Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 4.04% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 5.40 percentage points from -1.36% a year earlier and up 0.70 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), Lee Enterprises' Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -0.91%, down 1.71 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] carries a five-year change of -9.80 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 0.80% in FY2024 (-5.25 pp), 6.06% in FY2023 (+2.31 pp), 3.75% in FY2022 (-4.19 pp) and 7.94% in FY2021 (-0.95 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since fiscal Q2 2024.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.56 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in fiscal Q3 2026 (a gain of 5.40 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 6.96 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LEE's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at 3.34% (Q2 2026), 0.81% (Q1 2026) and -0.93% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -1.56% |
| 2 | Fox | 28.73 Bn | 14.54 Bn | - | 11.70% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 23.21 Bn | 5.30 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 4.52% |
| 4 | News | 17.12 Bn | 8.60 Bn | - | 8.19% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.91 Bn | 9.02 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.26 Bn | 8.74 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 20.89% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.30 Bn | 8.88 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 6.68% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.72 Bn | -6.33 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lee Enterprises | 141.16 Mn | 5.85 Mn | - | 4.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 4.04% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 3.34% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.81% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -0.93% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | -1.36% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -1.29% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | -1.27% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 0.83% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 3.35% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 4.52% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 5.69% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 6.17% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 3.77% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 2.79% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 1.79% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 3.89% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 6.42% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 7.30% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 8.74% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 8.19% |
API Access
Lee Enterprises Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "LEE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();