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

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 16 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.33% in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 35.0% year-over-year to 0.33% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.33% (up 35.0% YoY) and the FY2021 annual result came in at 0.04%, up 5.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital advanced to 0.33% in Q1 2026, from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.33% in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.1% in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 0.06% and a median of 0.05% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Invested Capital fell 17 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 35 bps.
• Tracing LEE's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.05% in 2022, then jumped by 176 bps to 0.14% in 2023, then tumbled by 116 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then jumped by 405 bps to 0.07% in 2025, then soared by 366 bps to 0.33% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.33% (Q1 2026), 0.07% (Q4 2025), and 0.1% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.