LEE Stock Snapshot Price, market cap, P/E, EPS, ROE, debt/equity, 52-week range

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Price $6.71
Market Cap $42M
P/E (TTM) -3.6
EPS (TTM) $-1.89
Revenue (TTM) $517M
ROE (TTM) 44.4%
Debt/Equity (MRQ) -203.0
52W Range $3–$12

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March 15, 2021 1-for-10 Reverse
Dec. 11, 1995 2-for-1 Forward
March 4, 1986 2-for-1 Forward
April 5, 1983 2-for-1 Forward

About Lee Enterprises, Incorporated - Common Stock Company overview from Wikipedia

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Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 72 daily newspapers in 25 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa.

The company also provides online services, including websites supporting its daily newspapers and other publications. Lee had more than 26 million unique web and mobile visitors monthly, with 229.1 million pages viewed. Lee became majority partner of TownNews.com in 1996; Town News creates software for newspaper publication purposes. The company offers commercial printing services to its customers.

Lee Enterprises is currently the fourth-largest newspaper group in the United States of America. The company acquired Howard Publications (16 daily newspapers) for $694 million in 2002 and Pulitzer, Inc. (14 daily, over 100 non-daily), for $1.5 billion in 2005.

History

21st century

In 2000, Lee sold its broadcasting division to pay off debt and to focus on newspaper publishing. Most of the TV stations were sold to Emmis Communications and as of 2007 had been sold onward to other companies.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy and bailout reorganization

In 2011, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It emerged from bankruptcy less than two months later. In April 2012, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a stake in Lee Enterprises, buying $85 million of the company's debt from Goldman Sachs Group.

In June 2012, Berkshire Hathaway filed an amended Form 13F (13F-HR/A) for the period ending March 31, 2012. This document disclosed that Berkshire accumulated $2,119,000 or 1,655,125 common shares of Lee Enterprises, or a 3.2 percent stake. The document said that Berkshire had asked the SEC to keep the transaction secret, a request denied on May 25, 2012.

From January 2012 to April 2017, the company's executive chairman, Mary Junck, was chairman of the Associated Press. In December 2018, Lee Enterprises announced that Mary Junck would switch from Executive Chairman to chairman of the company.

In April 2013, Lee Enterprises announced that Berkshire Hathaway refinanced the remaining Pulitzer acquisition debt equating to $94 million, at no cost. The collateral involved was the TNI Partner stake including the Arizona Daily Star and azstarnet.com. This produced a reduction in interest from a variable rate of 11.3% to a fixed rate of 9%, and an extension of the debt maturity date of the debt from December 2015 to April 2017. At the time of the announcement Lee Enterprises noted there was $893 million left to pay off. Lee paid off and retired its New Pulitzer notes in June 2015, six months before the original maturity date and 22 months before the new maturity date. Lee also refinanced its remaining debt in 2014 in order to extend the maturities from 2015 and 2017 to 2019 and 2022. Lee retired its 1st Lien Term Loan in November 2018, four months before its scheduled March 2019 maturity.

On June 27, 2018, Lee Enterprises and Berkshire Hathaway reached a five-year agreement to allow Lee Enterprises to manage Berkshire Hathaway's newspaper and digital operations.

Acquisition of BH Media Group

On January 29, 2020, Lee Enterprises announced an agreement to buy Berkshire Hathaway's BH Media Group publications and The Buffalo News for $140 million in cash. The acquisition comprised 30 daily newspapers in 10 states plus 49 paid weekly publications with digital sites, as well as 32 other print products. Daily papers include the Omaha World-Herald, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Tulsa World, and Winston-Salem Journal. As part of the agreement, Lee leased BH Media's real estate for 10 years.

Berkshire Hathaway provided $576 million in long-term financing to Lee at 9% per annum. Lee Enterprises used the funds to pay for the Berkshire properties and to refinance its roughly $400 million in existing debt. Much of this remains from the purchase of Pulitzer Inc. for $1.5 billion in 2005. Berkshire became Lee's sole lender after the deal closed on March 16, 2020.

"We had zero interest in selling the group to anyone else for one simple reason: We believe that Lee is best positioned to manage through the industry's challenges," Buffett said in a statement.

The acquisition was completed on March 16, 2020.

Attempted takeover

In January 2020, Alden Global Capital purchased a 5.9-percent stake in Lee Enterprises.

In November 2021, Alden offered to buy the rest of Lee for roughly $141 million.

