Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
General ticker "LEE" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Media
- Capitalization: $51.1M (TTM average)
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -14.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 4.6%: low 3.74$, high 4.10$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2025-12-11 bmo
- Total employees count: 3047 (-8.8%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Cybersecurity threats, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Operational and conduct risks, Interest rate fluctuations
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below 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 2024-09-30 to 2026-09-30
- 2024-09-30 to 2025-09-30 estimated range: [4.05$, 11.23$]
- 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30 estimated range: [3.73$, 10.38$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LEE estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of -2.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: -3.60 < Operating profit margin, % of 0.74
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.74 > 10.33
- Negative: negative Net income
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of -1.52 <= 18.93
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.51 <= 0.84
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of 7.29 > -0.66
- Positive: 0.33 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 2.18
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $780.97MM | $691.14MM | $611.38MM |
| Operating Expenses | $756.12MM | $653.97MM | $606.83MM |
| Operating Income | $24.85MM | $37.17MM | $4.55MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-24.06MM | $-40.25MM | $-35.73MM |
| Interest Expense | $41.77MM | $41.47MM | $41.23MM |
| Income(Loss) | $0.80MM | $-3.08MM | $-31.18MM |
| Taxes | $0.70MM | $-0.35MM | $-7.61MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $-2.02MM | $-5.27MM | $-25.84MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $15.01MM | $21.24MM | $-9.89MM |
| Inventory | $8.27MM | $7.50MM | $5.64MM |
| Assets | $744.04MM | $711.62MM | $649.17MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2.85MM | $-2.52MM | $1.12MM |
| Capital expenditure | $7.54MM | $5.11MM | $9.21MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $6.91MM | $7.98MM | $3.73MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-19.69MM | $-7.09MM | $-9.80MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-0.35 | $-0.90 | $-4.35 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.