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LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc

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United States Fiscal year ends September CIK 0000058361
$7.61 +1.47% Close, 9 Oct 2026
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Price $7.61 −63.54% Close, 9 Oct 2026

Closing prices at the end of each trading day, from 12 Oct 2016. Not a live quote. Adjusted for share splits, so the line has no step at a split; dividends are not added back. P/E and P/FCF are the market value over the last full fiscal year's net income or free cash flow, as public on each day, so they step once a year when the annual report comes out. A hatched band marks a stretch with none: a year of net loss, or of cash burnt.

Revenue and profit

What the business sells, and what is left of it. Point at a year for the detail.
RevenueOperating incomeNet income
Fiscal year 2017Revenue566.9Operating income89.1Net income27.5EPS, diluted0.50Fiscal year 2018Revenue544.0 −4.1%Operating income85.7Net income45.8 +66.5%EPS, diluted0.82Fiscal year 2019Revenue509.9 −6.3%Operating income74.7Net income14.3 −68.8%EPS, diluted2.51Fiscal year 2020Revenue618.0 +21.2%Operating income50.3Net income−2.0 −113.8%EPS, diluted−0.35Fiscal year 2021Revenue794.6 +28.6%Operating income56.6Net income22.7EPS, diluted3.90Fiscal year 2022Revenue781.0 −1.7%Operating income24.9Net income−2.0 −108.9%EPS, diluted−0.35Fiscal year 2023Revenue691.1 −11.5%Operating income37.2Net income−5.3EPS, diluted−0.90Fiscal year 2024Revenue611.4 −11.5%Operating income4.5Net income−25.8EPS, diluted−4.35Fiscal year 2025Revenue562.3 −8.0%Operating income−4.7Net income−37.6EPS, diluted−6.20
FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue 566.9 544.0 509.9 618.0 794.6 781.0 691.1 611.4 562.3
Growth −4.1% −6.3% +21.2% +28.6% −1.7% −11.5% −11.5% −8.0%
Operating income 89.1 85.7 74.7 50.3 56.6 24.9 37.2 4.5 −4.7
Net income 27.5 45.8 14.3 −2.0 22.7 −2.0 −5.3 −25.8 −37.6
Growth +66.5% −68.8% −113.8% −108.9%
EPS, diluted 0.50 0.82 2.51 −0.35 3.90 −0.35 −0.90 −4.35 −6.20

Margins

How much of each dollar of revenue it keeps. Point at a year for the detail.
Operating marginNet margin
Fiscal year 2017Operating margin15.7%Net margin4.8%Free cash flow margin12.0%Fiscal year 2018Operating margin15.8%Net margin8.4%Free cash flow margin9.8%Fiscal year 2019Operating margin14.7%Net margin2.8%Free cash flow margin10.2%Fiscal year 2020Operating margin8.1%Net margin−0.3%Free cash flow margin6.8%Fiscal year 2021Operating margin7.1%Net margin2.9%Free cash flow margin5.4%Fiscal year 2022Operating margin3.2%Net margin−0.3%Free cash flow margin−0.6%Fiscal year 2023Operating margin5.4%Net margin−0.8%Free cash flow margin−1.2%Fiscal year 2024Operating margin0.7%Net margin−4.2%Free cash flow margin−1.3%Fiscal year 2025Operating margin−0.8%Net margin−6.7%Free cash flow margin−1.3%
FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Operating margin 15.7% 15.8% 14.7% 8.1% 7.1% 3.2% 5.4% 0.7% −0.8%
Net margin 4.8% 8.4% 2.8% −0.3% 2.9% −0.3% −0.8% −4.2% −6.7%
Free cash flow margin 12.0% 9.8% 10.2% 6.8% 5.4% −0.6% −1.2% −1.3% −1.3%

Cash flow

The cash the business makes, what it reinvests, and what it hands back. Point at a year for the detail.
Operating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flow
Fiscal year 2017Operating cash flow72.3Capital expenditure−4.1Free cash flow68.2Fiscal year 2018Operating cash flow59.3Capital expenditure−6.0Free cash flow53.3 −21.9%Fiscal year 2019Operating cash flow57.7Capital expenditure−5.9Free cash flow51.8 −2.8%Fiscal year 2020Operating cash flow49.9Capital expenditure−8.1Free cash flow41.8 −19.3%Fiscal year 2021Operating cash flow50.1Capital expenditure−7.5Free cash flow42.6 +2.0%Fiscal year 2022Operating cash flow2.9Capital expenditure−7.5Free cash flow−4.7 −111.0%Fiscal year 2023Operating cash flow−3.2Capital expenditure−5.1Free cash flow−8.3Fiscal year 2024Operating cash flow1.1Capital expenditure−9.2Free cash flow−8.1Fiscal year 2025Operating cash flow−5.5Capital expenditure−1.5Free cash flow−7.1
FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Operating cash flow 72.3 59.3 57.7 49.9 50.1 2.9 −3.2 1.1 −5.5
Capital expenditure −4.1 −6.0 −5.9 −8.1 −7.5 −7.5 −5.1 −9.2 −1.5
Free cash flow 68.2 53.3 51.8 41.8 42.6 −4.7 −8.3 −8.1 −7.1
Growth −21.9% −2.8% −19.3% +2.0% −111.0%