To ward this off, the board of Lee Enterprises enacted a shareholder rights plan, colloquially known as a "poison pill", that forbade Alden to buy more than 10% of the company for one year. The rationale offered by the board was, "Consistent with its fiduciary duties, Lee's Board has taken this action to ensure our shareholders receive fair treatment, full transparency and protection in connection with Alden's unsolicited proposal to acquire Lee."

In early December, the board of Lee unanimously rejected the Alden bid, saying it "grossly undervalues Lee and fails to recognize the strength of our business today." Shortly thereafter, Alden Global, through its operating unit Strategic Investment Opportunities, filed a lawsuit in state court in Delaware against Lee Enterprises. The Alden lawsuit asserts that the members of the Lee board "have every reason to maintain the status quo and their lucrative corporate positions" and that they are "focused more on [their] own power than what's best for the company."

In mid-February 2022, the Delaware court found in favor of Lee Enterprises. Alden said it would file a proxy statement asking the company's shareholders to vote no on board members Mary Junck and Herbert Moloney during the March 2022 board elections. This attempt also failed; shareholders returned both directors to the Lee board.

In November 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged two Iranian nationals had accessed the company's content management system in the fall of 2020, aiming to post false news about the presidential election.

2022 layoffs

In May 2022, Lee Enterprises reportedly laid off roughly 400 staffers, roughly 10% of the workforce. The reduction was spread across about 19 of the chain's 75 newspapers and included roles in corporate headquarters.

Some of the layoffs included the editor of The Eagle in Bryan, Texas and the publisher of The Bismarck Tribune in Bismarck, North Dakota.

February 2025 cyberattack

In February 2025, a cyber attack prevented the company from laying out or publishing papers for several days. Before the week's end, editors could again publish papers and back-issues were being delivered.

After the attack, Lee Enterprises management warned employees to freeze their personal credit due to concerns that cyberattackers had accessed personal employee data. The warning was confirmed by an Independent Record sports reporter.

In June 2025, Nathan Bekke was appointed Chief Operating Officer. He started working for Lee in 1988 and had been with the company for more than three decades, holding a number of leadership positions.

2025 David Hoffman takeover

On December 30, 2025, a team of investors led by David Hoffman invested a total of $50 million in Lee Enterprises in a deal that gave Hoffman majority ownership and made him chair of the board of directors. As of April 2025, Hoffman described himself as owning 21 newspapers. As of September 2026, Hoffman's name now appears on the nameplate of all Lee newspapers as 'majority shareholder'; the newspapers had run a required front page profile during the first week of July two months before.

Newspapers

Lee Enterprises owns 72 daily newspapers and about 350 specialty publications in 26 states. The company's portfolio grew substantially, nearly doubling its audience size, with the acquisition of BH Media Group's publications in early 2020, including the Omaha World-Herald, Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch and Tulsa World.

In January 2020, Lee Enterprises sold its newspaper and digital media operations in southern Oregon to Country Media, Inc. The sale included The World (Coos Bay), the Bandon Western World and The Umpqua Post. Lee had purchased the papers as part of its acquisition of Pulitzer, Inc. in 2005.

In March 2020, Lee sold the Santa Maria Times, The Lompoc Record, The Hanford Sentinel and the Santa Ynez Valley News, all in California, to Santa Maria News Media Inc., a newly-formed company led by a group of Canadian newspaper executives.

In January 2023, Lee Enterprises ceased publication of its Lebanon, Oregon Lebanon Express weekly newspaper and rolled coverage of the area into the Albany Democrat-Herald. In June 2023, Lee sold the Daily Journal and three other newspapers to Better Newspapers Inc. In September 2023, Lee sold the Arizona Daily Sun to Wick Communications. In October 2023, Lee sold The Southern Illinoisan to Paxton Media Group.

Other publications Lee has formerly owned include the North County Times, The Garden Island, The Provo Daily Herald, Daily Chronicle, Rhinelander Daily News, Shawano Leader, Napa Valley Register and The Ledger Independent of Maysville, KY

List of newspapers

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Formerly-owned stations

In May 2000, Lee Enterprises sold most of its remaining TV stations to Emmis Communications for $562.5 million. KMAZ was the last TV station to be sold in January 2001.

Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.

Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station built and signed on by Lee.

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sectorCommunication Services industryMedia employees2,230 countryUS

10-Year Performance Revenue, net income, margins and EPS trends

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Revenue$562M
2016-09-25 → 2025-09-28
EPS$-6.20
2016-09-25 → 2025-09-28
Free Cash Flow$-7M
2016-09-25 → 2025-09-28
Net margin-1.8%
2016-09-25 → 2025-09-28
Valuation & Ratios 07–12

Valuation P/E, P/S, P/B, EV/EBITDA ratios — is the stock expensive or cheap?

