Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.34% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 463.0% year-over-year to 3.34%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.34% (up 463.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.91%, down 171.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.34%, up from 0.81% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 7.3% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 1.36% in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.34% (2026), against an average of 2.7%.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Return on Capital Employed slumped 696 bps; it then surged 463 bps in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.79% in 2022, then surged by 218 bps to 5.69% in 2023, then plunged by 122 bps to 1.27% in 2024, then soared by 163 bps to 0.81% in 2025, then surged by 315 bps to 3.34% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.34% (Q1 2026), 0.81% (Q4 2025), and 0.93% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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