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LEE stock hub

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Fair value midpoint

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

177.4M

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Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

LEE

In the news

Latest news · LEE

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/En/a

P25 9.1P50 13.9P75 26.1

Trailing P/En/a

P25 9.5P50 16.4P75 38.9

ROEn/a

P25 -39P50 -0.5P75 11.8

ROIC9.7

P25 -10.3P50 2.5P75 10

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Indicator catalog

All LEE market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

184

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 184 of 184 available metrics for this ticker.

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	$644.6M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Publishing
Isin	US5237684064
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$177.4M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Price	$7.98
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	212,970x
Sector	Communication Services
Sic	2711
Symbol	LEE
Website	https://www.lee.net

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-9.07%
EV/EBIT	15.83x
EV/EBITDA	11.66x
EV/Sales	1.21x
P/S ratio	0.33x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	7.65%
EBITDA Margin	10.38%
Gross margin	61.12%
Gross Profit	$325.4M
Gross Profit Growth	-3.69%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-6.33%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-8.81%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-4.85%
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
Roa5y	3.72
ROIC	9.68
Roic5y	5.95

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-8.73%
Cagr15y	-2.12%
Cagr1y	-1.6%
Cagr20y	-16.06%
Cagr3y	-9.73%
Cagr5y	-23.86%
EPS Growth Quarters	4
EPS Growth Years	0
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
Cash	$12.6M
Debt	$479.8M
Debt EBITDA	$7.86
Equity	$-46.4M
Interest Coverage	1.07
Net Cash	$-467.2M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-263
Net Debt EBITDA	$8.45
Tangible Book Value	$-422.7M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-67.7
WACC	6.04

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-34.06%
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	-59.9%
1Y total return	-1.6%
200-day SMA	5.78
3Y total return	-26.45%
50-day SMA	8.58
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-74.4%
All Time High	498.3
All Time High Change	-98.4%
All Time High Date	2004-06-15
All Time Low	2.4
All Time Low Change	232.5%
All Time Low Date	2009-02-18
ATR	0.48
Beta	0.21
Beta1y	-0.29
Beta2y	0.53
Ch YTD	66.6
High	8.13
High52	9.97
High52 Date	2026-03-03
High52ch	-19.96%
Low	7.91
Low52	3.34
Low52 Date	2025-12-17
Low52ch	138.92%
Ma50ch	-6.96%
Price vs 200-day SMA	38.01%
RSI	42.36
RSI Monthly	47.4
RSI Weekly	57.79
Sharpe ratio	0.36x
Sortino ratio	0.72
Total Return	-34.06%
Tr YTD	66.6
Tr15y	-27.45%
Tr1m	-9.11%
Tr1w	-4.09%
Tr3m	51.14%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Earnings EPS Estimate	$-0.94
Operating Income	$40.7M
Operating Income Growth	353.2
Operating Income Growth Q	944.1
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-10.37
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-4.93
Operating margin	7.65

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	5,776,309%
Float Percent	25.98%
Shares Insiders	59.14%
Shares Institutions	11.81%
Shares Out	22,229,939
Shares Qo Q	119.4%
Shares Yo Y	34.06%
Short Float	1.97%
Short Ratio	1.93
Short Shares	0.51

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	32,719.05x
Bv Per Share	-7.81
Ch10y	-59.9
Ch15y	-27.45
Ch1m	-9.11
Ch1w	-4.09
Ch1y	-1.6
Ch20y	-97.42
Ch3m	51.14
Ch3y	-26.45
Ch5y	-74.4
Ch6m	102
Change	-0.25%
Change From Open	-0.25
Close	8
Days Gap	0
Depreciation Amortization	14,565,000
Dollar Volume	61,940.8
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$40.7M
EBITDA	$55.3M
EPS	$-2
F Score	1
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	1,890
Income Tax	$-4M
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	6.13
Ma150ch	30.18%
Ma20	8.33
Ma20ch	-4.14%
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	8
Optionable	No
Position In Range	31.82
Post Close	7.98
Postmarket Change Percent	0.25
Postmarket Price	$8
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$3.21
Relative Volume	0.24x
Revenue	532,425,000x
Tax By Revenue	-0.75x
Tr20y	-96.99%
Tr6m	102.03%
Us State	Iowa
Volume	7,762

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

Does LEE pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

LEE stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns LEE?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+11.8%

Float: +26.0% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+59.1%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

LEE momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

42.4

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+38.0%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.21

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.36

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

LEE vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
DIS	The Walt Disney Company	187.6B	17.3x	1.9x	9.2%	+10.8%	+7.0%	होल्ड
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	4.9T	30.6x	11.5x	28.3%	+16.5%	+165.7%	ख़रीद
META	Meta Platforms Inc.	1.5T	22.2x	7.2x	29.8%	+17.9%	+2.5%	मज़बूत ख़रीद

Questions

About LEE

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What is the current LEE stock rating?

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full LEE analysis?

The full report lives at /stocks/LEE/analysis. The bare ticker page is a product hub that summarizes the latest read and sends readers into the relocated analysis tabs without making the analysis surface depend on the hub.

What fair-value range is used for LEE?

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