LEE vs NWS
LEE Enterprises, Inc. and News Corp., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | LEE | NWS |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $562.3M | $9.0B |
| Net income | $-37.6M | $573.0M |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Net margin | −6.4% | 8.2% |
| Return on equity | — | 6.6% |
| Diluted EPS | −$6.20 | $1.03 |
| Dividend / share | — | — |
| Payout ratio | — | 35.6% |
| Free cash flow | $-7.1M | $811.0M |
| Equity | $-43.3M | $8.5B |
| Net debt / equity | — | −0.01× |
| Current ratio | 0.79× | 1.62× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | −1.9% | −0.7% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | — | 11.7% |
NWS bills 16.1× the revenue of LEE, and LEE closed the last reported year at a loss.
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | LEE | NWS |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $562.3M | $9.0B |
| FY2024 | $611.4M | $8.5B |
| FY2023 | $691.1M | $8.3B |
| FY2022 | $781.0M | $8.0B |
| FY2021 | $794.6M | $10.4B |
| FY2020 | $618.0M | $9.4B |
| FY2019 | $509.9M | $9.0B |
| FY2018 | $544.0M | $10.1B |
| FY2017 | $566.9M | $9.0B |
| FY2016 | $614.4M | $8.1B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | LEE | NWS |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $-37.6M | $573.0M |
| FY2024 | $-25.8M | $1.2B |
| FY2023 | $-5.3M | $266.0M |
| FY2022 | $-2.0M | $149.0M |
| FY2021 | $22.7M | $623.0M |
| FY2020 | $-2.0M | $330.0M |
| FY2019 | $14.3M | $-1.3B |
| FY2018 | $45.8M | $155.0M |
| FY2017 | $27.5M | $-1.5B |
| FY2016 | $35.0M | $-738.0M |