Metric 5Y trend LEE 5Y avg Peer Median Verdict
P/E (TTM) -3.65Y avg ≈-11.5 ≈-11.5 · ·
P/S 0.1 · · ·
P/B -1.0 · · ·
EV / EBITDA 34.3 · · ·
Price / FCF -5.9 · · ·
Price / Cash Flow -7.5 · · ·
EV / Revenue 0.9 · · ·
EV / FCF -68.7 · · ·

Peer median is calculated on a standardized basis per metric and may not always match the TTM/MRQ basis shown for this stock.

value · ≈ 5Y avg · industry median · verdict relative to median

Dividends Yield, payout ratio, dividend history, 5Y CAGR

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Annualized Payout≈$7.60Paid quarterly
Ex-dateAmountCurrencyYield
Aug 28, 2008$1.90USD≈20.5%
May 29, 2008$1.90USD≈11.0%
Feb 28, 2008$1.90USD≈7.0%
Nov 29, 2007$1.90USD≈5.3%
Aug 29, 2007$1.80USD≈4.1%
May 30, 2007$1.80USD≈2.9%
Feb 27, 2007$1.80USD≈2.2%
Nov 29, 2006$1.80USD≈2.5%
Aug 30, 2006$1.80USD≈2.9%
May 30, 2006$1.80USD≈2.5%
Feb 27, 2006$1.80USD≈2.0%
Nov 29, 2005$1.80USD≈1.9%
Aug 30, 2005$1.80USD≈1.7%
May 27, 2005$1.80USD≈1.7%
Feb 25, 2005$1.80USD≈1.6%
Nov 29, 2004$1.80USD≈1.5%
Aug 30, 2004$1.80USD≈1.5%
May 27, 2004$1.80USD≈1.5%
Feb 26, 2004$1.80USD≈1.6%
Nov 26, 2003$1.80USD≈1.6%

Earnings History EPS actual vs estimate, surprise %, beat rate, next earnings date

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Avg Surprise -417.6%
PeriodReportEPS ActualEPS EstSurprise
Sept. 30, 2026 Aug 5, 2026 $0.21 $-0.16 230.0%
June 30, 2026 $0.21 $-0.16 230.0%
March 31, 2026 $-0.16 $-0.95 83.1%
Dec. 31, 2025 $-0.92 $-0.70 -32.0%
Sept. 30, 2025 $-1.06 $-0.06 -1649.2%
June 30, 2025 $-0.31 $-0.13 -136.1%
March 31, 2025 $-1.06 $-0.06 -1649.2%

Full Fundamentals All metrics by year — income statement, balance sheet, cash flow

