Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises' Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 6.85% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 3.55 percentage points from 3.30% a year earlier but down 0.15 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lee Enterprises (LEE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, Lee Enterprises reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 4.05%, up 5.22 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it came in at -0.83%, down 1.57 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] carries a five-year change of -8.96 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by fiscal year, Return on Sales [ROS] was 0.74% in FY2024 (-4.63 pp), 5.38% in FY2023 (+2.20 pp), 3.18% in FY2022 (-3.94 pp) and 7.12% in FY2021 (-1.02 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is -3.28% (fiscal Q2 2025) to 12.42% (fiscal Q1 2022).
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.62 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in fiscal Q2 2026 (a gain of 10.28 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 8.97 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LEE's Return on Sales [ROS] at 7.00% (Q2 2026), 4.00% (Q1 2026) and -1.05% (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.72% |
| 2 | Fox | 28.95 Bn | 14.76 Bn | - | 21.87% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.99 Bn | 5.08 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 14.06% |
| 4 | News | 17.22 Bn | 8.71 Bn | - | 11.90% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.87 Bn | 8.98 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.28 Bn | 8.76 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 15.48% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.30 Bn | 8.88 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 21.85% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.71 Bn | -6.33 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lee Enterprises | 142.61 Mn | 7.29 Mn | - | 6.85% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 6.85% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 7.00% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 4.00% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -1.05% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 3.30% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -3.28% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | -2.32% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | -2.31% |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 3.27% |
| Mar 24, 2024 | -3.11% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 5.03% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 6.66% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 7.13% |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 1.67% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 6.04% |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -1.79% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 3.30% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -1.70% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 12.42% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 6.99% |
Lee Enterprises Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "LEE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();