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LEE Enterprises, Inc. (LEE)

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LEE Enterprises, Inc. (LEE) reported revenue of $126 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 28 June 2026, down 10.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $5 million, and diluted earnings per share $0.21. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 7 August 2026.

Revenue$126 milliondown 10.8%
Net income$5 million
Diluted EPS$0.21
QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 28 June 2026

LEE Enterprises (LEE) in brief

LEE Enterprises (LEE) reported revenue of $562 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 28 September 2025, down 8.0% on the year before.
Read moreNet loss was $38 million and the diluted loss per share $6.20. Revenue was $611 million in fiscal 2024, $691 million in fiscal 2023, $781 million in fiscal 2022 and $795 million in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was a loss of $26 million, a loss of $5 million, a loss of $2 million and $23 million. Over the twelve months to 28 June 2026, LEE Enterprises reported revenue of $517 million and net loss of $9 million. Revenue fell 1.9% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. LEE Enterprises had 22 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 28 June 2026 it carried $455 million of debt and $59 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of LEE Enterprises was $137 million.

Ratios

From the filings

ROEn/a
ROCEn/a
Operating margin4.0%
Net margin-1.8%
FCF marginn/a
Interest cover0.62
Debt to equityn/a
Cash conversionn/a
Share count, last 12 months255.9%
Sales CAGR, 3 years-10.4%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM-$1.93

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$6.16
Market cap$137 million
Stock P/En/a
Price to bookn/a
EV / EBITDA15.14
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales0.27
52-week high$11.76
52-week low$3.40
Price, 1 year43.3%
Price CAGR, 3 years-11.6%
Price CAGR, 5 years-21.7%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as LEE Enterprises, Inc. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
LEEgreeksoup.ai
Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on LEE

Dividends$8.5 million paid in cash dividends in FY2009
Filings36 in twelve months: 21 current reports (8-K), about 9 regulation FD disclosure; 8 officer or director change; 4 material agreement; 4 other events; 3 results of operations
Planned insider sales3 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $676,874; latest 29 July 2026
Options tapeno listed options
13F holders49 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Solas Capital Management, LLC
Insider trading2 sales and 61 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest527,431 shares short, 13.68 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 3 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023 †Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue194202190195194185171171164156147151159145137141139130122126
Operating income13.525.1-3.26.4-3.511.22.912.210.97.8-4.64.9-3.7-3.4-4.54.7-1.55.28.58.6
Operating margin7%12%-2%3%-2%6%2%7%7%5%-3%3%-2%-2%-3%3%-1%4%7%7%
Interest expense10.610.710.510.310.310.410.510.210.310.110.210.110.810.39.910.110.110.27.65.6
Pre-tax income5.418.6-9.80.4-8.32.3-7.42.5-0.41.5-14.5-4.5-13.7-13.0-13.8-4.4-11.5-4.21.76.6
Tax rate2%29%n/a44%n/a19%n/a16%n/a17%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a198%21%
Net income4.812.7-7.3-0.3-7.11.1-5.91.5-2.00.7-12.2-4.3-10.1-16.7-12.5-1.9-6.4-5.6-2.14.7
Net margin2%6%-4%-0%-4%1%-3%1%-1%0%-8%-3%-6%-12%-9%-1%-5%-4%-2%4%
Diluted EPS$0.78$2.17-$1.26-$0.05-$1.21$0.19-$1.01$0.25-$0.32$0.12-$2.06-$0.73-$1.69-$2.80-$2.07-$0.31-$1.06-$0.92-$0.16$0.21
Operating cash flow7.30.6-1.21.32.7-2.22.3-2.1-1.00.13.2-1.9-0.3-7.3-0.88.9-6.34.5-6.27.9
Capital expenditure2.11.82.81.21.81.21.11.51.31.01.93.62.71.61.40.6n/a0.80.61.1
Free cash flow5.2-1.2-4.00.20.9-3.41.2-3.6-2.4-0.91.3-5.5-2.9-8.9-2.28.3n/a3.7-6.86.8
Shares outstanding6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m22m22m22m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 17 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020 †FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue842748723707678661649614567544510618795781691611562517
Operating income-173149-101103-57.311310910489.185.774.750.356.624.937.24.5-4.720.9
Operating margin-20.6%19.9%-14.0%14.6%-8.5%17.1%16.9%16.9%15.7%15.8%14.7%8.1%7.1%3.2%5.4%0.7%-0.8%4.0%
Interest expense75.463.152.783.189.479.772.464.257.652.847.547.744.841.841.541.240.533.6
Pre-tax income-26374.8-168n/an/an/an/an/a40.230.823.82.832.00.8-3.1-31.2-42.6-7.3
Income tax-82.529.3-20.2-9.2-62.76.313.622.211.6-16.27.93.07.30.7-0.3-7.6-6.90.2
Effective tax raten/a39.2%n/an/an/an/an/an/a28.9%-52.7%33.3%104.6%22.6%87.8%n/an/an/an/a
Net income-12346.1-147-16.7-78.36.823.335.027.545.814.3-2.022.8-2.0-5.3-25.8-37.6-9.5
Net margin-14.6%6.2%-20.3%-2.4%-11.6%1.0%3.6%5.7%4.8%8.4%2.8%-0.3%2.9%-0.3%-0.8%-4.2%-6.7%-1.8%
Diluted EPS-$27.70$10.30-$32.70-$3.40-$15.10$1.30$4.30$6.40$5.00$8.20$2.50-$0.35$3.91-$0.35-$0.90-$4.35-$6.20-$1.93
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by product or service FY2023 to FY2025

