Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
General ticker "LEE" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Publishing
- Capitalization: $37.1M (TTM average)
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 34.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.8%: low 7.82$, high 8.27$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 2500 (-18.0%) as of 2025
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Operational and conduct risks, Economic downturns and volatility, Market competition, Cybersecurity threats, Interest rate risk
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-09-28 to 2027-09-28
- 2025-09-28 to 2026-09-28 estimated range: [3.12$, 7.93$]
- 2026-09-28 to 2027-09-28 estimated range: [3.21$, 7.90$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LEE estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of -0.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Negative: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of -16.34 <= 0.28
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.53
- Negative: negative Net income
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.86 <= -0.14
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 12.38 > 10.39
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.37 <= 0.79
- Positive: 2.92 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 4.18
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $691.14MM | $611.38MM | $562.34MM |
| Operating Expenses | $645.94MM | $580.96MM | $542.46MM |
| Operating Income | $45.20MM | $30.42MM | $19.88MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-48.28MM | $-61.60MM | $-62.53MM |
| Interest Expense | $41.47MM | $41.23MM | $40.51MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-3.08MM | $-31.18MM | $-42.65MM |
| Taxes | $-0.35MM | $-7.61MM | $-6.90MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-5.27MM | $-25.84MM | $-37.59MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $21.24MM | $-9.89MM | $-43.31MM |
| Inventory | $7.50MM | $5.64MM | $4.70MM |
| Assets | $711.62MM | $649.17MM | $601.73MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-3.18MM | $1.12MM | $-5.54MM |
| Capital expenditure | $5.11MM | $9.21MM | $1.54MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $8.64MM | $3.73MM | $7.71MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-7.09MM | $-9.80MM | $-1.78MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-0.90 | $-4.35 | $-6.15 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.