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Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE)

NASDAQ: LEE · USD

$7.89

-0.05 (-0.6%)· Recorded snapshot

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Market cap	175.4M
Revenue (ttm)	532.4M
Net income (ttm)	-16.1M
EPS (ttm)	-$2.01
Shares out	22.2M
Volume	140,801
Beta	0.34

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 532.4M
Net income (ttm): -16.1M
EPS (ttm): -$2.01
Market cap: 175.4M

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000058361
Company name	Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	523768406
Employees	2,500
Employees Change	-547%
Employees Change Percent	-17.95
Enterprise value	$599.6M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Publishing
Industry PE	25.91
Isin	US5237684064
Last refreshed	2026-07-30
Market cap	$175.4M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Price	$7.89
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	212,970x
Sector	Communication Services
Sector PE	19.76
Sector PE Fwd	19.31
Sic	2711
Symbol	LEE
Website	https://www.lee.net

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-9.18%
EV/EBIT	51.04x
EV/EBITDA	22.84x
EV/FCF	701.3x
EV/Sales	1.13x
FCF yield	0.49%
P/S ratio	0.33x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	2.21%
EBITDA Margin	4.93%
FCF margin	0.16%
Gross margin	61.18%
Gross Profit	$325.8M
Gross Profit Growth	-3.83%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-6.06%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-8.78%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-4.83%
Net Income	$-16.1M
Net Income Growth Quarters	4%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	-3.44%
Profit Margin	-3.02%
Profit Per Employee	$-6,437
ROA	3.54
Roa5y	3.72
ROCE	2.26
ROIC	7.04
Roic5y	5.54

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-8.56%
Cagr15y	-1.23%
Cagr1y	49.19%
Cagr20y	-15.24%
Cagr3y	-17.42%
Cagr5y	-22.66%
Div CAGR10	3.1%
Div CAGR3	1.82%
Div CAGR5	2.25%
EPS Growth Quarters	4
EPS Growth Years	0
FCF Growth5 Y	-58.93%
OCF Growth10 Y	-36.55%
OCF Growth3 Y	-45.69%
OCF Growth5 Y	-59.93%
Revenue Growth	-9.93x
Revenue Growth Q	-11.22x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-10.57x
Revenue Growth5 Y	-7.32x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.86
Assets	$618.6M
Cash	$53.3M
Current Assets	$112.5M
Current Liabilities	$98.4M
Debt	$477.5M
Debt EBITDA	$18.19
Debt FCF	$558
Equity	$-3.2M
Interest Coverage	0.31
Liabilities	$621.8M
Long Term Assets	$506.2M
Long Term Liabilities	$523.4M
Net Cash	$-424.2M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-242
Net Debt EBITDA	$16.16
Net Debt FCF	$496
Tangible Book Value	$-377.7M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-16.99
WACC	6.27

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.14
Inventory Turnover	38.27
Net Working Capital	$-32.3M
Quick ratio	1.01
Working Capital	$14.1M
Working Capital Turnover	$-114

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-33.65%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$1.9

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-59.12%
1Y total return	49.15%
200-day SMA	6.96
3Y total return	-43.68%
50-day SMA	9.14
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-72.32%
All Time High	498.3
All Time High Change	-98.42%
All Time High Date	2004-06-15
All Time Low	2.4
All Time Low Change	228.75%
All Time Low Date	2009-02-18
ATR	0.65
Beta	0.34
Beta1y	-0.08
Beta2y	0.55
Ch YTD	64.72
High	8.01
High52	11.88
High52 Date	2026-05-29
High52ch	-33.59%
Low	6.85
Low52	3.34
Low52 Date	2025-12-17
Low52ch	136.23%
Ma50ch	-13.68%
Premarket Change Percent	-7.93
Premarket Price	$7.31
Price vs 200-day SMA	13.43%
RSI	42.61
RSI Monthly	47.18
RSI Weekly	49.55
Sharpe ratio	0.82x
Sortino ratio	1.63
Total Return	-33.65%
Tr YTD	64.72
Tr15y	-16.95%
Tr1m	-12.43%
Tr1w	-2.11%
Tr3m	-6.96%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Earnings EPS Estimate	$-0.16
Operating Income	$35.2M
Operating Income Growth	259
Operating Income Growth Q	326
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-14.61
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-7.65
Operating margin	6.61

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	3,257,766%
Float Percent	14.65%
Net Borrowing	-1,778,000
Shares Insiders	62.89%
Shares Institutions	12.27%
Shares Out	22,229,936
Shares Qo Q	124.89%
Shares Yo Y	33.65%
Short Float	17.13%
Short Ratio	5.42
Short Shares	2.51

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Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-655,000
Adjusted OCF	-700,000
Average Volume	67,583.55x
Bv Per Share	-0.25
CAPEX	$45,000
Ch10y	-59.12
Ch15y	-16.95
Ch1m	-12.43
Ch1w	-2.11
Ch1y	49.15
Ch20y	-96.84
Ch3m	-6.96
Ch3y	-43.68
Ch5y	-72.32
Ch6m	45.84
Change	-0.63%
Change From Open	7.06
Close	7.94
Days Gap	-7.18
Depreciation Amortization	14,501,000
Dollar Volume	1,110,919.9
Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$11.7M
EBITDA	$26.2M
EPS	$-2.01
F Score	5
FCF	$855,000
FCF EV Yield	0.14x
FCF Per Share	$0.04
Financing CF	43,568,000
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	1,890
Goodwill	323,858,000
Income Tax	$-4M
Investing CF	4,233,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-29
Last Split Date	2021-03-15
Last Split Type	Reverse
Last10k Filing Date	2025-11-26
Ma150	7.88
Ma150ch	0.13%
Ma20	8.18
Ma20ch	-3.5%
Net CF	48,611,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	7.37
Optionable	No
P FCF Ratio	205.1
P OCF Ratio	216.5
Position In Range	89.66
Post Close	7.89
Postmarket Change Percent	0.13
Postmarket Price	$7.9
Ppne	54,466,000
Pre Close	7.94
Price Date	2026-07-29
Price EBITDA	$6.68
Relative Volume	2.08x
Revenue	532,425,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.28x
Share Based Comp	1,510,000
Tax By Revenue	-0.75x
Tr20y	-96.34%
Tr6m	45.84%
Us State	Iowa
Volume	140,801
Z Score	0.37

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