balance equationreview2021-09-26
Difference 2133000 exceeds tolerance 1000000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.
Revenue
$562.34M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-28Operating income
-$4.65M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-28Free cash flow
-$7.08M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-28LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc (LEE) reported revenue of $562.34M and net income of -$37.59M for the fiscal year ended 2025-09-28. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing.
Income
| Metric | 2025-09-28 | 2024-09-29 | 2023-09-24 | 2022-09-25 | 2021-09-26 | 2020-09-27 | 2019-09-29 | 2018-09-30 | 2017-09-24 | 2016-09-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $562.34M | $611.38M | $691.14M | $780.97M | $794.65M | $618.00M | $509.85M | $543.96M | $566.94M | $614.36M |
| Cost of revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Gross profit | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating income | -$4.65M | $4.55M | $37.17M | $24.85M | $56.56M | $50.28M | $74.73M | $85.69M | $89.13M | $104.00M |
| Net income | -$37.59M | -$25.84M | -$5.27M | -$2.02M | $22.74M | -$1.98M | $14.27M | $45.77M | $27.48M | $34.96M |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 6.07M | shares 5.94M | shares 5.87M | shares 5.78M | shares 5.83M | shares 5.69M | shares 5.69M | shares 55.95M | shares 55.39M | shares 54.22M |
| Pretax income | -$42.65M | -$31.18M | -$3.08M | $795.00K | $32.05M | $2.84M | $23.84M | $30.82M | $40.22M | Unavailable |
| Income tax expense | -$6.90M | -$7.61M | -$349.00K | $698.00K | $7.26M | $2.97M | $7.93M | -$16.23M | $11.61M | $22.18M |
| Diluted EPS | $-6.20 | $-4.35 | $-0.90 | $-0.35 | $3.90 | $-0.35 | $2.51 | $0.82 | $0.50 | $0.64 |
| Selling, general & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-09-28 | 2024-09-29 | 2023-09-24 | 2022-09-25 | 2021-09-26 | 2020-09-27 | 2019-09-29 | 2018-09-30 | 2017-09-24 | 2016-09-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $9.99M | $9.60M | $14.55M | $16.18M | $26.11M | $33.73M | $8.64M | $5.38M | $10.62M | $16.98M |
| Total assets | $601.73M | $649.17M | $711.62M | $744.04M | $843.55M | $864.06M | $555.20M | $575.41M | $620.85M | $662.86M |
| Current assets | $89.44M | $97.77M | $106.53M | $109.12M | $108.80M | $108.75M | $60.30M | $59.34M | $67.84M | $77.25M |
| Total liabilities | $642.69M | $656.50M | $687.91M | $726.80M | $800.32M | $907.12M | $592.03M | $611.67M | $712.06M | $790.40M |
| Current liabilities | $113.36M | $115.35M | $114.34M | $131.14M | $141.62M | $144.02M | $61.04M | $65.34M | $98.21M | $99.02M |
| Total equity incl. NCI | -$40.96M | -$7.33M | $23.71M | $17.24M | $41.10M | -$43.06M | -$38.48M | -$37.35M | -$92.24M | -$127.54M |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | $4.70M | $5.64M | $7.50M | $8.26M | $6.30M | $7.53M | $3.77M | $5.68M | $3.62M | $4.25M |
| Accounts receivable | $54.61M | $60.65M | $69.10M | $69.52M | $65.07M | $52.60M | $42.54M | $43.71M | $49.47M | $51.33M |
| Goodwill | $323.86M | $328.04M | $329.50M | $329.50M | $330.20M | $328.44M | $250.31M | $246.18M | $246.43M | $243.73M |
| Long-term debt | $455.47M | $445.94M | $455.74M | $462.55M | $476.50M | $524.56M | $429.39M | $460.78M | $496.38M | $565.83M |
| Accounts payable | $41.72M | $36.29M | $36.29M | $28.61M | $20.42M | $17.16M | $16.75M | $12.75M | $17.03M | $18.14M |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-09-28 | 2024-09-29 | 2023-09-24 | 2022-09-25 | 2021-09-26 | 2020-09-27 | 2019-09-29 | 2018-09-30 | 2017-09-24 | 2016-09-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$5.54M | $1.12M | -$3.18M | $2.85M | $50.08M | $49.87M | $57.68M | $59.30M | $72.28M | Unavailable |
| Capital expenditures | $1.54M | $9.21M | $5.11M | $7.54M | $7.48M | $8.10M | $5.90M | $6.02M | $4.08M | $7.09M |
| Investing cash flow | $7.71M | $3.73M | $8.64M | $6.91M | -$2.28M | -$118.18M | -$10.93M | -$72.00K | -$9.46M | Unavailable |
| Financing cash flow | -$1.78M | -$9.80M | -$7.09M | -$19.69M | -$55.42M | $93.40M | -$43.48M | -$64.46M | -$69.19M | Unavailable |
| Net change in cash | $391.00K | -$4.95M | -$1.64M | -$9.93M | -$7.62M | $25.09M | $3.26M | -$5.24M | -$6.36M | $5.85M |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.76M | $1.75M | $1.81M | $1.34M | $854.00K | $1.29M | $1.64M | $1.86M | $2.09M | Unavailable |
| Common dividends paid | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Common share repurchases | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Depreciation & amortization | $18.84M | $27.62M | $30.62M | $36.54M | $42.84M | $36.13M | $29.33M | $31.77M | $41.28M | $43.44M |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-09-28 | 2024-09-29 | 2023-09-24 | 2022-09-25 | 2021-09-26 | 2020-09-27 | 2019-09-29 | 2018-09-30 | 2017-09-24 | 2016-09-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | -$7.08M | -$8.09M | -$8.29M | -$4.68M | $42.60M | $41.77M | $51.78M | $53.27M | $68.20M | Unavailable |
| Gross margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | 0.7% | 5.4% | 3.2% | 7.1% | 8.1% | 14.7% | 15.8% | 15.7% | 16.9% |
| FCF margin | -1.3% | -1.3% | -1.2% | -0.6% | 5.4% | 6.8% | 10.2% | 9.8% | 12.0% | Unavailable |
| SBC / revenue | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Unavailable |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.85x | 0.93x | 0.83x | 0.77x | 0.76x | 0.99x | 0.91x | 0.69x | 0.78x |
| Revenue YoY growth | -8.0% | -11.5% | -11.5% | -1.7% | 28.6% | 21.2% | -6.3% | -4.1% | -7.7% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | -6.7% | -4.2% | -0.8% | -0.3% | 2.9% | -0.3% | 2.8% | 8.4% | 4.8% | 5.7% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 0.3% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Long-term debt / equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 87.8% | 22.6% | 104.6% | 33.3% | -52.7% | 28.9% | Unavailable |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open LEE in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-08-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-08View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-02-11View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-11-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-08View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-09View SEC filing
Reconciliation checks needing review
4 periods on this page do not reconcile under this site’s normalization. Read that as a limitation here before an observation about the company: the figures are the filer’s own, the filings linked above are authoritative, and a difference usually means the concepts this site selected do not match how this filer presents its statements. Nothing is adjusted to make a check pass.
balance equationreview2019-09-29
Difference 1646000 exceeds tolerance 1000000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.
balance equationreview2018-09-30
Difference 1094000 exceeds tolerance 1000000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.
balance equationreview2017-09-24
Difference 1022000 exceeds tolerance 1000000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.