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
Subscription31328225846.0%
Advertising and marketing services31927625345.0%
Other58.953.850.99.1%
SubscriptionAdvertising and marketing servicesOther
691FY2023611FY2024562FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020 †FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow74.110710380.789.582.174.579.272.359.357.749.950.12.9-3.21.1-5.5-0.2
Capital expenditure11.68.87.47.89.713.79.77.14.16.05.98.17.57.55.19.21.5n/a
Free cash flow62.598.395.272.979.868.464.872.168.253.351.841.842.6-4.7-8.3-8.1-7.1n/a
Free cash flow margin7.4%13.1%13.2%10.3%11.8%10.4%10.0%11.7%12.0%9.8%10.2%6.8%5.4%-0.6%-1.2%-1.3%-1.3%n/a
Cash from investingn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a-9.5-0.1-10.9-118-2.36.98.63.77.71.3
Cash from financingn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a-69.2-64.5-43.593.4-55.4-19.7-7.1-9.8-1.844.2
Depreciation and amortisation79.671.969.565.155.648.545.643.441.331.829.336.142.836.530.627.618.814.2
Share-based compensation3.02.01.31.11.31.52.02.32.11.91.61.30.91.31.81.81.81.2
Dividends paid8.50.00.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Diluted shares, weightedn/a4m4m5m5m5m5m5m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m6m22m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a4m4m5m5m5m5m6m6m6mn/an/an/an/a6m6m6m22m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020 †FY2021 †FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity23.656.8-101-114-170-178-128-128-92.2-37.4-38.5-45.041.115.021.2-9.9-43.3-2.2
Non-controlling interestn/a0.30.50.60.70.70.80.91.01.11.71.92.12.22.52.62.32.3
Debtn/a1,0821.0926835805726617548485429538483463456446455455
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.062.457.746.036.629.818.814.0
Other liabilitiesn/a3011,258248163184150173164127163306260218196181168156
Total liabilities and equityn/a1,4401,1581,061828811748663621575555864844744712649602625
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a23520218416915714412911492.382.010683.373.761.244.435.632.5
Goodwilln/a434247244244244244244246246250328330330330328324324
Intangible assetsn/a55849444724221318615813612010718315712195.070.151.946.6
Investmentsn/a77.358.252.250.048.544.239.239.140.239.433.932.733.333.434.0n/an/a
Cash and equivalents7.919.423.617.617.616.711.117.010.65.48.633.726.116.214.59.610.059.4
Receivablesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a43.742.552.665.169.569.160.654.644.9
Inventoryn/a10.87.4n/an/a6.73.94.33.65.73.87.56.38.37.55.64.75.9
Other assetsn/a10512611610512611571.870.622.121.112014392.110196.8121111
Total assetsn/a1,4401,1581,061828811748663621575555864844744712649602625
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded-1.4%-1.9%-10.4%-11.1%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/an/an/a
Return on equity, averagen/an/an/an/a
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was LEE Enterprises' revenue in fiscal 2025?

