Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE) vs USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY)

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated and USA TODAY Co., Inc. are both Publishing companies. USA TODAY Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $947.0M against $152.3M — 6.2× the size. USA TODAY Co., Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −6.67% against −11.1%. USA TODAY Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (−1.81% vs −1.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.43% vs 3.31%). Across the 20 metrics below, USA TODAY Co., Inc. leads on 14 and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated on 6.

Valuation

Metric LEE TDAY Publishing median
P/E n/m n/m 13.20
P/S 0.29 0.42 0.54
P/B 3,893.45 6.15 4.05
Price to free cash flow 134.85 12.41 12.41
EV/EBITDA 12.99 7.30 9.09
EV/Sales 1.06 0.81 1.61
Earnings yield (28.26%) (4.36%) 6.03%
Free cash flow yield 0.74% 8.06% 6.02%

Profitability

Metric LEE TDAY Publishing median
Gross margin 60.62% 39.47% 58.08%
Operating margin 4.05% 4.69% 4.37%
Net margin (1.84%) (1.81%) 7.58%
Free cash flow margin 0.22% 3.40% 3.40%
Return on equity 49.78% (20.67%) 6.68%
Return on assets (1.52%) (2.12%) 3.08%
Return on invested capital 3.31% 6.43% 3.31%

Growth

Metric LEE TDAY Publishing median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.12%) (6.67%) (1.48%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (42.53%) 105.56% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.87%) (7.53%) (2.38%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LEE TDAY Publishing median
Debt to equity 11,659.36 6.20 1.62
Current ratio 1.17 0.81 1.17
Net debt to EBITDA 21.05 3.68 1.44

Dividend

Metric LEE TDAY Publishing median
Dividend yield — — 3.09%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.36

Size

Metric LEE TDAY Publishing median
Market cap 152.25m 946.98m 946.98m

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