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LEE Financials LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has declined 1.9% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at -0.8% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($455M) exceeds cash ($10M); net debt is $445M.
  • Total debt has grown in line with revenue (-2.8% vs -1.9% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense -0.1× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 32× EBITDA.
  • The company is unprofitable; at its current free-cash-flow burn it has roughly 1.4 years of cash runway.
Revenue & net income
-$147M $324M $795M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-7% 5% 16% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$8M $30M $68M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $463M $926M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$118M -$12M $93M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $562M -$38M 0.0% -0.8% -$7M $455M $10M
2024 $611M -$26M 0.0% 0.7% -$8M $446M $10M
2023 $691M -$5M 0.0% 5.4% -$8M $456M $15M
2022 $781M -$2M 0.0% 3.2% -$5M $463M $16M
2021 $795M $23M 0.0% 7.1% $43M $483M $26M
2020 $618M -$2M 0.0% 8.1% $42M $525M $34M
2019 $510M $14M 0.0% 14.7% $52M $429M $9M
2018 $544M $46M 0.0% 15.8% $53M $485M $5M
2017 $567M $27M 0.0% 15.7% $68M $548M $11M
2016 $35M $617M $17M
2015 $23M $726M $11M
2014 $7M $805M $17M
2013 -$78M $835M $18M
2012 -$17M $926M $18M
2011 -$147M $994550 $24M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced LEE against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.3 0.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is LEE growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc's revenue has declined 1.9% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does LEE have?

As of FY2025, LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc reported $455M of total debt against $10M of cash; operating income covered interest expense -0.1×.

What is LEE's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin -0.8%, and net margin -6.7%.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.