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Income Statement 13
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Revenue $562M$611M$691M$781M$795M$618M$510M$544M$567M$614M$649M$661M
Operating Expenses $571M$611M$660M$762M$745M$571M$442M$468M$485M$519M$547M$556M
Operating Income $-5M$5M$37M$25M$57M$50M$75M$86M$89M$104M$109M$113M
Interest Expense ··$41M$42M$45M$48M$47M$53M$58M$64M$72M$80M
Other Non-op $-38M$-36M$-40M$-24M$-25M$-47M$4M$3M$13M$-6M$6M$3M
Pretax Income $-43M$-31M$-3M$795.0K$32M$3M$24M$31M$40M···
Income Tax $-7M$-8M$-349.0K$698.0K$7M$3M$8M$-16M$12M$22M$14M$6M
Net Income $-38M$-26M$-5M$-2M$23M$-2M$14M$46M$27M$35M$23M$7M
EPS (Basic) $-6.20$-4.35$-0.90$-0.35$3.98$-0.35$2.57$0.84$0.51$0.66$0.44$0.13
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
Shares (Basic) 6,066,0005,944,0005,867,0005,779,0005,717,0005,657,0005,557,00054,702,00053,990,00053,198,00052,640,00052,273,000
Shares (Diluted) 6,066,0005,944,0005,867,0005,779,0005,826,0005,694,0005,688,00055,948,00055,392,00054,224,00053,931,00053,736,000
EBITDA $14M$32M$68M$61M$99M$86M$104M$120M$134M$147M$155M$160M
Balance Sheet 29
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Cash & Equivalents $10M$10M$15M$16M$26M$34M$9M$5M$11M$17M$11M$17M
Receivables $55M$61M$69M$70M$65M$53M$43M$44M····
Inventory $5M$6M$8M$8M$6M$8M$4M$6M$4M$4M$4M$7M
Prepaid Expense $20M$22M$15M$15M$11M·······
Other Current Assets ·$22M$15M$15M$11M$15M$5M$5M$4M$5M$8M$9M
Current Assets $89M$98M$107M$109M$109M$109M$60M$59M$68M$77M$83M$96M
PP&E (Net) $36M$44M$61M$74M$83M$106M$82M$92M$114M$129M$144M$157M
PP&E (Gross) $268M$279M$312M$327M$355M$395M$405M$446M$472M$476M$493M$501M
Accum. Depreciation $232M$234M$250M$253M$272M$289M$323M$354M$358M$347M$349M$344M
Goodwill $324M$328M$330M$330M$330M$328M$250M$246M$246M$244M$244M$244M
Intangibles $52M$70M$95M$121M$157M$183M$107M$120M$136M$158M$186M$213M
Other Non-current Assets $9M$12M$13M$10M$14M$14M$1M$1M$2M$2M$34M$39M
Total Assets $602M$649M$712M$744M$844M$864M$555M$575M$621M$663M$748M$811M
Accounts Payable $42M$36M$36M$29M$20M$17M$17M$13M$17M$18M$20M$27M
Accrued Liabilities $38M$39M$29M$45M$45M$44M$18M$20M$23M$24M$27M$24M
Current Liabilities $113M$115M$114M$131M$142M$144M$61M$65M$98M$99M$105M$119M
Capital Leases $19M$30M$37M$46M$58M$62M$0·····
Deferred Tax $22M$28M$41M$43M$54M$29M$30M$39M$53M$38M$22M$15M
Other Non-current Liabilities $24M$25M$25M$26M$28M$14M$13M$11M$10M$16M$10M$16M
Total Liabilities $643M$657M$688M$727M$800M$907M$592M$612M$712M$790M$906M$989M
Long-term Debt ·$446M$456M$463M$483M$525M$429M$461M$496M$566M$701M$773M
Total Debt $455M$446M$456M$463M$483M$538M$432M$468M$527M$617M$726M$805M
Common Stock ·······$572.0K$567.0K$558.0K$547.0K$537.0K
Paid-in Capital $264M$262M$261M$260M$258M$257M$255M$254M$252M$250M$247M$245M
Retained Earnings $-330M$-292M$-266M$-261M$-259M$-282M$-265M$-280M$-329M$-356M$-391M$-414M
AOCI $23M$20M$27M$17M$42M$-20M$-29M$-12M$-16M$-23M$-16M$-10M
Stockholders' Equity $-43M$-10M$21M$15M$41M$-45M$-38M$-37M$-92M$-128M$-128M$-178M
Liabilities + Equity $602M$649M$712M$744M$844M$864M$555M$575M$621M$663M$748M$811M
Shares Outstanding 6,190,0006,190,0006,064,0005,979,000···57,141,00056,712,00055,771,00055,771,00053,747,000
Cash Flow 16
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
D&A $19M$28M$31M$37M$43M$36M$29M$32M$41M$43M$46M$49M
