LEE - Lee Enterprises Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

12.74USD+0.14 (+1.11%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD12.74+0.14

Market Closed

1.11%

LEE Alerts

1 major insider buys recently.

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LEE Valuation

Market Cap

78.3M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-13.78

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.12

EV/EBITDA

7.68

Price/Free Cashflow

-15.11

LEE Price/Sales (Trailing)

LEE Profitability

EBT Margin

-0.58%

Return on Equity

-28.78%

Return on Assets

-0.81%

Free Cashflow Yield

-6.62%

LEE Fundamentals

LEE Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

661.7M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-15.91%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-5.08%

LEE Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-5.7M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-37.4%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

134.68%

Breaking Down LEE Revenue

Last 7 days

-1.0%

Last 30 days

-16.7%

Last 90 days

17.3%

Trailing 12 Months

13.2%

How does LEE drawdown profile look like?

LEE Financial Health

Current Ratio

0.94

Debt/Equity

23.02

Debt/Cashflow

5e-4

LEE Investor Care

Shares Dilution (1Y)

1.42%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

-0.98

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	744.5M	720.8M	691.1M	661.7M
2022	782.7M	781.2M	781.0M	763.8M
2021	778.5M	792.5M	794.6M	785.1M
2020	494.7M	549.9M	618.0M	707.5M
2019	531.3M	525.9M	509.9M	496.0M
2018	551.2M	544.4M	544.0M	536.4M
2017	586.5M	574.9M	566.9M	556.7M
2016	630.0M	622.3M	614.4M	599.9M
2015	661.1M	655.6M	648.5M	639.7M
2014	663.0M	660.2M	660.9M	659.7M
2013	696.4M	691.7M	674.7M	668.5M
2012	712.0M	703.3M	706.9M	700.5M
2011	737.9M	732.6M	727.3M	718.9M
2010	0	795.2M	748.4M	743.2M
2009	0	0	842.0M	0

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Lee Enterprises Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Mar 26, 2024	quint digital ltd	bought	265,350	15.6088	17,000	-
Mar 25, 2024	quint digital ltd	bought	298,430	14.9215	20,000	-
Mar 22, 2024	quint digital ltd	bought	310,280	14.1036	22,000	-
Mar 18, 2024	quint digital ltd	bought	600,930	12.9232	46,500	-
Feb 07, 2024	fletcher steven c.	bought	18,991	9.99	1,901	-
Feb 06, 2024	fletcher steven c.	bought	985	9.95	99.00	-
Dec 12, 2023	battistoni joseph j	acquired	-	-	4,197	v.p. - sales and marketing
Dec 12, 2023	millage timothy r.	sold (taxes)	-13,343	8.79	-1,518	v.p., cfo and treasurer
Dec 12, 2023	garcia astrid j	acquired	-	-	4,197	v.p. - human resources
Dec 12, 2023	sherman jolene n.	sold (taxes)	-2,812	8.79	-320	vp - bus development & market

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 25, 2024	Lindbrook Capital, LLC	unchanged	-	82.00	200	-%
Apr 25, 2024	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	reduced	-14.69	51,356	166,785	-%
Apr 23, 2024	DUNCKER STREETT & CO INC	sold off	-100	-220	-	-%
Apr 19, 2024	Level Financial Advisors, Inc.	sold off	-100	-12,214	-	-%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	added	5.99	-549,125	1,934,170	-%
Mar 08, 2024	ICA Group Wealth Management, LLC	new	-	394	394	-%
Feb 15, 2024	BARCLAYS PLC	unchanged	-	-6,000	15,000	-%
Feb 14, 2024	Praetorian PR LLC	unchanged	-	-1,004,570	2,783,780	1.38%
Feb 14, 2024	Royal Bank of Canada	new	-	1,000	1,000	-%
Feb 14, 2024	CANNELL CAPITAL LLC	unchanged	-	-1,666,010	4,616,730	1.00%

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LEE Alerts

1 major insider buys recently.

