LEE
Lee Enterprises Incorporated
NASDAQ: LEE · COMMUNICATION SERVICES · PUBLISHING
$8.23
-2.14% today
Updated 2026-04-30
Market cap
$185.40M
P/E ratio
—
P/S ratio
0.34x
EPS (TTM)
$-4.32
Dividend yield
—
52W range
$3 – $10
Volume
0.1M
Lee Enterprises Incorporated (LEE) Financial statements
SEC filings — annual and quarterly data.
Income statement — annual
| Item | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.13B | $1.13B | $1.03B | $842.03M | $780.65M | $756.10M | $710.49M | $674.74M | $656.70M | $648.54M | $614.36M | $566.94M | $543.96M | $509.85M | $618.00M | $794.65M | $780.97M | $691.14M | $611.38M | $562.34M |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | — | -0.1% | -8.8% | -18.2% | -7.3% | -3.1% | -6.0% | -5.0% | -2.7% | -1.2% | -5.3% | -7.7% | -4.1% | -6.3% | +21.2% | +28.6% | -1.7% | -11.5% | -11.5% | -8.0% |
| Cost of revenue | $400.21M | $408.60M | $525.58M | $72.31M | $55.86M | $59.08M | $52.00M | $43.48M | $37.99M | $30.26M | $26.11M | $24.90M | $24.95M | $22.24M | $24.24M | $29.77M | $30.10M | $25.35M | $16.81M | $247.82M |
| Gross profit | $728.44M | $719.06M | $503.29M | $769.72M | $724.79M | $697.03M | $658.48M | $631.26M | $618.70M | $618.28M | $588.25M | $542.04M | $519.01M | $487.62M | $593.76M | $764.87M | $750.87M | $665.79M | $594.57M | $314.52M |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 63.8% | 48.9% | 91.4% | 92.8% | 92.2% | 92.7% | 93.6% | 94.2% | 95.3% | 95.8% | 95.6% | 95.4% | 95.6% | 96.1% | 96.3% | 96.1% | 96.3% | 97.2% | 55.9% |
| R&D | — | — | — | — | — | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | $435.84M | $442.49M | $421.70M | $339.01M | $315.70M | $303.65M | $281.02M | $254.83M | $243.05M | $239.03M | $229.75M | $209.69M | $196.33M | $182.87M | $243.02M | $330.90M | $317.79M | $266.91M | $234.58M | $216.02M |
| Operating income | $204.03M | $20.12M | $-818.59M | $-173.39M | $147.19M | $-103.34M | $102.82M | $-57.32M | $113.20M | $109.37M | $104.00M | $92.55M | $88.52M | $74.73M | $50.28M | $56.56M | $24.85M | $37.17M | $4.55M | $19.88M |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 1.8% | -79.6% | -20.6% | 18.9% | -13.7% | 14.5% | -8.5% | 17.2% | 16.9% | 16.9% | 16.3% | 16.3% | 14.7% | 8.1% | 7.1% | 3.2% | 5.4% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| EBITDA | $299.18M | $113.71M | $-951.31M | $-90.08M | $219.61M | $-31.12M | $170.36M | $6.51M | $156.32M | $150.09M | $139.78M | $143.89M | $120.19M | $100.66M | $95.16M | $97.75M | $79.11M | $69.01M | $37.66M | $16.70M |
| EBITDA margin | 26.5% | 10.1% | -92.5% | -10.7% | 28.1% | -4.1% | 24.0% | 1.0% | 23.8% | 23.1% | 22.8% | 25.4% | 22.1% | 19.7% | 15.4% | 12.3% | 10.1% | 10.0% | 6.2% | 3.0% |
| EBIT | $210.30M | $20.12M | $-1.04B | $-169.68M | $146.43M | $-102.45M | $104.44M | $-49.13M | $107.81M | $104.52M | $96.33M | $102.61M | $88.42M | $71.33M | $59.02M | $54.91M | $42.56M | $38.39M | $10.05M | $-2.14M |
| Interest expense | $0.00 | $0.00 | $67.97M | $75.42M | $63.12M | $52.70M | $83.08M | $89.45M | $102.65M | $77.84M | $64.23M | $57.57M | $52.84M | $54.70M | $59.71M | $44.77M | $41.77M | $41.47M | $41.23M | $40.51M |
| Income tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Net income | $70.83M | $81.00M | $-879.91M | $-180.25M | $46.10M | $-146.87M | $-21.27M | $-78.32M | $6.79M | $23.32M | $34.96M | $27.48M | $45.77M | $14.27M | $-1.98M | $22.75M | $-2.02M | $-5.27M | $-25.84M | $-37.59M |
| Net income growth (YoY) | — | +14.4% | -1186.3% | +79.5% | +125.6% | -418.6% | +85.5% | -268.3% | +108.7% | +243.1% | +49.9% | -21.4% | +66.5% | -68.8% | -113.8% | +1251.6% | -108.9% | -161.1% | -390.7% | -45.5% |
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 7.2% | -85.5% | -21.4% | 5.9% | -19.4% | -3.0% | -11.6% | 1.0% | 3.6% | 5.7% | 4.8% | 8.4% | 2.8% | -0.3% | 2.9% | -0.3% | -0.8% | -4.2% | -6.7% |