For the twelve months ended Jun 28, 2026, Lee Enterprises Incorporated reported $517.10M of revenue and -$8.57M of net income.
LEE revenue was $125.97M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 28, 2026), down 10.8% from a year earlier and up 3.3% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $562.34M, down 8.0% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was -1.9% over 5 years and -1.4% over 10 years. It rose in 2 of the last 10 fiscal years.
LEE net income was $4.67M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 28, 2026), compared with -$1.92M a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$37.59M, compared with -$25.84M in fiscal 2024.
LEE diluted EPS was $0.21 in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 28, 2026). For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$6.20, compared with -$4.35 in fiscal 2024.
LEE free cash flow was $6.84M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Jun 28, 2026), down 17.3% from a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$7.08M, compared with -$8.09M in fiscal 2024.
| Line item | Sep 28, 2025 | Sep 29, 2024 | Sep 24, 2023 | Sep 25, 2022 | Sep 26, 2021 | Sep 27, 2020 | Sep 29, 2019 | Sep 30, 2018 | Sep 24, 2017 | Sep 25, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $562.34M | $611.38M | $691.14M | $780.97M | $794.65M | $618.00M | $509.85M | $543.96M | $566.94M | $614.36M |
| Operating income | -$4.65M | $4.55M | $37.17M | $24.85M | $56.56M | $50.28M | $74.73M | $85.69M | $89.13M | $104.00M |
| Interest expense | $40.51M | $41.23M | $41.47M | $41.77M | $44.77M | $47.74M | $47.49M | $52.84M | $57.57M | $64.23M |
| Pre-tax income | -$42.65M | -$31.18M | -$3.08M | $795.0K | $32.05M | $2.84M | $23.84M | $30.82M | $40.22M | - |
| Income tax | -$6.90M | -$7.61M | -$349.0K | $698.0K | $7.25M | $2.97M | $7.93M | -$16.23M | $11.61M | $22.18M |
| Net income | -$37.59M | -$25.84M | -$5.27M | -$2.02M | $22.75M | -$1.98M | $14.27M | $45.77M | $27.48M | $34.96M |
| EPS, basic | -$6.20 | -$4.35 | -$0.90 | -$0.35 | $3.98 | -$0.35 | $2.57 | $8.40 | $5.10 | $6.60 |
| EPS, diluted | -$6.20 | -$4.35 | -$0.90 | -$0.35 | $3.90 | -$0.35 | $2.51 | $8.20 | $5.00 | $6.40 |
| Diluted shares | 6.1M | 5.9M | 5.9M | 5.8M | 5.8M | 5.7M | 5.7M | 5.6M | 5.5M | 5.4M |
| Line item | Sep 28, 2025 | Sep 29, 2024 | Sep 24, 2023 | Sep 25, 2022 | Sep 26, 2021 | Sep 27, 2020 | Sep 29, 2019 | Sep 30, 2018 | Sep 24, 2017 | Sep 25, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $9.99M | $9.60M | $14.55M | $16.18M | $26.11M | $33.73M | $8.64M | $5.38M | $10.62M | $16.98M |
| Receivables | $54.61M | $60.65M | $69.10M | $69.52M | $65.07M | $52.60M | $42.54M | $43.71M | - | - |
| Inventory | $4.70M | $5.64M | $7.50M | $8.27M | $6.30M | $7.53M | $3.77M | $5.68M | $3.62M | $4.25M |
| Current assets | $89.44M | $97.77M | $106.53M | $109.12M | $108.80M | $108.75M | $60.30M | $59.34M | $67.84M | $77.25M |
| Goodwill | $323.86M | $328.04M | $329.50M | $329.50M | $330.20M | $328.44M | $250.31M | $246.18M | $246.43M | $243.73M |
| Total assets | $601.73M | $649.17M | $711.62M | $744.04M | $843.55M | $864.06M | $555.20M | $575.41M | $620.85M | $662.86M |
