn
Dec 30, 2012 -328.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -342.76 Mn
Jun 24, 2012 -339.61 Mn
Mar 25, 2012 -5.78 Mn
Dec 25, 2011 -311.51 Mn
Sep 25, 2011 -326.06 Mn
Jun 26, 2011 10.59 Mn
Sep 26, 2010 -179.19 Mn