Stock-based Comp $2M$2M$2M$1M$854.0K$1M$2M$2M$2M···
Deferred Tax $-7M$-11M$-5M$-4M$6M$-5M$-2M$-17M$10M$21M$13M$6M
Amort. of Intangibles $11M$17M$19M$22M$25M$21M··$25M$26M$27M$28M
Restructuring $26M$19M$13M$23M$7M$14M$12M$6M$8M$2M$3M$1M
Other Non-cash $18M$8M$-25M$-28M$-22M$19M$14M$-859.0K$-7M$-20M$-7M$22M
Operating Cash Flow $-6M$1M$-3M$3M$50M$50M$58M$59M$72M$79M$74M$82M
CapEx $2M$9M$5M$8M$7M$8M$6M$6M$4M$7M$10M$14M
Investing Cash Flow $8M$4M$9M$7M$-2M$-118M$-11M$-72.0K$-9M···
Debt Issued ···$0$0$576M$600.0K$10M$5M$5M$5M$805M
Net Debt Issued ···$0$0$132M$-41M$-64M$-69M$-107M$-79M$-43M
Financing Cash Flow $-2M$-10M$-7M$-20M$-55M$93M$-43M$-64M$-69M···
Net Change in Cash $391.0K$-5M$-2M$-10M$-8M$25M$3M$-5M$-6M$6M$-6M$-858.0K
Taxes Paid $3M$7M$4M$5M$8M$446.0K$8M$464.0K$1M$269.0K$485.0K$-6M
Free Cash Flow $-7M$-8M$-8M$-4M$43M$42M$52M$53M$68M$72M$65M$68M
Levered FCF ··$-44M$-9M$8M$63M$20M·····
Profitability 7
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Operating Margin -0.83%0.74%5.4%3.2%7.1%8.1%14.7%16.3%16.3%16.9%16.9%17.2%
Net Margin -6.7%-4.2%-0.76%-0.26%2.9%-0.50%2.8%8.4%4.9%5.7%3.6%1.0%
Pretax Margin -7.6%-5.1%-0.45%0.10%4.0%0.46%4.7%·····
EBITDA Margin 2.5%5.3%9.8%7.9%12.5%14.0%20.4%22.1%23.6%24.0%23.9%24.4%
ROA -6.0%-3.8%-0.72%-0.25%2.7%-0.44%2.5%7.6%4.3%4.9%3.0%0.84%
ROE 141.3%2606.7%-31.5%-7.5%103.6%8.9%-46.4%-105.6%-24.9%-27.2%-13.8%-4.1%
ROIC -0.95%0.79%6.9%0.63%8.2%-4.4%12.7%·····
Liquidity & Solvency 5
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Current Ratio 0.80.80.90.80.80.81.00.90.70.80.90.8
Quick Ratio 0.60.60.70.70.60.60.80.10.10.20.10.1
Debt / Equity -10.5-45.121.530.88.8-17.1-11.2-12.5-5.7-4.8-4.6-4.5
LT Debt / Equity -10.5-45.121.530.88.7-16.6-11.2-12.3-5.4-4.6-4.4-4.4
Interest Coverage ··0.90.61.31.11.61.71.61.61.51.4
Efficiency 2
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Asset Turnover 0.90.90.91.00.90.90.90.90.90.90.80.8
Receivables Turnover 9.89.410.011.613.513.011.8·····
Per Share 5
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Book Value / Share $-7.00······$-0.65$-1.63$-2.30$-2.92$-3.30
Revenue / Share $92.70$102.86$117.80$135.16$136.40$10.85$8.96$9.72$10.24$11.33$12.03$12.22
Cash Flow / Share $-0.91$0.19$-0.43$0.59$8.60$0.88$1.01$1.06$1.30$1.46$1.38$1.53
Cash / Share $1.61······$0.09$0.19$0.30$0.20$0.31
EPS (TTM) $-6.20$-4.35$-0.90$-0.35$3.90$-0.35$2.51$0.82$0.50$0.64$0.43$0.13
Growth Rates 3
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Revenue YoY -8.0%-11.5%-11.5%-1.7%28.6%·······
Revenue CAGR 3Y -10.4%-8.4%3.8%·········
Revenue CAGR 5Y -1.9%···········
Valuation (TTM) 13
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Revenue TTM $562M$611M$691M$781M$795M$618M$510M$544M$567M$614M$649M$661M
Net Income TTM $-38M$-26M$-5M$-2M$23M$-2M$14M$46M$27M$35M$23M$7M
Market Cap $35M······$1.51B$1.19B$2.07B$968M$1.80B
Enterprise Value $481M······$1.98B$1.71B$2.67B$1.68B$2.59B
P/E -0.9-2.0-12.2-48.66.1-23.48.032.342.058.141.2257.7
P/S 0.1······2.82.13.41.52.7
P/B -0.8······-40.5-12.9-16.1-6.1-10.1
P / Cash Flow -6.3······25.516.526.213.021.9
P / FCF -4.9······28.417.528.814.926.3
EV / EBITDA 33.9······16.412.818.110.916.1
EV / FCF -67.8······37.125.037.126.037.8
EV / Revenue 0.9······3.63.04.42.63.9
Earnings Yield -109.5%-49.5%-8.2%-2.1%16.4%-4.3%12.5%3.1%2.4%1.7%2.4%0.39%