LEE Enterprises (LEE) reported revenue of $562 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 28 September 2025, down 8.0% on the year before.

How much did LEE Enterprises earn in fiscal 2025?

Net loss was $38 million for fiscal 2025, and the diluted loss per share $6.20.

What is LEE Enterprises' market cap?

The market cap of LEE Enterprises was $137 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

How much debt does LEE Enterprises have?

At 28 June 2026 LEE Enterprises carried $455 million of debt and $59 million of cash.

Peers: Printing and Publishing

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
News Corp. NWS$17.2 billion30.826.7%n/a6.8%0.23n/a
News Corp. NWSA$15.8 billion28.286.7%n/a6.8%0.23n/a
New York Times Co. NYT$11.3 billion29.2419.2%16.0%10.8%0.001.2%
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. WLY$2.6 billion13.5324.9%14.9%-0.3%1.62n/a
McGraw Hill, Inc. MH$2.6 billion26.7011.8%13.9%0.1%3.27n/a
Webtoon Entertainment Inc. WBTN$1.2 billionn/a-29.5%-3.8%-0.5%0.00n/a
Deluxe Corp. DLX$1.0 billion10.4114.2%11.9%0.3%1.915.3%
USA Today Co., Inc. TDAY$906 millionn/a-26.2%n/a-6.7%6.18n/a
Daily Journal Corp. DJCO$867 millionn/a-3.4%13.7%23.4%0.00n/a
Scholastic Corp. SCHL$691 million27.868.6%1.0%-2.5%0.282.2%
Acco Brands Corp. ACCO$508 million7.869.6%5.8%1.5%1.285.5%
LEE Enterprises, Inc. LEE$137 millionn/an/a4.0%-11.1%n/an/a
All 13 in Printing and Publishing
CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Thomson Reuters Corporation TRI *$52.6 billion35.5012.6%28.5%3.0%0.18n/a
News Corp. NWS$17.2 billion30.826.7%n/a6.8%0.23n/a
News Corp. NWSA$15.8 billion28.286.7%n/a6.8%0.23n/a
New York Times Co. NYT$11.3 billion29.2419.2%16.0%10.8%0.001.2%
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. WLY$2.6 billion13.5324.9%14.9%-0.3%1.62n/a
McGraw Hill, Inc. MH$2.6 billion26.7011.8%13.9%0.1%3.27n/a
Webtoon Entertainment Inc. WBTN$1.2 billionn/a-29.5%-3.8%-0.5%0.00n/a
Deluxe Corp. DLX$1.0 billion10.4114.2%11.9%0.3%1.915.3%
USA Today Co., Inc. TDAY$906 millionn/a-26.2%n/a-6.7%6.18n/a
Daily Journal Corp. DJCO$867 millionn/a-3.4%13.7%23.4%0.00n/a
Scholastic Corp. SCHL$691 million27.868.6%1.0%-2.5%0.282.2%
Acco Brands Corp. ACCO$508 million7.869.6%5.8%1.5%1.285.5%
LEE Enterprises, Inc. LEE$137 millionn/an/a4.0%-11.1%n/an/a
5 companies share its SEC industry code (Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Printing and Publishing, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q28 June 20267 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q29 March 20268 May 2026EDGAR
10-Q28 December 202511 February 2026EDGAR
10-K28 September 202526 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q29 June 20258 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 March 20259 May 2025EDGAR
10-Q29 December 20247 February 2025EDGAR
10-K29 September 202413 December 2024EDGAR
10-Q23 June 20242 August 2024EDGAR
10-Q24 March 20243 May 2024EDGAR