LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc (LEE) Total Debt (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises (LEE) posted Total Debt of $454.72 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), down 0.3% from $455.88 million a year earlier and down 0.2% from the prior quarter.
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LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc (LEE) Total Debt (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), Lee Enterprises' Total Debt came in at $455.47 million, up 2.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Total Debt shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -3.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Lee Enterprises' Total Debt was $445.94 million in FY2024 (-2.1%), $455.74 million in FY2023 (-1.5%), $462.55 million in FY2022 (-4.2%) and $482.62 million in FY2021 (-10.3%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Total Debt since fiscal Q2 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Total Debt increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.1%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Total Debt in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2026, with growth of 2.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2022, with a decline of 11.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Total Debt for the three prior fiscal quarters was $455.47 million (Q2 2026), $455.47 million (Q1 2026) and $455.47 million (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 454.72 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 455.47 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 455.47 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 455.47 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 455.88 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 453.45 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 445.94 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 445.94 Mn |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 452.74 Mn |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 453.64 Mn |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 454.16 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 455.74 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 459.99 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 459.99 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 462.55 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 462.55 Mn |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 462.55 Mn |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 462.55 Mn |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 462.55 Mn |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 482.62 Mn |
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LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc Total Debt API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "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=total-debt&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();