Communication Services
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated(LEE)
Live Price
Offline$9.28
+2.43% today
1Y Change
+31.69%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $50.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -8.0%
- EPS Growth
- -41.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $50.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $9.28 and up 31.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.0%, EPS growth of -41.4%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.0%, EPS -41.4%, free cash flow +12.4% with operating margin 2.7% and ROIC 2.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LEE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-8.0% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+2.7% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -8.0% and EPS is at -41.4%, with operating margin around 2.7%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +8.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | -0.2% | -1.9% | +29.5% |
2026 Feb 10, 2026 | -33.3% | +21.6% | +28.8% | +65.5% |
2025 Nov 26, 2025 | -1666.7% | +0.0% | -2.3% | -5.3% |
Benchmark Edge
LEE vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LEE
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LEE Max Drawdown
-51.15%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
โ
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LEE and SPY.
Company Overview
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
NASDAQ Global Select
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated provides local news and information, and advertising services in the United States. The company offers print and digital editions of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and publications; and web hosting and content management services. It also provides advertising and marketing services, such as audience extension, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, web and mobile production, social media services, and reputation monitoring and management. In addition, the company offers integrated digital publishing and content management solutions for creating, distributing, and monetizing multimedia content for media publications, universities, television stations, and niche publications. Further, it provides commercial printing services; distributes third party publications; and operates a digital marketing agency. The company was founded in 1890 and is based in Davenport, Iowa.
- Leadership
- Nathan E. Bekke
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 2.7k
- Street Address
- 4600 E. 53rd Street
- Mailing
- Davenport, IA, 52807
- Region
- Davenport, IA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 563 383 2100
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 23.5
- Price/Sales
- 0.1
- Price/Book
- โ
Growth
- Revenue
- -8.0%
- EPS
- -41.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- +12.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 57.3%
- Operating Margin
- 2.7%
- Net Margin
- -4.8%
- ROE
- 61.7%
- ROIC
- 2.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- โ
- Current Ratio
- 0.74
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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