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LEE NASDAQ

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
1W: +2.6% 1M: -3.2% 3M: -16.6% YTD: +43.4% 1Y: +44.9% 3Y: -32.6% 5Y: -69.1%
$6.58
+0.41 (+6.65%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±7.2%
$5 $6 $6 $7 $7
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Publishing · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 34 · $146.7M mcap · 5M float · 1.14% daily turnover · Short 53% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 91% of companies Debt: 76.4% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the riskiest tenth, about 1 in 20 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.50 (down 77%), Lee Enterprises, Incorporated would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $475.3M against a stock market value of $146.7M.
Distance to default 1.45 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-28, debt counted $234.0M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 75.1%; Altman Z'' -1.28. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Revenue Segmentation

By Product / Service

Revenue by Segment (5-Year Trend)

Income Trends

Revenue
$562M -8.0% ▼
5Y CAGR: -1.9%
Gross Profit
$315M -47.1% ▼
5Y CAGR: -11.9%
Operating Income
$20M +337.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: -16.9%
Net Income
-$38M -45.5% ▼
EPS (Diluted)
$-6.15 -41.4% ▼
EBITDA
$17M -55.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: -29.4%

Profit Margins

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Income Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$795M$781M$691M$611M$562M
YoY Growth+28.6%-1.7%-11.5%-11.5%-8.0%
Cost of Revenue$30M$30M$25M$17M$248M
Gross Profit$765M$751M$666M$595M$315M
Gross Margin96.3%96.1%96.3%97.2%55.9%
R&D Expenses$0$0$0$0$0
SG&A Expenses$331M$318M$267M$510M$469M
Operating Expenses$374M$726M$629M$590M$295M
Operating Income$57M$25M$37M$5M$20M
Operating Margin7.1%3.2%5.4%0.7%3.5%
Interest Expense$45M$42M$41M$41M$41M
Income Before Tax$32M$795K-$3M-$31M-$43M
Tax Expense$7M$698K-$349K-$8M-$7M
Net Income$23M-$2M-$5M-$26M-$38M
Net Margin2.9%-0.3%-0.8%-4.2%-6.7%
EPS (Diluted)$3.90$-0.35$-0.90$-4.35$-6.15
EBITDA$98M$79M$69M$38M$17M
Shares Outstanding6M6M6M6M6M

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