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LEE Enterprises, Inc. LEE

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$562.3M
▼ 8.0% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$-6.20
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
Net margin · FY25
-6.7%
Dividend coverage
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Result
USD 562.3M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.250.50.7510.6-0.02009201220152018202120242025
0.250.50.7510.6-0.02016201920222025

The company lost 7 cents on every revenue dollar this year.

Per share
USD -6.20
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
24-6.202009201220152018202120242025
24-6.202016201920222025

The company pays no cash dividend.

Profitability
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
40801202009201220152018202120242025
40801202016201920222025
Operating margin-0.8%
Net margin-6.7%
Return on assets-6.0%

Returned to shareholders
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacks
Share of profit
Consecutive raises

Growth
−1.9% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−10.4%
−1.9%
−1.4%
−1.9%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.01B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.040.012009201220152018202120242025
0.060.012016201920222025
Change, 5 years+9.0%
Change, 10 years

The share count grew 9% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 601.7M
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 601.7M
EquityUSD -43.3M
CashUSD 10.0M
Gross debtUSD 455.5M
Net debtUSD 445.5M
Current ratio0.79×

Net debt stands at -1029% of equity.

History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
Operating income $B
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.1
0.1
−0.1
0.1
−0.2
EBITDA $B
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
−0.0
0.2
−0.0
0.2
−0.1
Income tax $B
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.1
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.1
Net income $B
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.1
−0.0
−0.1
0.0
−0.1
EPS, diluted $
−6.20
−4.35
−0.90
−0.35
3.90
−0.35
2.51
0.82
0.50
0.64
0.43
0.13
−1.51
−0.34
−3.27
1.03
−2.77
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Payout %
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
−0
0
−7
ROE %
·
−455.4
−29.1
−7.2
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
114.7
−522.0
Shares out B
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.04
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
48 of 48
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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