Lee Enterprises (LEE) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises (LEE) posted Tax Rate of 21.21% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), down 40.87 percentage points from 62.08% a year earlier and down 177.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Lee Enterprises (LEE) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 28, 2026, Tax Rate at Lee Enterprises was -2.41%, down 14.61 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it came in at 16.19%, down 8.22 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -88.39 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Lee Enterprises' Tax Rate was 24.40% in FY2024 (+13.08 pp), 11.32% in FY2023 (-76.47 pp), 87.80% in FY2022 (+65.16 pp) and 22.64% in FY2021 (-81.93 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of -202.74% in fiscal Q4 2023 to a high of 198.27% in fiscal Q2 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +49.24 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2024, with a gain of 233.30 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2023, with a drop of 223.32 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior fiscal quarters was 198.27% (Q2 2026), -22.19% (Q1 2026) and 48.94% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.50 Bn | 63.16 Bn | 4.10 Bn | - |
| 2 | Fox | 27.18 Bn | 13.09 Bn | - | 24.43% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.60 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 27.11% |
| 4 | News | 16.19 Bn | 8.39 Bn | - | 17.27% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.39 Bn | 9.31 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.30 Bn | 7.79 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 25.40% |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.14 Bn | 7.28 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.74 Bn | 8.32 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 23.40% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 6.25 Bn | 6.19 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lee Enterprises | 151.59 Mn | 18.55 Mn | - | 21.21% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 21.21% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 198.27% |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 16.75% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 15.82% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 19.43% |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 56.82% |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 29.11% |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 2.75% |
| Jun 27, 2021 | 26.77% |
| Dec 27, 2020 | 27.78% |
| Sep 27, 2020 | 104.50% |
| Dec 29, 2019 | 24.66% |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 56.63% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 19.60% |
| Dec 30, 2018 | 29.63% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 11.26% |
| Jun 24, 2018 | 29.34% |
| Mar 25, 2018 | 28.18% |
| Sep 24, 2017 | 50.48% |
| Jun 25, 2017 | 29.57% |
Lee Enterprises Tax Rate 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();