Overall LEE gets a fundamental rating of 1 out of 10. We evaluated LEE against 93 industry peers in the Media industry. LEE may be in some trouble as it scores bad on both profitability and health. LEE is valued expensive and it does not seem to be growing.

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1. Profitability

2. Health

3. Growth

4. Valuation

5. Dividend

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

LEE had negative earnings in the past year.
In the past year LEE has reported a negative cash flow from operations.
In the past 5 years LEE reported 4 times negative net income.
In multiple years LEE reported negative operating cash flow during the last 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

With a Return On Assets value of -6.25%, LEE perfoms like the industry average, outperforming 44.09% of the companies in the same industry.
Looking at the Return On Invested Capital, with a value of 3.22%, LEE is in line with its industry, outperforming 58.06% of the companies in the same industry.
LEE had an Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years of 4.57%. This is below the industry average of 7.08%.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-6.25%
ROE	N/A
ROIC	3.22%

ROA(3y)-3.66%

ROA(5y)-1.71%

ROE(3y)N/A

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)4.57%

ROIC(5y)5.55%

1.3 Margins

LEE has a Operating Margin (3.54%) which is in line with its industry peers.
LEE's Operating Margin has declined in the last couple of years.
LEE's Gross Margin of 97.70% is amongst the best of the industry. LEE outperforms 100.00% of its industry peers.
LEE's Gross Margin has been stable in the last couple of years.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	3.54%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	97.7%

OM growth 3Y-18.82%

OM growth 5Y-16.92%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y0.53%

GM growth 5Y0.33%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

With a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) below the Cost of Capital (WACC), LEE is destroying value.
The number of shares outstanding for LEE has been increased compared to 1 year ago.
LEE has more shares outstanding than it did 5 years ago.
LEE has a worse debt/assets ratio than last year.

2.2 Solvency

LEE has an Altman-Z score of 0.26. This is a bad value and indicates that LEE is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.
LEE has a worse Altman-Z score (0.26) than 63.44% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	N/A
Debt/FCF	N/A
Altman-Z	0.26

ROIC/WACC0.42

WACC7.74%

2.3 Liquidity

LEE has a Current Ratio of 0.79. This is a bad value and indicates that LEE is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.
With a Current ratio value of 0.79, LEE is not doing good in the industry: 67.74% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.
A Quick Ratio of 0.75 indicates that LEE may have some problems paying its short term obligations.
LEE has a worse Quick ratio (0.75) than 68.82% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	0.79
Quick Ratio	0.75

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The earnings per share for LEE have decreased strongly by -43.12% in the last year.
Looking at the last year, LEE shows a decrease in Revenue. The Revenue has decreased by -8.02% in the last year.
The Revenue has been decreasing by -1.87% on average over the past years.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-43.12%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%37.28%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)-8.02%

Revenue growth 3Y-10.37%

Revenue growth 5Y-1.87%

Sales Q2Q%-12.27%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next Y72%

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next Year-0.06%

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

The Price/Earnings Ratio is negative for LEE. In the last year negative earnings were reported.
Also next year LEE is expected to report negative earnings again, which makes the also the Forward Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

Compared to the rest of the industry, the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio of LEE is on the same level as its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	N/A
EV/EBITDA	12.41

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

LEE does not give a dividend.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	0%

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LEE ENTERPRISES

NASDAQ:LEE (1/21/2026, 8:00:03 PM)

Premarket: 5.02 -0.6 (-10.68%)

5.62

+0.39 (+7.46%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorCommunication Services