Most recent period on the left · null values shown as ·

Financial Statements Income statement, balance sheet, cash flow — annual, last 5 years

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Metric 2025-09-282024-09-292023-09-242022-09-252021-09-26
Revenue $562M $611M $691M $781M $795M
Operating Margin % -0.83% 0.74% 5.4% 3.2% 7.1%
Net Income $-38M $-26M $-5M $-2M $23M
Diluted EPS $-6.20 $-4.35 $-0.90 $-0.35 $3.90

Institutional owners (13F) 53 filers · $41.6M total · As of June 30, 2026

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Institutions that report holding this stock in their quarterly SEC Form 13F. Long positions only; a single filer may appear twice for separate option legs. Large offsetting put/call legs typically reflect market-making or hedged inventory, not directional conviction.

Holders 53
Value held $41.6M
New positions 15
Exited positions 5
Institutional activity — Q2 2026 vs prior quarter
New positions Exited positions Increased Decreased Net shares change
15 (+2 vs prior Q) 5 (0 vs prior Q) 15 (+6 vs prior Q) 7 (+3 vs prior Q) +473K

Compared to Q1 2026. SEC Form 13F filings are due within 45 days of quarter-end plus a short buffer for late filers — quarters still inside that window are skipped in favor of the most recent fully-reported pair.

Institution Value Shares % of tracked 13F Type
Solas Capital Management, LLC $13,732,504 1,549,944 32.99% Shares
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CANNELL CAPITAL LLC $3,085,367 344,349 7.41% Shares
Private Advisor Group, LLC $3,028,480 338,000 7.28% Shares
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC $2,482,879 277,107 5.97% Shares
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP $1,970,895 219,966 4.74% Shares
GABELLI FUNDS LLC $1,964,023 219,199 4.72% Shares
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC $1,680,945 187,542 4.04% Shares
VANGUARD GROUP INC $1,100,310 229,710 2.64% Shares
STATE STREET CORP $488,768 54,550 1.17% Shares
NORTHERN TRUST CORP $476,116 53,138 1.14% Shares
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO $453,546 50,619 1.09% Shares
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC $395,924 44,188 0.95% Shares
Centiva Capital, LP $302,669 33,780 0.73% Shares
THOMPSON DAVIS & CO., INC. $208,096 23,225 0.50% Shares
Redhawk Wealth Advisors, Inc. $200,928 22,425 0.48% Shares
UBS Group AG $154,945 17,293 0.37% Shares
Teton Advisors, LLC $152,320 17,000 0.37% Shares
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC $144,910 16,173 0.35% Shares
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC $115,942 12,940 0.28% Shares
NewEdge Advisors, LLC $112,859 12,596 0.27% Shares
XTX Topco Ltd $105,800 11,808 0.25% Shares
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND $103,936 11,600 0.25% Shares
Teton Advisors, Inc. $102,400 16,000 0.25% Shares
Murphy Pohlad Asset Management LLC $92,288 10,300 0.22% Shares
MORGAN STANLEY $61,968 6,916 0.15% Shares
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ $59,065 6,592 0.14% Shares
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN $51,995 5,803 0.12% Shares
Central Pacific Bank - Trust Division $44,800 5,000 0.11% Shares
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS $44,258 4,940 0.11% Shares
FMR LLC $31,901 3,560 0.08% Shares
CITIGROUP INC $27,615 3,082 0.07% Shares
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. $27,256 3,042 0.07% Shares
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO $26,008 2,758 0.06% Shares
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS $17,902 1,998 0.04% Shares
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC $14,488 1,617 0.03% Shares
BARCLAYS PLC $13,736 1,533 0.03% Shares
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $9,000 1,007 0.02% Shares
Legal & General Group Plc $5,878 656 0.01% Shares
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. $5,367 599 0.01% Shares
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC $5,107 570 0.01% Shares
WESTPORT ASSET MANAGEMENT INC $4,838 540 0.01% Shares
Russell Investments Group, Ltd. $4,730 528 0.01% Shares
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) $3,378 377 0.01% Shares
Sterling Capital Management LLC $1,004 112 0.00% Shares
Global Retirement Partners, LLC $896 100 0.00% Shares
JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP $252 28 0.00% Shares
Quarry LP $179 20 0.00% Shares
HARBOUR INVESTMENTS, INC. $179 20 0.00% Shares

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Activists & 5%+ owners 13 positions

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Investors who filed SEC Schedule 13D — beneficial ownership above 5% with an intent to influence the issuer (activist stakes, board campaigns, M&A). Each row shows the most recent known state of that filer's position.