Balance sheet

What it holds against what it owes, at each year end. Point at a year for the detail.
CashTotal debt
Fiscal year 2017Cash10.6Total debt526.6Net cash (debt)−515.9Shareholders’ equity−92.2Fiscal year 2018Cash5.4Total debt467.8Net cash (debt)−462.4Shareholders’ equity−37.4Fiscal year 2019Cash8.6Total debt432.3Net cash (debt)−423.7Shareholders’ equity−38.5Fiscal year 2020Cash33.7Total debt538.3Net cash (debt)−504.6Shareholders’ equity−45.0Fiscal year 2021Cash26.1Total debt482.6Net cash (debt)−456.5Shareholders’ equity41.1Debt to equity11.74Fiscal year 2022Cash16.2Total debt462.6Net cash (debt)−446.4Shareholders’ equity15.0Debt to equity30.83Fiscal year 2023Cash14.5Total debt455.7Net cash (debt)−441.2Shareholders’ equity21.2Debt to equity21.46Fiscal year 2024Cash9.6Total debt445.9Net cash (debt)−436.3Shareholders’ equity−9.9Fiscal year 2025Cash10.0Total debt455.5Net cash (debt)−445.5Shareholders’ equity−43.3
FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Cash 10.6 5.4 8.6 33.7 26.1 16.2 14.5 9.6 10.0
Total debt 526.6 467.8 432.3 538.3 482.6 462.6 455.7 445.9 455.5
Net cash (debt) −515.9 −462.4 −423.7 −504.6 −456.5 −446.4 −441.2 −436.3 −445.5
Shareholders’ equity −92.2 −37.4 −38.5 −45.0 41.1 15.0 21.2 −9.9 −43.3
Debt to equity n/a n/a n/a n/a 11.74 30.83 21.46 n/a n/a

In millions of USD, except per-share figures and ratios. Fiscal years, as last filed with the SEC.

Financial statements FY2025 · 10-K

Income statement

In millions of USD, except per-share figures; shares in millions. Fiscal years ending September, each column as last filed with the SEC.
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Fiscal year FY2017 24 Sep 2017 FY2018 30 Sep 2018 FY2019† 29 Sep 2019 FY2020 27 Sep 2020 FY2021 26 Sep 2021 FY2022 25 Sep 2022 FY2023 24 Sep 2023 FY2024 29 Sep 2024 FY2025 28 Sep 2025
Revenue and profit
566.9 544.0 509.9 618.0 794.6 781.0 691.1 611.4 562.3
Growth −4.1% −6.3% +21.2% +28.6% −1.7% −11.5% −11.5% −8.0%
89.1 85.7 74.7 50.3 56.6 24.9 37.2 4.5 −4.7
Growth −3.9% −12.8% −32.7% +12.5% −56.1% +49.6% −87.8% −202.3%
40.2 30.8 23.8 2.8 32.0 0.8 −3.1 −31.2 −42.6
11.6 −16.2 7.9 3.0 7.3 0.7 −0.3 −7.6 −6.9
27.5 45.8 14.3 −2.0 22.7 −2.0 −5.3 −25.8 −37.6
Growth +66.5% −68.8% −113.8% −108.9%
Per share
0.51 0.84 2.57 −0.35 3.98 −0.35 −0.90 −4.35 −6.20
0.50 0.82 2.51 −0.35 3.90 −0.35 −0.90 −4.35 −6.20
Growth +64.0% +206.1% −113.9% −109.0%
54.0 54.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.1
55.4 55.9 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.1
Growth +1.0% −89.8% +0.1% +2.3% −0.8% +1.5% +1.3% +2.1%

† The diluted share count jumps at 2019, so per-share figures either side of that column are not comparable. Usually a split, but the break lands on the restatement boundary rather than on the split date, because every column is that period’s latest filing.

Five years in brief

Worked out from the figures above, not from a press release
  • Revenue shrank 1.9% a year over five years.
  • Operating margin is down 9.0 points on five years ago, at -0.8%.
  • A net loss in 5 of 9 years on file.