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Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Lee Enterprises' Return on Equity history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.41% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Equity fell 2783.0% year-over-year to 0.41%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.41%, down 2783.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.48%, 436.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.41% in Q3 2025 per LEE's latest filing, down from 0.69% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 28.24% in Q3 2024 to a low of 5.87% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.15%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: soared 2839bps in 2024, then plummeted -2783bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.87% in 2021, then plummeted by -261bps to 1.41% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 90bps to 0.14% in 2023, then soared by 1419bps to 1.86% in 2024, then plummeted by -78bps to 0.41% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Return on Equity are 0.41% (Q3 2025), 0.69% (Q2 2025), and 0.97% (Q1 2025).