Company Analysis

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE)

Nasdaq: LEE · Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing · Davenport, IA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in September.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingSep 28, 2025Sep 29, 2024Sep 24, 2023Sep 25, 2022Sep 26, 2021Sep 27, 2020Sep 29, 2019Sep 30, 2018Sep 24, 2017Sep 25, 2016
Report filedNov 26, 2025Dec 13, 2024Dec 8, 2023Feb 27, 2023Dec 10, 2021Dec 11, 2020Dec 13, 2019Dec 14, 2018Dec 8, 2017·
Revenue562,341611,380691,138780,969794,649618,004509,854543,955566,943614,364
Total operating expenses571,269611,406660,496761,775744,505571,129442,246467,511r485,422r518,900
Operating income-4,6504,54637,16924,85156,55650,27874,72985,693r89,130r103,997
Interest expense40,50541,23241,47141,77044,77347,74347,48852,84257,57364,233
Share of profit of equity-method investments4,2784,5726,5275,6576,4123,4037,1219,2497,6098,533
Other income (expense), net····9,29612,2743,8133,280r13,477r-6,268r
Total non-operating income (expense)-37,999-35,729-40,251-24,056-24,509-47,435-50,889-54,873r-48,914r-45,802
Income before income taxes-42,649-31,183-3,08279532,0472,84323,84030,82040,216·
Income tax expense-6,903-7,610-3496987,255r2,973r7,931-16,22811,61122,176
Net income including non-controlling interests-35,746-23,573-2,7339724,792r-130r15,90947,04828,60536,019
Net income to non-controlling interests1,8472,2722,5342,1142,0471,8451,6411,2821,1241,058
Net income-37,593-25,845-5,267-2,01722,745r-1,975r14,26845,76627,48134,961
Earnings per share, basic-6.20-4.35-0.90-0.353.98r-0.35r2.57r8.40b5.10b6.60b
Earnings per share, diluted-6.20-4.35-0.90-0.353.90r-0.35r2.51r8.20b5.00b6.40b
Weighted average shares, basic6,066.05,944.05,867.05,779.0r5,717.05,657.0r5,557.0r5,470.2b5,399.0b5,319.8b
Weighted average shares, diluted6,066.05,944.05,867.05,779.0r5,826.05,694.0r5,688.0r5,594.8b5,539.2b5,422.4b
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.Share counts and per-share figures are on the newest report's basis, after the 1-for-10 reverse split.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax
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Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
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Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total non-operating income (expense) everything outside the business, togetherus-gaap:NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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