Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Equity (2011 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 16 years of Return on Equity data on file, last reported at 0.01% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Equity fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.01% (down 1.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.01%, up 4.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Equity for Q1 2026 stood at 0.01%, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.56% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q2 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.0% (2022), against an average of 0.04%.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Return on Equity jumped 56 bps; it then slumped 55 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then slumped by 255 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 1911 bps to 0.03% in 2024, then sank by 79 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then climbed by 5 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Equity figures came in at 0.01% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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