Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

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Lee Enterprises, Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $562.3 million, down 8.02% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−10.9%
EPS
+167.7%
Free cash flow
−36.2%
Total debt
−0.25%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

7.00 0.00 0.00%
Market cap
$156.0M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−4.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
0.12
Beneish M
−2.83
Dividend safety
n/a
Sep '16 Sep '17 Sep '18 Sep '19 Sep '20 Sep '21 Sep '22 Sep '23 Sep '24 Sep '25
Piotroski F-Score
— 5 8 6 3 7 5 3 3 3
P/E ratio
5.68 4.31 3.27 8.16 0.00 5.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S ratio
0.32 0.21 0.27 0.22 0.08 0.16 0.13 0.09 0.08 0.06
Altman Z-Score
0.80 0.69 0.89 0.81 0.46 0.78 0.72 0.66 0.35 0.12
P/FCF ratio
2.43 1.68 2.48 2.13 0.75 2.74 10.02 16.96 9.65 15.21
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
(1.08) (1.22) (0.71) (0.73) (0.92) (0.75) (1.09) (0.91) (1.61) (2.17)
P/Operating CF
14.93 9.24 65.51 8.16 4.00 17.71 47.59 (42.47) (198.36) (5.23)
Beneish M-Score
(2.90) (2.81) (2.67) (2.83) (2.47) (2.38) (2.48) (2.50) (2.81) (2.83)
P/B ratio
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.99 5.90 2.62 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales
1.26 1.12 1.12 1.05 0.89 0.74 0.71 0.74 0.80 0.85
EV/EBITDA
5.25 4.87 4.93 5.16 6.39 5.89 9.06 6.77 12.29 22.63
EV/FCF
9.43 8.97 10.20 10.08 8.70 12.41 54.76 139.49 91.46 220.79
Current Ratio
0.78 0.69 0.91 0.99 0.76 0.77 0.83 0.93 0.85 0.79
Net Debt/EBITDA
3.89 3.96 3.73 4.07 5.84 4.59 7.27 5.85 10.93 21.05
Debt/Equity
(4.63) (5.77) (12.90) (11.74) (18.17) 11.16 26.83 19.22 (60.80) (11.12)
ROE
(24.44%) (25.13%) (71.81%) (39.04%) 5.94% 334.56% (6.67%) (25.73%) (315.72%) 155.69%
ROA
4.96% 4.28% 7.65% 2.52% (0.28%) 2.66% (0.25%) (0.72%) (3.80%) (6.01%)
ROIC
14.56% 13.12% 12.57% 12.07% 6.62% 7.07% 3.35% 5.00% 0.66% (0.72%)
Return on Tangible Assets
32.74% 32.78% 53.01% 17.55% (2.81%) 45.09% (3.90%) (9.86%) (96.47%) (322.74%)
Average Days of Receivables
30.50 31.85 29.33 30.45 31.07 29.89 32.49 36.49 36.21 35.45
Earnings Yield
17.60% 23.18% 30.63% 12.25% (5.96%) 17.62% (1.08%) (8.31%) (50.06%) (114.71%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
41.09% 59.59% 40.40% 47.00% 133.75% 36.48% 9.98% 5.90% 10.36% 6.57%
Free Cash Flow per Share
15.41 13.11 10.95 9.59 11.22 8.26 1.76 0.62 0.90 0.36
Book value per Share
(23.97) (16.89) (6.63) (6.63) (5.24) 7.56 2.98 4.04 (1.23) (6.75)
Free Cash Flow
81.98 70.79 59.89 53.28 63.48 47.22 10.15 3.66 5.37 2.17
EV/EBIT
7.44 7.12 7.13 7.19 10.98 10.36 22.37 13.75 107.94 0.00
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 25 Oct 2026