Lee Enterprises LEE
NASDAQ LEE
$8.44 +0.26 (+3.18%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Share-based Compensation (2010 - 2026)

Lee Enterprises' (LEE) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $213000.0 in Q1 2026, down 40.5% YoY from $358000.0 in Q1 2025, and down 35.06% on a QoQ basis from $328000.0 in Q4 2025.

Lee Enterprises (LEE) Share-based Compensation (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lee Enterprises (LEE) has 17 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $213000.0 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 40.5% year-over-year to $213000.0 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.5 million (down 17.21% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.8 million, changed 0.34% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation fell to $213000.0 in Q1 2026, from $328000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $573000.0 in Q1 2023 to a low of $213000.0 in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $412117.6 and a median of $429000.0 in 2025 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Share-based Compensation surged 139.72% — and 2026, when it tumbled 40.5%.
  • Tracing LEE's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $349000.0 in 2022, then slumped by 38.68% to $214000.0 in 2023, then jumped by 100.93% to $430000.0 in 2024, then declined by 23.72% to $328000.0 in 2025, then slumped by 35.06% to $213000.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $213000.0 (Q1 2026), $328000.0 (Q4 2025), and $429000.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Stock Comp. (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.60 Bn 9.94 Bn 394.61 Mn -
2 Pearson 10.47 Bn 9.86 Bn 1.18 Bn 29.48 Mn
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.73 Bn 2.65 Bn 337.86 Mn 3.80 Mn
4 Usa Today 963.33 Mn 876.68 Mn 208.25 Mn 2.50 Mn
5 Scholastic 949.42 Mn 814.52 Mn 285.70 Mn 1.90 Mn
6 Lee Enterprises 187.86 Mn 128.43 Mn 63.89 Mn 181,000.00
7 Educational Development 11.58 Mn 9.77 Mn 2.82 Mn -
8 TNL Mediagene 696,752.35 -1.23 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 181,000.00
Jun 28, 2026 181,000.00
Mar 29, 2026 213,000.00
Mar 29, 2026 213,000.00
Dec 28, 2025 328,000.00
Dec 28, 2025 328,000.00
Sep 28, 2025 429,000.00
Sep 28, 2025 429,000.00
Jun 29, 2025 540,000.00
Jun 29, 2025 540,000.00
Mar 30, 2025 358,000.00
Mar 30, 2025 358,000.00
Dec 29, 2024 430,000.00
Dec 29, 2024 430,000.00
Sep 29, 2024 562,000.00
Sep 29, 2024 562,000.00
Jun 23, 2024 474,000.00
Jun 23, 2024 474,000.00
Mar 24, 2024 501,000.00
Mar 24, 2024 501,000.00