GICS IndustryGroupMedia & Entertainment

GICS IndustryMedia

Earnings (Last)11-26 2025-11-26/bmo

Earnings (Next)01-29 2026-01-29

Inst Owners38.06%

Inst Owner Change0%

Ins Owners20.3%

Ins Owner Change-0.06%

Market Cap35.18M

Revenue(TTM)562.34M

Net Income(TTM)-37.59M

Analysts80

Price TargetN/A

Short Float %10.73%

Short Ratio6.27

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	0%

Yearly DividendN/A

Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A

DPN/A

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)0

Avg EPS beat(2)-892.64%

Min EPS beat(2)-1649.17%

Max EPS beat(2)-136.1%

EPS beat(4)0

Avg EPS beat(4)-657.93%

Min EPS beat(4)-1649.17%

Max EPS beat(4)-136.1%

EPS beat(8)1

Avg EPS beat(8)-416.06%

EPS beat(12)2

Avg EPS beat(12)-292.13%

EPS beat(16)3

Avg EPS beat(16)-283.4%

Revenue beat(2)0

Avg Revenue beat(2)-7.57%

Min Revenue beat(2)-10.01%

Max Revenue beat(2)-5.13%

Revenue beat(4)0

Avg Revenue beat(4)-6.16%

Min Revenue beat(4)-10.01%

Max Revenue beat(4)-4.58%

Revenue beat(8)0

Avg Revenue beat(8)-7.13%

Revenue beat(12)0

Avg Revenue beat(12)-6.52%

Revenue beat(16)2

Avg Revenue beat(16)-4.93%

PT rev (1m)0%

PT rev (3m)0%

EPS NQ rev (1m)0%

EPS NQ rev (3m)0%

EPS NY rev (1m)0%

EPS NY rev (3m)0%

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)0%

Revenue NY rev (3m)0%

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.06
P/FCF	N/A
P/OCF	N/A
P/B	N/A
P/tB	N/A
EV/EBITDA	12.41

EPS(TTM)-6.24

EYN/A

EPS(NY)-1.75

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)-1.13

FCFYN/A

OCF(TTM)-0.89

OCFYN/A

SpS89.83

BVpS-6.92

TBVpS-66.95

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Graham NumberN/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-6.25%
ROE	N/A
ROCE	4.07%
ROIC	3.22%
ROICexc	3.28%
ROICexgc	15.31%
OM	3.54%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	97.7%
FCFM	N/A

ROA(3y)-3.66%

ROA(5y)-1.71%

ROE(3y)N/A

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)4.57%

ROIC(5y)5.55%

ROICexc(3y)4.66%

ROICexc(5y)5.7%

ROICexgc(3y)18.98%

ROICexgc(5y)22.46%

ROCE(3y)5.78%

ROCE(5y)7.02%

ROICexgc growth 3Y-18.2%

ROICexgc growth 5Y-9.26%

ROICexc growth 3Y-21.67%

ROICexc growth 5Y-12.37%

OM growth 3Y-18.82%

OM growth 5Y-16.92%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y0.53%

GM growth 5Y0.33%

F-Score2

Asset Turnover0.93

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	N/A
Debt/FCF	N/A
Debt/EBITDA	11.76
Cap/Depr	8.19%
Cap/Sales	0.27%
Interest Coverage	0.49
Cash Conversion	N/A
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	0.79
Quick Ratio	0.75
Altman-Z	0.26

F-Score2

WACC7.74%

ROIC/WACC0.42

Cap/Depr(3y)19.4%

Cap/Depr(5y)19.26%

Cap/Sales(3y)0.84%

Cap/Sales(5y)0.88%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)-43.12%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%37.28%

EPS Next Y72%

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)-8.02%

Revenue growth 3Y-10.37%

Revenue growth 5Y-1.87%

Sales Q2Q%-12.27%

Revenue Next Year-0.06%

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y-35.18%

EBIT growth 3Y-27.24%

EBIT growth 5Y-18.48%

EBIT Next Year217.71%

EBIT Next 3YN/A

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y12.45%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5YN/A

OCF growth 1Y-596.06%

OCF growth 3YN/A

OCF growth 5YN/A

LEE ENTERPRISES / LEE FAQ

What is the ChartMill fundamental rating of LEE ENTERPRISES (LEE) stock?

ChartMill assigns a fundamental rating of 1 / 10 to LEE.

Can you provide the valuation status for LEE ENTERPRISES?

ChartMill assigns a valuation rating of 0 / 10 to LEE ENTERPRISES (LEE). This can be considered as Overvalued.

Can you provide the profitability details for LEE ENTERPRISES?

LEE ENTERPRISES (LEE) has a profitability rating of 2 / 10.

What is the financial health of LEE ENTERPRISES (LEE) stock?

The financial health rating of LEE ENTERPRISES (LEE) is 0 / 10.