Unveiling Lee Enterprises Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Apr 19, 2024	gamco investors, inc. et al	1.82%	111,941	SC 13D
Feb 14, 2024	solas capital management, llc	6.7%	413,997	SC 13G
Jan 22, 2024	cannell capital llc	9.45%	573,163	SC 13G
Feb 14, 2023	mudrick capital management, l.p.	0.0%	0	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2023	mudrick capital management, l.p.	0.0%	0	SC 13G/A
Feb 02, 2023	slaine mason p	4.98%	297,500	SC 13D/A
Jan 17, 2023	praetorian pr llc	5.9%	353,721	SC 13D/A
Dec 08, 2022	cannell capital llc	9.15%	546,935	SC 13D/A
Sep 23, 2022	slaine mason p	5%	299,000	SC 13D
Jun 23, 2022	cannell capital llc	8.10%	482,279	SC 13D/A

Recent SEC filings of Lee Enterprises Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 19, 2024	SC 13D	13D - Major Acquisition
Mar 29, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Mar 29, 2024	8-A12B	8-A12B
Mar 27, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 27, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 25, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 20, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 19, 2024	3	Insider Trading
Feb 23, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Feb 20, 2024	SCHEDULE 13G	SCHEDULE 13G

Peers (Alternatives to Lee Enterprises Inc)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
MID-CAP
NYT	7.1B	2.4B	-2.09%	10.10%	30.59	2.93	5.10%	33.63%
TGNA	2.4B	2.9B	-8.82%	-20.49%	5	0.82	-11.23%	-24.39%
SMALL-CAP
GTN	516.1M	3.3B	-9.81%	-	-6.79	0.16	-10.75%	-116.70%
GCI	383.9M	2.7B	10.73%	44.94%	-13.82	0.14	-9.57%	64.37%
CMLS	44.7M	844.5M	-16.41%	-16.15%	-0.38	0.05	-11.43%	-826.08%
BBGI	22.1M	247.1M	-11.90%	-22.19%	-0.29	0.09	-3.62%	-78.30%
EDUC	18.7M	57.0M	7.92%	-4.80%	77.43	0.33	-40.68%	192.35%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-5.1%	155,678	164,010	171,310	170,687	185,131	193,636	195,037	190,014	202,282	193,913	196,490	192,430	211,817	191,766	182,528	121,367	122,343	123,665	127,284	122,704	136,201
Operating Expenses	-4.3%	149,386	156,078	160,296	168,501	175,621	198,556	189,648	194,649	178,922	181,874	184,396	185,483	192,752	184,961	171,621	108,942	105,606	111,077	108,704	111,854	110,611
EBITDA Margin	2.0%	0.10*	0.10*	0.09*	0.08*	0.08*	0.10*	0.12*	0.13*	0.14*	0.15*	0.15*	0.15*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-1.9%	10,131	10,327	10,235	10,501	10,408	10,292	10,292	10,523	10,663	10,644	11,010	11,237	11,882	12,366	13,135	11,127	11,115	11,232	11,860	12,140	12,256
Income Taxes	-71.9%	248	881	400	-2,100	440	-1,705	156	-3,100	5,351	149	1,366	-571	6,311	3,065	368	-2,331	1,871	1,757	1,505	156	4,513
Earnings Before Taxes	438.5%	1,481	-437	2,528	-7,437	2,264	-8,269	352	-9,838	18,550	5,409	5,103	-1,179	22,714	2,934	-359	-7,321	7,588	3,102	7,677	-2,171	15,232
EBT Margin	-31.0%	-0.01*	0.00*	-0.02*	-0.02*	-0.02*	0.00*	0.02*	0.02*	0.04*	0.04*	0.04*	0.03*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	134.7%	688	-1,984	1,503	-5,885	1,099	-7,130	-269	-7,276	12,658	4,750	3,227	-1,134	15,902	-1,784	-1,275	-5,367	5,320	819	5,766	-2,678	10,361
