Lee Enterprises Incorporated Stock Today

LEE Stock  USD 11.46  0.07  0.61%   

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Lee Enterprises is trading at 11.46 as of the 16th of February 2025, a 0.61 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 11.2. Lee Enterprises has about a 34 percent probability of financial distress in the next few years of operation and has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. Note, on May 20, 2019, Representative Mo Brooks of US Congress acquired $15k to $50k worth of Lee Enterprises's common stock.
Business Domain
Media & Entertainment
IPO Date
5th of November 1987
Category
Communication Services
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated provides local news and information, and advertising services in the United States. The company was founded in 1890 and is based in Davenport, Iowa. Lee Enterprises operates under Publishing classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. The company has 6.19 M outstanding shares of which 61.24 K shares are now shorted by investors with about 0.86 days to cover. More on Lee Enterprises Incorporated

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Lee Stock Highlights

ESG Sustainability
Environmental
Governance
Social
CEOKevin Mowbray
Thematic IdeaPrinting and Publishing (View all Themes)
Business ConcentrationPublishing, Media & Entertainment, Communication Services, Stock Exchange Of, NASDAQ Composite, Printing and Publishing, Communication Services, Media, Publishing, Communication Services (View all Sectors)
Average Analyst Recommendation
Financial Strength
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Asset Turnover0.580.9453
Way Down
Pretty Stable
Gross Profit Margin0.610.86
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Net Debt41.4 M43.6 M
Notably Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Liabilities189.5 M132.7 M
Way Up
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total621.3 M622.3 M
Slightly Down
Pretty Stable
Total Assets1.1 B746.5 M
Significantly Up
Pretty Stable
Total Current Assets95.2 M88 M
Significantly Up
Pretty Stable
Debt Levels
Lee Enterprises can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Lee Enterprises' financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Lee Enterprises' total assets is financed by creditors.
Liquidity
Lee Enterprises Incorporated has 37.91 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 9.53, demonstrating that the company may be unable to create cash to meet all of its financial commitments. Lee Enterprises has a current ratio of 0.77, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Lee to invest in growth at high rates of return.

Change In Cash

(5.98 Million)
Lee Enterprises Incorporated (LEE) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA. It is located in 4600 E 53rd Street, Davenport, IA, United States, 52807 and employs 2,674 people. Lee Enterprises is listed under Publishing category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Small-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 103.77 M. Lee Enterprises runs under Media sector within Communication Services industry. The entity has 6.19 M outstanding shares of which 61.24 K shares are now shorted by investors with about 0.86 days to cover. Lee Enterprises Incorporated has about 15.66 M in cash with 1.12 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 2.62.
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Ownership Allocation
The market capitalization of Lee Enterprises Incorporated is $103.77 Million. Lee Enterprises Incorporated holds significant amount of outstanding shares owned by insiders. An insider is usually defined as a CEO, other corporate executive, director, or institutional investor who own at least 10% of the company's outstanding shares. Please note that on May 20, 2019, Representative Mo Brooks of US Congress acquired $15k to $50k worth of Lee Enterprises's common stock.
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Lee Stock Institutional Holders

InstituionRecorded OnShares
Jb Capital Partners Lp2024-09-30
40 K
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2024-09-30
31.7 K
Redhawk Wealth Advisors Inc2024-12-31
22.4 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
19.2 K
Teton Advisors Inc2024-09-30
19 K
State Street Corp2024-09-30
18.6 K
Stifel Financial Corp2024-09-30
14.8 K
Massmutual Trust Co Fsb/adv2024-12-31
14.5 K
Kerrisdale Advisers, Llc2024-09-30
13.8 K
Solas Capital Management Llc2024-09-30
482.2 K
Praetorian Pr Llc2024-09-30
353.7 K
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Lee Enterprises Historical Income Statement

At present, Lee Enterprises' Selling General Administrative is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Selling And Marketing Expenses is expected to grow to about 260.9 M, whereas Total Revenue is forecasted to decline to about 630.1 M. View More Fundamentals

Lee Stock Against Markets

Lee Enterprises Corporate Directors

Margaret LibermanIndependent DirectorProfile
Herbert MoloneyLead Independent DirectorProfile
Richard ColeIndependent DirectorProfile
Brent MagidIndependent DirectorProfile
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Is Publishing space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Lee Enterprises. If investors know Lee will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Lee Enterprises listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.38)
Earnings Share
(3.02)
Revenue Per Share
104.972
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.12)
Return On Assets
0.0442
The market value of Lee Enterprises is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Lee that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Lee Enterprises' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Lee Enterprises' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Lee Enterprises' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Lee Enterprises' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Lee Enterprises' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Lee Enterprises is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Lee Enterprises' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.