Growth Metrics

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

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 13 consecutive years, with 1.25% as the latest value for Q4 2023.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2023, Return on Invested Capital rose 37.0% year-over-year to 1.25%, compared with a TTM value of 1.25% through Dec 2023, up 37.0%, and an annual FY2023 reading of 2.54%, up 182.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 1.25% for Q4 2023 at Lee Enterprises, down from 1.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 1.76% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 26.23% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 1.04%, with a median of 0.25% recorded in 2019.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital plummeted -2619bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 2637bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.26% in 2019, then crashed by -78bps to 0.06% in 2020, then soared by 3064bps to 1.76% in 2021, then crashed by -50bps to 0.88% in 2022, then soared by 43bps to 1.25% in 2023.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for LEE at 1.25% in Q4 2023, 1.74% in Q3 2023, and 1.36% in Q2 2023.