| Current liabilities | $113.36M | $115.35M | $114.34M | $131.14M | $141.62M | $144.02M | $61.04M | $65.34M | $98.21M | $99.02M |
| Short-term debt | - | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6.11M | $13.73M | $2.95M | $7.03M | $30.18M | $25.07M |
| Long-term debt | $455.47M | $445.94M | $455.74M | $462.55M | $476.50M | $524.56M | $429.39M | $460.78M | $496.38M | $565.83M |
| Total debt | $455.47M | $445.94M | $455.74M | $462.55M | $482.62M | $538.29M | $432.35M | $467.80M | $526.56M | $590.90M |
| Total liabilities | $642.69M | $656.50M | $687.91M | $726.80M | $800.32M | $907.12M | $592.03M | $611.67M | $712.06M | $790.40M |
| Shareholders' equity | -$43.31M | -$7.33M | $23.71M | $17.24M | $41.10M | -$44.99M | -$38.48M | -$37.35M | -$92.23M | -$128.49M |
| Line item | Sep 28, 2025 | Sep 29, 2024 | Sep 24, 2023 | Sep 25, 2022 | Sep 26, 2021 | Sep 27, 2020 | Sep 29, 2019 | Sep 30, 2018 | Sep 24, 2017 | Sep 25, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$5.54M | $1.12M | -$3.18M | $2.85M | $50.08M | $49.87M | $57.68M | $59.30M | $72.28M | $79.19M |
| Capital expenditures | $1.54M | $9.21M | $5.11M | $7.54M | $7.48M | $8.10M | $5.90M | $6.03M | $4.08M | $7.09M |
| Free cash flow | -$7.08M | -$8.09M | -$8.29M | -$4.68M | $42.60M | $41.77M | $51.77M | $53.27M | $68.20M | $72.10M |
| Investing cash flow | $7.71M | $3.73M | $8.64M | $6.91M | -$2.28M | -$118.18M | -$10.93M | -$72.0K | -$9.46M | $34.51M |
| Financing cash flow | -$1.78M | -$9.80M | -$7.09M | -$19.69M | -$55.42M | $93.39M | -$43.48M | -$64.47M | -$69.19M | -$107.85M |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.76M | $1.75M | $1.81M | $1.34M | $854.0K | $1.29M | $1.64M | $1.86M | $2.09M | - |
| Depreciation and amortization | $18.84M | $27.62M | $30.62M | $36.54M | $42.84M | $36.13M | $29.33M | $31.77M | $41.28M | $43.44M |
| Line item | Sep 28, 2025 | Sep 29, 2024 | Sep 24, 2023 | Sep 25, 2022 | Sep 26, 2021 | Sep 27, 2020 | Sep 29, 2019 | Sep 30, 2018 | Sep 24, 2017 | Sep 25, 2016 |
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| Revenue growth, YoY | -8.0% | -11.5% | -11.5% | -1.7% | 28.6% | 21.2% | -6.3% | -4.1% | -7.7% | -5.3% |
| Net income growth, YoY | - | - | - | - | - | - | -68.8% | 66.5% | -21.4% | 49.9% |
| EPS growth, YoY | - | - | - | - | - | - | -69.4% | 64.0% | -21.9% | 48.8% |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | 0.7% | 5.4% | 3.2% | 7.1% | 8.1% | 14.7% | 15.8% | 15.7% | 16.9% |
| Net margin | -6.7% | -4.2% | -0.8% | -0.3% | 2.9% | -0.3% | 2.8% | 8.4% | 4.8% | 5.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | -1.3% | -1.3% | -1.2% | -0.6% | 5.4% | 6.8% | 10.2% | 9.8% | 12.0% | 11.7% |
| Return on equity | - | - | -22.2% | -11.7% | 55.3% | - | - | - | - | - |
| Return on assets | -6.2% | -4.0% | -0.7% | -0.3% | 2.7% | -0.2% | 2.6% | 8.0% | 4.4% | 5.3% |
| Current ratio | 0.79 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.69 | 0.78 |
| Debt to equity | - | - | 19.22 | 26.83 | 11.74 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Line item | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 23, 2024 | Mar 24, 2024 | Dec 24, 2023 | Sep 24, 2023 |
