LEE — Lee Enterprises Incorporated

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About Lee Enterprises Incorporated

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, a digital-first subscription and marketing services company, provides local news and information, and advertising services in the United States. The company offers digital subscription platforms; daily and weekly newspapers; and niche products for national and international news are accessible across digital and print formats through websites and mobile applications. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$9.91
Market Cap$210M
Float4.0M
Shares Outstanding22.2M
P/E (Forward)15.11
Price/Sales (TTM)0.39
vs. Analyst Target+101.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-3.02%
Operating Margin (TTM)6.01%
Revenue (TTM)$532M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-38.30%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$20.00

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $618M -$2.0M $594M $95.2M
2021 $795M $22.7M $765M $97.8M
2022 $781M -$2.0M $751M $79.1M
2023 $691M -$5.3M $666M $69.0M
2024 $611M -$25.8M $595M $37.7M
2025 $562M -$37.6M $315M $16.7M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $141M -$1.9M
Sep 2025 $139M -$6.4M
Dec 2025 $130M -$5.6M
Mar 2026 $122M -$2.1M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership71.4%
Institutional Ownership18.3%
Short Float2.5%
% of All Funds Holding0.43%
Number of Funds Holding35

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$8.59Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$6.15Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$7.87Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$11.16Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$6.35Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$8.55Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$10.08Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$8.30 support 1.02x 0 months ago
$5.30 support 1.56x 2 months ago
$4.00 support 2.16x 4 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (127 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.11% 0.00% 43.31% 8.47% -6.49%
1 Day -0.16% 0.00% 41.73% 21.65% -17.95%
1 Week 0.55% -0.54% 43.31% 78.95% -22.76%
2 Weeks -0.69% 0.00% 48.82% 59.21% -54.14%
1 Month -0.19% 0.00% 48.41% 96.00% -73.68%

Next earnings: July 26, 2026 (59 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan5.8%58.7%46
Feb0.6%45.7%46
Mar0.4%43.5%46
Apr-0.5%48.9%47
May2.4%50.0%46
Jun-2.4%47.8%46
Jul2.6%41.3%46
Aug0.0%52.2%46
Sep2.4%45.7%46
Oct-0.4%45.7%46
Nov0.9%56.5%46
Dec2.1%58.7%46

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.04% 41.5% 2200
Tuesday 0.03% 41.9% 2389
Wednesday 0.18% 43.6% 2386
Thursday -0.02% 42.4% 2340
Friday 0.04% 44.0% 2326

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 18.3%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 71.4%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings15
Net Value+N/A
Net Shares Change2,924,105
% of Float72.2%
C-Suite Filings0
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Hoffmann David Henry +$3.3M 8 8 buy
Quint Digital Ltd +$272,787.887 2 2 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-02-26 – 2026-03-10 7 3 +$1.9M

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-27 Hoffmann David Henry +$375,884.6 Transaction at $9.89, now +0.2%
2026-05-21 Hoffmann David Henry +$304,112.94 Transaction at $9.56, now +3.6%
2026-05-18 Hoffmann David Henry +$228,226.12 Transaction at $8.52, now +16.4%
2026-05-14 Hoffmann David Henry +$122,468.6 Transaction at $7.90, now +25.4%
2026-03-13 Hoffmann David Henry +$780,624 Transaction at $9.36, now +5.9%
2026-03-10 Hoffmann David Henry +$683,074.9 Transaction at $9.16, now +8.2%

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AI Consult Analysis

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