Net Income Margin	-12.6%	-0.01*	-0.01*	-0.01*	-0.02*	-0.02*	0.00*	0.01*	0.02*	0.02*	0.03*	0.02*	0.02*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	59.7%	-950	-2,356	-3,643	1,247	-2,879	915	154	-3,969	-1,207	5,178	1,095	19,148	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	-1.3%	703	712	723	733	748	744	795	795	832	844	821	835	867	864	902	906	566	555	574	579	587
Current Assets	-0.6%	106	107	109	111	121	109	113	104	108	109	106	112	126	109	141	130	63.00	60.00	71.00	69.00	77.00
Cash Equivalents	5.6%	15.00	15.00	17.00	19.00	18.00	16.00	16.00	15.00	19.00	26.00	21.00	34.00	37.00	34.00	57.00	31.00	4.00	9.00	14.00	17.00	16.00
Inventory	1.8%	8.00	8.00	8.00	10.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	8.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	5.00
Net PPE	-3.4%	59.00	61.00	66.00	68.00	70.00	74.00	76.00	78.00	79.00	83.00	86.00	89.00	96.00	106	112	115	81.00	82.00	86.00	88.00	90.00
Goodwill	-0.4%	328	330	330	330	330	330	330	330	330	330	330	330	329	328	314	80.00	250	250	250	250	246
Liabilities	-1.1%	680	688	708	720	729	727	754	754	782	800	829	848	880	907	939	942	597	592	596	607	613
Current Liabilities	-1.5%	113	114	125	131	136	131	143	140	142	142	138	152	162	144	170	132	67.00	61.00	69.00	66.00	67.00
Long Term Debt	-0.3%	454	456	458	460	463	463	463	463	463	477	484	485	506	525	539	576	421	429	442	454	460
LT Debt, Current	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.00	1.00	14.00	17.00	14.00	37.00	-	2.00	3.00	4.00	-	-
LT Debt, Non Current	-0.3%	454	456	458	460	463	463	463	463	463	477	484	485	506	525	539	576	421	429	442	454	460
Shareholder's Equity	-7.1%	20.00	21.00	12.00	10.00	16.00	15.00	39.00	40.00	47.00	41.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Retained Earnings	0.3%	-265	-266	-264	-266	-260	-261	-254	-253	-246	-259	-250	-253	-252	-281	-266	-265	-260	-265	-266	-272	-269
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.0%	261	261	260	260	259	260	259	259	258	258	258	257	257	257	256	256	256	255	255	254	253
Accumulated Depreciation	-0.8%	249	250	256	257	255	253	250	246	244	272	275	274	279	289	290	294	319	323	355	352	353
Shares Outstanding	-100.0%	-	6.00	-	-	-	6.00	-	-	-	6.00	-	-	-	6.00	-	6.00	-	6.00	-	-	-
Minority Interest	-0.3%	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
Float	-	-	-	-	67.00	-	-	-	150	-	-	-	142	-	-	-	52.00	-	-	-	175	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	107.7%	80.00	-1,040	-2,131	2,861	-2,214	2,713	1,322	-1,176	570	7,307	3,518	20,337	18,916	11,859	27,312	337	10,361	13,890	15,953	8,426	19,407
Share Based Compensation	-49.3%	214	422	462	573	349	311	327	513	186	215	205	214	220	252	471	269	302	507	321	346	464
Cashflow From Investing	-27.8%	2,095	2,900	56.00	480	4,543	-2,178	-1,365	-2,074	11,954	187	-2,766	920	-619	2,961	-1,426	-115,971	-3,740	-3,022	-373	-6,143	-1,395
Cashflow From Financing	68.2%	-1,359	-4,267	-	-2,657	-168	-11.00	369	-	-20,051	-2,452	-13,435	-24,646	-14,888	-37,797	-	141,990	-10,798	-15,739	-18,729	-1,527	-7,483
Buy Backs	1678.6%	221	-14.00	-	-97.00	-168	-11.00	369	-	11.00	94.00	318	-5.00	-154	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