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| Revenue | $125.97M | $121.96M | $130.06M | $139.11M | $141.29M | $137.38M | $144.56M | $158.57M | $150.58M | $146.55M | $155.68M | $164.01M |
| Operating income | $8.63M | $8.54M | $5.21M | -$1.46M | $4.66M | -$4.50M | -$3.35M | -$3.66M | $4.92M | -$4.55M | $7.83M | $10.92M |
| Interest expense | $5.56M | $7.63M | $10.25M | $10.14M | $10.13M | $9.95M | $10.28M | $10.80M | $10.08M | $10.21M | $10.13M | $10.33M |
| Pre-tax income | $6.57M | $1.74M | -$4.20M | -$11.45M | -$4.42M | -$13.79M | -$12.98M | -$13.65M | -$4.54M | -$14.47M | $1.48M | -$438.0K |
| Income tax | $1.40M | $3.45M | $931.0K | -$5.62M | -$2.74M | -$1.78M | $3.24M | -$4.17M | -$849.0K | -$2.84M | $248.0K | $888.0K |
| Net income | $4.67M | -$1.71M | -$5.13M | -$6.41M | -$1.92M | -$12.02M | -$16.22M | -$10.09M | -$4.27M | -$11.64M | $1.23M | -$1.98M |
| EPS, basic | $0.21 | -$0.16 | -$0.92 | -$1.02 | -$0.31 | -$2.07 | -$2.80 | -$1.68 | -$0.73 | -$2.06 | $0.12 | -$0.34 |
| EPS, diluted | $0.21 | -$0.16 | -$0.92 | -$1.02 | -$0.31 | -$2.07 | -$2.80 | -$1.68 | -$0.73 | -$2.06 | $0.12 | -$0.33 |
| Diluted shares | 22.3M | 13.8M | 6.1M | - | 6.1M | 6.0M | 6.0M | - | 5.9M | 5.9M | 5.9M | - |
| Line item | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 23, 2024 | Mar 24, 2024 | Dec 24, 2023 | Sep 24, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $59.43M | $53.27M | $12.63M | $9.99M | $14.13M | $4.66M | $6.12M | $9.60M | $13.43M | $16.11M | $15.37M | $14.55M |
| Receivables | $44.92M | $45.57M | $51.11M | $54.61M | $57.11M | $62.34M | $59.54M | $60.65M | $61.22M | $59.19M | $68.10M | $69.10M |
| Inventory | $5.86M | $5.18M | $4.83M | $4.70M | $5.27M | $5.62M | $6.23M | $5.64M | $5.96M | $6.70M | $7.64M | $7.50M |
| Current assets | $121.11M | $112.48M | $82.88M | $89.44M | $96.87M | $92.84M | $92.30M | $97.77M | $101.91M | $102.04M | $105.87M | $106.53M |
| Goodwill | $323.86M | $323.86M | $323.86M | $323.86M | $323.86M | $323.86M | $323.86M | $328.04M | $328.24M | $328.24M | $328.24M | $329.50M |
| Total assets | $624.60M | $618.64M | $592.56M | $601.73M | $622.65M | $623.93M | $632.97M | $649.17M | $677.46M | $684.81M | $702.51M | $711.62M |
| Current liabilities | $103.81M | $98.36M | $112.25M | $113.36M | $117.88M | $116.33M | $118.99M | $115.35M | $110.46M | $108.95M | $112.65M | $114.34M |
| Short-term debt | - | - | - | - | $406.0K | - | $0 | $0 | $2.59M | - | - | $0 |
| Long-term debt | $454.71M | $455.47M | $455.47M | $455.47M | $455.47M | $453.45M | $445.94M | $445.94M | $450.14M | $453.64M | $454.16M | $455.74M |
| Total debt | $454.71M | $455.47M | $455.47M | $455.47M | $455.88M | $453.45M | $445.94M | $445.94M | $452.73M | $453.64M | $454.16M | $455.74M |
| Total liabilities | $624.56M | $621.80M | $639.00M | $642.69M | $660.85M | $660.03M | $657.14M | $656.50M | $670.96M | $674.39M | $680.32M | $687.91M |
| Shareholders' equity | -$2.24M | -$3.17M | -$46.44M | -$43.31M | -$38.20M | -$36.10M | -$24.18M | -$7.33M | $6.49M | $10.42M | $22.19M | $23.71M |
