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Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2024)

Lee Enterprises' Return on Capital Employed history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, Return on Capital Employed fell 5.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Dec 2024 reached 0.01%, down 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.01%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.01% in Q4 2024 per LEE's latest filing, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q1 2020 to a low of 0.01% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -8bps in 2020, then rose 4bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.07% in 2020, then increased by 17bps to 0.09% in 2021, then plummeted by -80bps to 0.02% in 2022, then soared by 218bps to 0.06% in 2023, then crashed by -81bps to 0.01% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Return on Capital Employed are 0.01% (Q4 2024), 0.04% (Q3 2024), and 0.06% (Q2 2024).