LEE Income Statement

2023-12-24

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 24, 2023	Dec. 25, 2022
Operating revenue:
Total operating revenue	$ 155,678	$ 185,131
Operating expenses:
Compensation	59,676	75,446
Newsprint and ink	4,843	7,432
Other operating expenses	74,776	86,774
Depreciation and amortization	7,295	7,886
Assets gain on sales, impairments and other, net	(1,469)	(2,563)
Restructuring costs and other	4,265	646
Total operating expenses	149,386	175,621
Equity in earnings of associated companies	1,541	1,668
Operating income	7,833	11,178
Non-operating (expense) income:
Interest expense	(10,131)	(10,408)
Pension and OPEB related benefit and other, net	186	1,494
Curtailment/Settlement gains	3,593	0
Total non-operating expense, net	(6,352)	(8,914)
Income before income taxes	1,481	2,264
Income tax expense	248	440
Net income	1,233	1,824
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(545)	(725)
Income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated	688	1,099
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes	(2,314)	(140)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated	$ (1,626)	$ 959
Earnings per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.19
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.19
Advertising and marketing services
Operating revenue:
Total operating revenue	$ 70,887	$ 89,585
Subscription
Operating revenue:
Total operating revenue	71,339	79,699
Other
Operating revenue:
Total operating revenue	$ 13,452	$ 15,847

LEE Balance Sheet

2023-12-24

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 24, 2023	Sep. 24, 2023
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 15,365	$ 14,548
Accounts receivable and contract assets, net	68,103	69,104
Inventories	7,637	7,504
Prepaid and other current assets	14,761	15,373
Total current assets	105,866	106,529
Investments:
Associated companies	27,741	27,819
Other	5,569	5,572
Total investments	33,310	33,391
Property and equipment:
Land and improvements	11,995	12,366
Buildings and improvements	82,989	83,140
Equipment	211,356	213,714
Construction in process	1,368	2,453
Property and equipment, gross	307,708	311,673
Less accumulated depreciation	248,530	250,439
Property and equipment, net	59,178	61,234
Operating lease right-of-use assets	38,417	40,822
Goodwill	328,243	329,504
Other intangible assets, net	90,384	94,988
Other	14,195	12,741
Total assets	702,509	711,617
Current liabilities:
Current portion of lease liabilities	7,602	7,755
Accounts payable	38,537	36,290
Compensation and other accrued liabilities	26,960	29,448
Unearned revenue	39,550	40,843
Total current liabilities	112,649	114,336
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	454,161	455,741
Operating lease liabilities	34,160	36,580
Pension obligations	561	586
Postretirement and postemployment benefit obligations	7,427	8,618
Deferred income taxes	40,735	41,351
Income taxes payable	5,980	5,809
Withdrawal liabilities and other	24,646	24,890
Total liabilities	680,319	687,911
Stockholders' equity:
Serial convertible preferred stock, no par value; authorized 500 shares; none issued	0	0
Additional paid-in capital	260,950	260,832
Accumulated deficit	(265,808)	(266,496)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	24,529	26,843
Total stockholders' equity	19,732	21,240
Non-controlling interests	2,458	2,466
Total equity	22,190	23,706
Total liabilities and equity	702,509	711,617
Common Class A
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock	61	61
Common Class B
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock	0	0
Pension Plan
Property and equipment:
Pension and medical plan assets	11,095	10,843
Medical Plan
Property and equipment:
Pension and medical plan assets	$ 21,821	$ 21,565

About Lee Enterprises Inc

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 niche 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 products; and operates a digital marketing services agency. Lee Enterprises, Incorporated was founded in 1890 and is based in Davenport, Iowa.

CEO	Mr. Kevin D. Mowbray
WEBSITE	https://lee.net
INDUSTRY	Media
EMPLOYEES	3577

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As of Fri Apr 26 2024, market cap of Lee Enterprises Inc is 78.26 Million. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

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As of Fri Apr 26 2024, LEE's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -13.78 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.12. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. LEE PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Lee Enterprises Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, Lee Enterprises Inc has provided -0.104 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.