Filer Filed Stake Status Purpose Filing
Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann Revocable Trust dated May 30, 2001 (the "Trust"), Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann, David Hoffmann ×7 filings March 17, 2026 53.47% Amendment · SEC
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL, GABELLI FUNDS LLC, GAMCO Asset Management Inc., GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC., Teton Advisors, LLC, GGCP, INC., Associated Capital Group, Inc., GABELLI MARIO J ×7 filings Feb. 10, 2026 2.60% Amendment · SEC
Praetorian PR LLC, Praetorian Capital Fund LLC, Praetorian Capital Management LLC, Mongolia (Barbados) Corp., Mongolia Growth Group Ltd., Kupperman Harris March 5, 2025 4.70% Amendment · SEC
Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann Revocable Trust dated May 30, 2001 (2), Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann (2) ×4 filings Nov. 14, 2024 · Initial filing · SEC
Praetorian Capital Fund LLC, PRAETORIAN PR LLC, HARRIS KUPPERMAN, MONGOLIA (BARBADOS) CORP ×4 filings Nov. 7, 2024 · Initial filing · SEC
Gabelli Funds, LLC I.D. No ., GAMCO Asset Management Inc. I.D. No ., Teton Advisors, LLC I.D. No ., GGCP, Inc. I.D. No ., GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No ., Associated Capital Group, Inc. I.D. No., Mario J. Gabelli ×4 filings Aug. 27, 2024 · Initial filing · SEC
Mason P. Slaine Revocable Trust, Mason P. Slaine ×2 filings Feb. 2, 2023 · Initial filing · SEC
Cannell Capital LLC, J. Carlo Cannell ×17 filings Dec. 8, 2022 · Initial filing Passive investment SEC
MNG Enterprises, Inc., MNG Investment Holdings, LLC, Strategic Investment Opportunities LLC, Alden Global Capital LLC, Heath Freeman ×8 filings April 26, 2022 · Initial filing Passive investment SEC
Brent D. Baird, Ann N. Bonte ×3 filings May 13, 2021 · Initial filing · SEC
Lonestar Partners, L.P., Cottonwood Capital GP LLC, Lonestar Capital Management LLC, Jerome L. Simon, Yedi Wong ×4 filings May 23, 2014 · Initial filing · SEC
Lloyd G. Schermer, Betty A. Schermer, Gregory P. Schermer, Grant E. Schermer, Schermer Management Corporation, Schermer Investment Partnership, L.P. ×5 filings Jan. 28, 2013 · Initial filing · SEC
Undisclosed reporting person, Undisclosed reporting person, Undisclosed reporting person, Undisclosed reporting person Feb. 28, 2003 · Initial filing · SEC

Purpose is an automated classification of the filer's own stated purpose (SEC Item 4) — not investment advice. "—" means no clear purpose was stated or the text could not be classified.

