Lee Enterprises (LEE)

$7.61 +1.47% on the day Market cap $169M 52-week range $3.34 to $11.88 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026
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What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Lee Enterprises's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from LEE's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation9
Profitability1
Growth0
Financial health3
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)—
P/E (forward)—
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA—
Price / sales0.33x
Price / book—
Revenue growth-10.8%
Operating margin4.0%
Net margin-1.8%
Return on equity—
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity—

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Lee Enterprises's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$795M$781M$691M$611M$562M
Net income$23M-$2M-$5M-$26M-$38M
Free cash flow$43M-$5M-$8M-$8M-$7M
EPS (diluted)$3.90-$0.35-$0.90-$4.35-$6.20
Operating margin7.1%3.2%5.4%0.74%-0.83%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025. Every breakdown, year by year.

Subscription$258M46%
Advertising and marketing services$253M45%
Other$51M9%

Superinvestors who own LEE

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 1 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors		 Trimmed $5M0.05%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Lee Enterprises's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of LEE in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Questions

Are Lee Enterprises insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of LEE in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Lee Enterprises?

1 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold LEE in their latest 13F, including Mario Gabelli.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.