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

Lee Enterprises' Return on Invested Capital history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.34% for Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, Return on Invested Capital fell 158.0% year-over-year to 0.34%; the TTM value through Dec 2024 reached 0.34%, down 158.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.16%, 26.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.34% in Q4 2024 per LEE's latest filing, down from 17.5% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 17.5% in Q3 2024 to a low of 69.34% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 2.22%, with a median of 0.88% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: tumbled -6934bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 6956bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.06% in 2020, then skyrocketed by 2620bps to 1.69% in 2021, then plummeted by -41bps to 0.99% in 2022, then increased by 25bps to 1.24% in 2023, then tumbled by -128bps to 0.34% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Return on Invested Capital are 0.34% (Q4 2024), 17.5% (Q3 2024), and 5.94% (Q2 2024).