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Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE) vs Pearson, PLC (PSO)

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated and Pearson, PLC are both Publishing companies. Pearson, PLC is the larger, with a market value of $9.6B against $152.3M — 63.1× the size. Lee Enterprises, Incorporated has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Pearson, PLC trades at 16.6×. Pearson, PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.35% against −11.1%. Pearson, PLC has the higher net margin (7.58% vs −1.84%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 3.31%). Across the 18 metrics below, Pearson, PLC leads on 12 and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated on 6.

Valuation

Metric LEE PSO Publishing median
P/E n/m 16.59 13.20
P/S 0.29 n/m 0.54
P/B 3,893.45 n/m 4.05
Price to free cash flow 134.85 n/m 12.41
EV/EBITDA 12.99 0.83 9.09
EV/Sales 1.06 0.20 1.61
Earnings yield (28.26%) 6.03% 6.03%
Free cash flow yield 0.74% 0.00% 6.02%

Profitability

Metric LEE PSO Publishing median
Gross margin 60.62% 48.22% 58.08%
Operating margin 4.05% 0.00% 4.37%
Net margin (1.84%) 7.58% 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 0.22% 0.00% 3.40%
Return on equity 49.78% 0.00% 6.68%
Return on assets (1.52%) 0.00% 3.08%
Return on invested capital 3.31% 0.00% 3.31%

Growth

Metric LEE PSO Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.12%) 1.35% (1.48%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.53%) (17.28%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.87%) 1.58% (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 2.11% 0.00%

Health

Metric LEE PSO Publishing median
Debt to equity 11,659.36 0.52 1.62
Current ratio 1.17 2.00 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 21.05 1.61 1.44

Dividend

Metric LEE PSO Publishing median
Dividend yield — 2.43% 3.09%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.54 0.36

Size

Metric LEE PSO Publishing median
Market cap 152.25m 9.60b 946.98m

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