Lee Enterprises Incorporated
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| 6.0 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 11.3 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | – | – | 10.0 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 9.9 | 16.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 13.2 | 24.0 | 25.2 | 27.6 | 29.1 | 21.1 | 13.4 | 11.3 | |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 98.4 | 106.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5.3 | 61.3 | – | |
| 34.5% | 46.2% | 45.2% | 64.8% | 55.8% | 49.6% | 62.3% | 39.8% | 34.9% | 43.3% | 25.1% | 32.4% | 44.9% | 51.7% | 56.1% | 76.5% | 83.6% | 67.8% | 49.8% | 29.1% | 29.8% | 12.5% | 1.0% | 0.9% | -4.0% | -5.7% | -0.3% | -5.8% | -12.1% | -11.5% | -8.0% | -11.6% | -15.9% | -18.1% | -31.2% | -14.5% | -21.5% | 18.9% | 1.6% | -1.1% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 95.8% | 95.6% | 95.5% | 95.5% | 95.6% | 95.7% | 95.8% | 95.7% | 95.4% | 95.3% | 95.2% | 95.4% | 95.6% | 95.8% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.2% | 96.3% | 96.3% | 96.3% | 96.2% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.1% | 96.3% | 96.6% | 96.8% | 97.0% | 97.2% | 97.4% | 97.5% | 97.6% | 97.7% | 97.8% | 97.8% | 97.9% | |
| 16.9% | 16.5% | 16.9% | 16.5% | 16.3% | 16.3% | 16.1% | 16.2% | 15.9% | 15.7% | 15.1% | 15.2% | 14.7% | 13.2% | 13.5% | 10.6% | 8.1% | 7.5% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 6.3% | 5.4% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 4.1% | 3.1% | 0.7% | -0.6% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 3.5% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 6.6% | |
| 5.7% | 6.0% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.8% | 9.0% | 8.4% | 8.2% | 8.4% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 1.3% | -0.1% | -0.5% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 1.3% | -0.2% | -1.7% | -1.5% | -1.3% | -0.8% | -0.9% | -1.9% | -2.9% | -4.2% | -7.2% | -7.4% | -7.1% | -6.7% | -4.8% | -3.0% | -1.8% | |
| 11.7% | 12.4% | 11.1% | 11.9% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.6% | 11.9% | 9.8% | 9.6% | 8.7% | 7.7% | 10.2% | 8.3% | 6.3% | 7.7% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 9.4% | 6.1% | 5.4% | 3.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | -0.5% | -0.8% | 0.0% | -0.6% | -1.1% | -0.8% | -1.0% | -1.2% | -1.3% | -2.7% | -3.3% | -1.0% | -1.3% | 1.0% | 0.2% | -0.1% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41.8% | 32.1% | 25.2% | 18.9% | -8.1% | -80.2% | -109.7% | -78.8% | -24.8% | -28.8% | -151.4% | -447.1% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 5.1% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 8.0% | 7.7% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 0.7% | -0.1% | -0.4% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.2% | -0.2% | -1.7% | -1.6% | -1.3% | -0.7% | -0.8% | -1.7% | -2.6% | -4.0% | -6.8% | -7.0% | -6.6% | -6.2% | -4.5% | -2.6% | -1.5% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 600 | 554 | 544 | 520 | 516 | 497 | 484 | 465 | 462 | 446 | 444 | 432 | 424 | 421 | 553 | 528 | 513 | 495 | 473 | 473 | 465 | 453 | 456 | 455 | 454 | 452 | 449 | 451 | 449 | 446 | 445 | 447 | 444 | 448 | 456 | 449 | 453 | 450 | 409 | 402 | |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 20.1 | 22.1 | 25.3 | 27.1 | 19.8 | 11.9 | 9.9 | |
| -18.6% | -17.5% | -17.0% | -15.9% | -14.9% | -9.1% | -9.0% | -8.2% | -6.5% | -4.6% | -5.0% | -4.0% | -6.9% | -5.8% | -4.2% | -4.2% | -3.7% | -1.7% | -1.8% | -1.3% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | -1.5% | -4.2% | -6.2% | -6.5% | -7.2% | -8.2% | -0.9% | -0.4% | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 31.4 | 29.5 | 45.1 | 38.3 | 21.8 | 23.4 | 58.3 | 116.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.35 | 6.48 | 4.11 | 4.45 | 4.94 | 9.01 | 8.31 | 8.00 | 8.09 | 3.73 | 2.91 | 3.08 | 2.48 | 1.62 | 1.15 | -0.09 | -0.52 | 1.30 | 2.05 | 2.77 | 3.57 | 3.34 | 2.32 | 1.71 | -0.21 | -2.17 | -1.96 | -1.63 | -0.87 | -0.96 | -2.03 | -3.02 | -4.41 | -7.23 | -7.28 | -6.75 | -6.15 | -4.34 | -2.64 | -1.56 | |
| 111.58 | 108.29 | 105.73 | 103.67 | 102.01 | 99.75 | 98.67 | 97.08 | 96.11 | 94.60 | 95.54 | 92.48 | 88.45 | 86.94 | 86.86 | 97.09 | 103.92 | 123.43 | 136.08 | 135.52 | 124.37 | 134.35 | 135.49 | 134.81 | 134.37 | 129.55 | 127.85 | 122.00 | 113.97 | 111.47 | 107.88 | 105.17 | 104.24 | 100.24 | 98.71 | 95.19 | 92.01 | 89.83 | 87.30 | 84.79 | |
| -23.34 | -20.95 | -19.54 | -18.33 | -16.60 | -10.24 | -9.75 | -8.80 | -6.60 | -4.79 | -5.26 | -4.05 | -6.68 | -5.73 | -6.61 | -6.73 | -5.31 | -2.50 | -2.59 | -1.81 | 8.54 | 10.42 | 9.20 | 9.04 | 2.58 | 2.70 | 1.78 | 2.07 | 3.50 | 3.32 | 1.34 | 0.68 | -1.69 | -4.45 | -6.50 | -6.63 | -7.09 | -7.99 | -0.90 | -0.37 | |
| 13.09 | 13.41 | 11.74 | 12.31 | 12.27 | 11.91 | 12.45 | 11.55 | 9.41 | 9.10 | 8.27 | 7.13 | 8.98 | 7.23 | 5.49 | 7.50 | 7.02 | 8.81 | 12.80 | 8.22 | 6.74 | 4.32 | 0.27 | 0.18 | -0.71 | -1.07 | -0.03 | -0.78 | -1.30 | -0.91 | -1.07 | -1.28 | -1.38 | -2.68 | -3.25 | -0.93 | -1.16 | 0.90 | 0.14 | -0.09 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 6, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.