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

Lee Enterprises' Return on Sales history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Sales fell 5.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.11%, down 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.06%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.11% in Q3 2025 per LEE's latest filing, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.11% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 4bps in 2021, then dropped -12bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.07% in 2021, then crashed by -85bps to 0.01% in 2022, then fell by -16bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by -1460bps to 0.11% in 2024, then changed by 0bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LEE's Return on Sales are 0.11% (Q3 2025), 0.08% (Q2 2025), and 0.06% (Q1 2025).