Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE)

Last Closing Price: 6.50 (2025-06-13)

Company Description

LEE ENTERPRISES, INC. is a premier publisher of local news, information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 50 daily newspapers and a joint interest in four others, rapidly growing online sites and more than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states. Lee's newspapers have circulation of 1.6 million daily and 1.9 million Sunday, reaching more than four million readers daily. Lee's online sites attract 12 million unique visitors monthly, and Lee's weekly publications have distribution of more than 4.5 million households. Lee's other newspaper markets include St. Louis, Mo.; Lincoln, Neb.; Madison, Wis.; Davenport, Iowa; Billings, Mont.; Bloomington, Ill.; and Tucson, Ariz.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $611.38M
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $-25.84M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) --
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) --
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 0.07
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) --
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 22.72
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) -7.61%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) -7.38%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) -325.44%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) -6.75%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.80
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.75
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) --
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 42.55
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $-1.18
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $-2.07
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $-4.35
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $-7.29
Stock
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Industry Publishing
Common Shares Outstanding 6.22M
Free Float 5.61M
Market Capitalization $40.43M
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.01M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.76
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 9.80%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 39.20%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $0.00
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 0.00%