| Line item | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 23, 2024 | Mar 24, 2024 | Dec 24, 2023 | Sep 24, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.92M | -$6.25M | $4.47M | -$6.31M | $8.89M | -$790.0K | -$7.34M | -$261.0K | -$1.90M | $3.20M | $80.0K | -$1.46M |
| Capital expenditures | $1.07M | $577.0K | $758.0K | -$2.00M | $616.0K | $1.37M | $1.55M | $2.66M | $3.57M | $1.95M | $1.03M | $1.32M |
| Free cash flow | $6.84M | -$6.82M | $3.71M | -$8.30M | $8.28M | -$2.16M | -$8.89M | -$2.92M | -$5.48M | $1.25M | -$950.0K | -$2.78M |
| Investing cash flow | -$999.0K | $471.0K | -$755.0K | $2.58M | $1.94M | -$668.0K | $3.86M | $3.22M | $359.0K | -$1.94M | $2.10M | $3.32M |
| Financing cash flow | -$763.0K | $46.43M | -$1.08M | -$406.0K | -$1.37M | $0 | $0 | -$6.78M | -$1.14M | -$517.0K | -$1.36M | -$4.27M |
| Stock-based compensation | $181.0K | $213.0K | $328.0K | $429.0K | $540.0K | $358.0K | $430.0K | $562.0K | $474.0K | $501.0K | $214.0K | $422.0K |
| Depreciation and amortization | $3.53M | $3.52M | $3.58M | $3.63M | $3.78M | $5.17M | $6.26M | $6.18M | $6.85M | $7.29M | $7.29M | $7.52M |
| Line item | Jun 28, 2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | Dec 28, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | Dec 29, 2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | Jun 23, 2024 | Mar 24, 2024 | Dec 24, 2023 | Sep 24, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | -10.8% | -11.2% | -10.0% | -12.3% | -6.2% | -6.3% | -7.1% | -3.3% | -12.1% | -14.1% | -15.9% | -15.3% |
| Net income growth, YoY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.2% | - |
| EPS growth, YoY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -36.8% | - |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 7.0% | 4.0% | -1.0% | 3.3% | -3.3% | -2.3% | -2.3% | 3.3% | -3.1% | 5.0% | 6.7% |
| Net margin | 3.7% | -1.4% | -3.9% | -4.6% | -1.4% | -8.7% | -11.2% | -6.4% | -2.8% | -7.9% | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 5.4% | -5.6% | 2.9% | -6.0% | 5.9% | -1.6% | -6.1% | -1.8% | -3.6% | 0.9% | -0.6% | -1.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 1.14 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.93 |
| Debt to equity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69.74 | 43.53 | 20.47 | 19.22 |
Source: XBRL data Lee Enterprises Incorporated files with the SEC, latest filing dated Aug 7, 2026 (see filings on SEC EDGAR). Provided for information only, not investment advice. Check the filing before relying on a number.
* Worked out from the filings rather than stated in them: Q4 is the full year less the first nine months.
Per-share figures and share counts are restated for stock splits the filings show: 1-for-10, first reported May 7, 2021.
EPS growth is left out where the share count moved enough to suggest a split the filings do not show. Growth rates need a positive starting figure. CAGR is compound annual growth between fiscal years. The CSV holds every period on file, in full figures, from the same SEC filings.
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