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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 10.9%, EPS grew 167.7%, free cash flow fell 36.2% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

6.42 0.31 −4.61%
Market cap
$150.0M
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
Jun '26 Mar '26 Dec '25 Sep '25 Older periods
ROE
49.78% 81.98% 74.93% 155.69%

+8 more TTM periods

Piotroski F-Score
4 5 4 3
ROA
(1.52%) (2.59%) (4.32%) (6.01%)
ROIC
3.31% 2.66% 0.62% (0.72%)
Return on Tangible Assets
(19.06%) (34.01%) (514.91%) (322.74%)
Average Days of Receivables
31.71 31.24 34.05 35.45
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.05 0.37 1.53 0.36
Free Cash Flow
1.13 5.04 9.36 2.17
Capital Expenditures
1.29 4.23 3.09 7.71
Other line items
Cash ROIC
0.22% 1.00% 2.22% 0.51%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
10.14 9.87 9.90 9.76
Accounts Payable Turnover
4.38 4.86 4.58 5.87
Inventory Turnover
36.61 38.33 39.34 44.29
Average Days of Payables
81.73 72.09 84.38 66.50
Days of Inventory on Hand
10.50 9.14 8.10 7.49
Tax Rate
0.02 (0.22) (0.27) (0.16)
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.22% 0.28% 0.30% 0.31%
Interest Coverage
0.62 0.44 0.10 (0.11)
Operating CF/Net income
0.02 (0.05) (0.24) 0.15
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.65 0.65 0.67 0.73
Capex/Depreciation
0.06 0.20 0.13 0.30
Revenue per Share
23.26 38.69 89.53 92.70
Operating CF per Share
(0.01) 0.06 1.02 (0.91)
Capex per Share
0.06 0.31 0.51 1.27
Capex to Sales
0.00 (0.01) (0.01) (0.01)

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