Company insiders 51 insiders · 20 officers · 22 directors

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Insider Role Last activity Shares owned Buys 12m Sells 12m Net 12m
Kevin Mowbray President & CEO March 11, 2025 A 118,970 0 0 $0
Timothy R. Millage V.P., CFO and Treasurer March 11, 2025 A 30,186 0 0 $0
Ronald A. Mayo Vice Pres., CFO and Treasurer May 1, 2018 F 183,760 0 0 $0
Carl G Schmidt Officer, Vice Pres.,CFO&Treas. April 30, 2012 A 163,163 0 0 $0
Jolene N. Sherman VP - Bus Development & Market March 11, 2025 A 12,586 0 0 $0
Astrid J Garcia V.P. - Human Resources March 11, 2025 A 20,534 0 0 $0
Joseph J Battistoni V.P. - Sales and Marketing March 11, 2025 A 17,358 0 0 $0
Les Ottolenghi Chief Transformation Officer March 11, 2025 A 35,000 0 0 $0
Ray G Farris Vice President - Advertising Dec. 10, 2021 A 22,716 0 0 $0
John M. Humenik Vice President - News Dec. 10, 2021 A 13,799 0 0 $0
Farrell Paul M. Vice President - Sales Nov. 29, 2019 F 85,469 0 0 $0
WATERMAN C D III Secretary July 23, 2019 J 0 0 0 $0
Michael Gulledge Vice President Publishing Feb. 7, 2017 M 36,566 0 0 $0
James A. Green Vice President - Digital March 1, 2014 A 11,045 0 0 $0
Vytenis P Kuraitis Vice President-Human Resources April 30, 2012 A 33,778 0 0 $0
VEON GREG Vice President - Publishing April 30, 2012 A 113,666 0 0 $0
VANSTRYDONCK JOHN Vice President - Publishing Oct. 31, 2007 F 4,987 0 0 $0
Linda Ritchie Lindus Vice President - Publishing Nov. 14, 2006 A 8,596 0 0 $0
James W Hopson Vice President - Publishing Nov. 18, 2005 A 15,234 0 0 $0
Terrance C Z Egger Vice President - Publishing Nov. 18, 2005 A 5,510 0 0 $0
Gregory David Hoffmann Director Sept. 28, 2026 A 3,928 0 0 $0
David Henry Hoffmann Director Aug. 31, 2026 A 11,530,621 42 0 $5,655,310
Madeline E. Mcintosh Director Aug. 31, 2026 A 25,159 0 0 $0
Steven C. Fletcher Director Aug. 31, 2026 A 38,873 0 0 $0
Shaun Mcalmont Director Aug. 31, 2026 A 35,183 0 0 $0
Ronald J Kruszewski Director Aug. 31, 2026 A 11,112 0 0 $0
Herbert W Moloney III Director June 11, 2026 S 23,037 0 1 $-235,680
JUNCK MARY E Director June 9, 2026 G 163,548 0 0 $0
Brent Magid Director March 6, 2026 S 8,760 0 1 $-243,380
Margaret R. Liberman Director June 2, 2025 A 26,726 0 0 $0
Jon Miller Director June 2, 2025 A 12,283 0 0 $0
David T. Pearson Director June 3, 2024 A 19,087 0 0 $0
SCHERMER GREGORY P Director June 1, 2023 A 137,543 0 0 $0
Richard R Cole Director Feb. 25, 2021 A 135,236 0 0 $0
William E Mayer Director Feb. 25, 2021 A 152,433 0 0 $0
Nancy S Donovan Director Dec. 19, 2019 S 90,000 0 0 $0
Leonard J Elmore Director June 3, 2019 A 105,693 0 0 $0
VITTERT MARK Director June 1, 2015 A 76,000 0 0 $0
NEWMAN ANDREW E Director June 1, 2015 A 76,000 0 0 $0
PRICHETT GORDON D /FA/ Director June 1, 2012 A 51,600 0 0 $0
CRAIN RANCE E Director Oct. 25, 2004 A 15,264 0 0 $0
Quint Digital Ltd 10% owner March 3, 2026 P 3,244,800 19 0 $8,239,661
CANNELL CAPITAL LLC 10% owner May 14, 2021 S 587,681 0 0 $0
SCHERMER INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP LP 10% owner March 2, 2011 C 1,163,966 0 0 $0
SCHERMER MANAGEMENT CORP 10% owner March 2, 2011 C 1,163,966 0 0 $0
Grant E Schermer 10% owner March 2, 2011 C 55,010 0 0 $0
Betty A Schermer 10% owner March 2, 2011 C 110,020 0 0 $0
SCHERMER LLOYD G 10% owner March 2, 2011 C 49,316 0 0 $0
Joshua Paul Rinehults · Aug. 6, 2026 A 83,552 0 0 $0
Nathan E. Bekke · Aug. 6, 2026 A 194,165 0 0 $0
Michael E Phelps · Sept. 30, 2005 S 7,442 0 0 $0

Insiders from SEC Form 3/4/5 filings; net = open-market P/S only

ETF ownership Held by 10 ETFs

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Weight reflects direct equity holdings (N-PORT) only; leveraged or derivative-based funds may hold additional swap exposure not shown.

Fund Weight Units As of Source
IWC · iShares Trust 0.01% 21,891 SH Sept. 11, 2026 Daily
RSSL · Global X Funds 0.00% 3,136 NS July 31, 2026 N-PORT
IWM · iShares Trust 0.00% 112,608 SH Sept. 11, 2026 Daily
IWO · iShares Trust 0.00% 17,648 SH Sept. 11, 2026 Daily
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS 0.00% 89,940 SH Aug. 19, 2026 Daily
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS 0.00% 178,558 SH Aug. 19, 2026 Daily
VTWO · VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS 0.00% 38,200 SH Aug. 19, 2026 Daily
VTWV · VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS 0.00% 4,663 SH Aug. 19, 2026 Daily
VTWG · VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS 0.00% 1,325 SH Aug. 19, 2026 Daily
IWN · iShares Trust · 51,275 SH Sept. 11, 2026 Daily

LEE Analyst Consensus Bullish and bearish analyst opinions, 12-month price target, upside

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rating · 5 analysts BUY
1 20.0% Strong Buy
3 60.0% Buy
1 20.0% Hold
0 0.0% Sell
0 0.0% Strong Sell

Peer comparison (GICS sub-industry) Key metrics vs sector peers

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FY basis, prices as of each company's last fiscal year-end close.

Ticker Market Cap P/E Rev YoY Net Margin ROE Gross Margin
LEE $35M -0.9 -8.0% -6.7% 141.3% ·
NYT · 33.2 9.2% 12.2% 17.3% ·
WLY · 28.5 -10.4% 5.0% 11.7% ·
TDAY $758M 515.0 -8.2% 0.08% 1.1% ·
SCHL $725M 17.3 -2.7% 3.6% 6.7% ·
NWSA · 24.1 6.8% 6.3% 6.6% ·

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Source: SEC 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2026