LEE · XBRL financial data

LEE ENTERPRISES financial statements, every fiscal year

The same tables from 10 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.

How these numbers work

Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
* marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
“year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.

Income statement

Fiscal years (LEE's year ends in late September)

In thousands of dollars	FY 2020Sep 27, 2020	FY 2021†Sep 26, 2021	FY 2022Sep 25, 2022	FY 2023Sep 24, 2023	FY 2024Sep 29, 2024	FY 2025Sep 28, 2025
Total operating expenses	571,129	744,505	761,775	660,496	611,406	571,269
Operating income (loss)	50,278	56,556	24,851	37,169	4,546	(4,650)
Interest expense	47,743	44,773	41,770	41,471	41,232	40,505
Other income (expense)	12,274	9,296	—	—	—	—
Income tax expense (benefit)	4,104	7,215	698	(349)	(7,610)	(6,903)
Net income (loss)	(3,106)	22,785	(2,017)	(5,267)	(25,845)	(37,593)
Earnings per share, basic USD per share	(0.05)	3.99	(0.35)	(0.90)	(4.35)	(6.20)
Earnings per share, diluted USD per share	(0.05)	3.91	(0.35)	(0.90)	(4.35)	(6.20)
Weighted average shares, basic thousands of shares	56,569	5,717	5,778	5,867	5,944	6,066
Weighted average shares, diluted thousands of shares	56,936	5,826	5,778	5,867	5,944	6,066

† Share count changed about 1/10 in the period ending 2021-09-26, likely a stock split with no split ratio in the XBRL data; figures before that column are not adjusted.

Fiscal years (LEE's year ends in late September)

In thousands of dollars	FY 2020Sep 27, 2020	FY 2021†Sep 26, 2021	FY 2022Sep 25, 2022	FY 2023Sep 24, 2023	FY 2024Sep 29, 2024	FY 2025Sep 28, 2025
Cash and cash equivalents	33,733	26,112	16,185	14,548	9,598	9,989
Accounts receivable	52,598	65,070	69,522	69,104	60,648	54,613
Inventory	7,534	6,297	8,265	7,504	5,643	4,696
Prepaid and other current assets	—	11,320	15,151	15,373	21,884	20,145
Total current assets	108,753	108,799	109,123	106,529	97,773	89,443
Property and equipment, net	105,609	83,266	73,713	61,234	44,372	35,561
Right-of-use asset	70,933	65,682	47,490	40,822	34,882	25,155
Goodwill	328,445	330,204	329,504	329,504	328,040	323,858
Total assets	864,057	843,551	744,042	711,617	649,171	601,729
Accounts payable	17,163	20,420	28,608	36,290	36,290	41,715
Accrued liabilities	44,278	45,076	44,740	29,448	39,170	37,862
Current portion of long-term debt	13,733	6,112	0	0	0	—
Total current liabilities	144,022	141,624	131,136	114,336	115,354	113,356
Long-term debt	524,557	476,504	462,554	455,741	445,943	455,469
Lease liability, non-current	62,374	57,683	46,003	36,580	29,769	18,810
Total liabilities	893,690	786,853	726,805	687,911	656,505	642,688
Accumulated deficit	(268,529)	(245,744)	(261,229)	(266,496)	(292,341)	(329,934)
Total stockholders' equity	(31,564)	54,565	15,005	21,240	(9,889)	(43,306)
Total liabilities and equity	864,057	843,551	744,042	711,617	649,171	601,729
Common shares outstanding (cover page) thousands of shares	58,353	5,889	6,040	6,063	6,190	6,262

† Share count changed about 1/10 in the period ending 2021-09-26, likely a stock split with no split ratio in the XBRL data; figures before that column are not adjusted.

Fiscal years (LEE's year ends in late September)

In thousands of dollars	FY 2020Sep 27, 2020	FY 2021†Sep 26, 2021	FY 2022Sep 25, 2022	FY 2023Sep 24, 2023	FY 2024Sep 29, 2024	FY 2025Sep 28, 2025
Net income (loss)	(3,106)	22,785	(2,017)	(5,267)	(25,845)	(37,593)
Stock-based compensation	1,294	854	1,337	1,806	1,751	1,757
Depreciation and amortization	36,133	42,841	36,544	30,621	27,616	18,843
Net cash from operating activities	49,869	50,078	3,429	(2,524)	1,117	(5,541)
Purchases of property and equipment	8,096	7,479	7,536	5,107	9,208	1,543
Net cash from investing activities	(118,176)	(2,278)	6,337	7,979	3,731	7,710
Proceeds from long-term debt	576,000	0	0	—	—	—
Repayments of long-term debt	443,627	0	0	—	—	—
Net cash from financing activities	93,395	(55,421)	(19,693)	(7,092)	(9,798)	(1,778)
Net change in cash	25,088	(7,621)	(9,927)	(1,637)	(4,950)	391

† Share count changed about 1/10 in the period ending 2021-09-26, likely a stock split with no split ratio in the XBRL data; figures before that column are not adjusted.

SIC 2711 and related industry codes, similar size; rows marked “added: same SIC” fill a short list. Each row is the latest quarter reported.

How peers are chosen

SIC 2711 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
Fewer than three companies fall in that range, so the list adds same-SIC (2711) companies nearest in public float, each marked “added: same SIC”.
Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
* marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-K, the year less the first three quarters; for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
A cell reading “not reported” means the filings give no figure for that quarter alone.

Company	Cash ($K)	Revenue, quarter ($K)	Operating cash flow, quarter ($K)	Shares outstanding	Runway	Quarter
Lee Enterprises	59,428	not reported	7,915*	22.3M	—	Q3 FY26 10-QJun 28, 2026
USA Todayadded: same SIC	86,657	536,337	35,351*	146.8M	—	Q2 FY26 10-QJun 30, 2026
Daily Journaladded: same SIC	31,133	not reported	10,770*	1.4M	—	Q3 FY26 10-QJun 30, 2026
New York Timesadded: same SIC	232,657	762,455	194,264*	not reported	—	Q2 FY26 10-QJun 30, 2026
DallasNewsadded: same SIC	33,700	29,766	(10,232)*	not reported	3.3 quarters	Q2 FY25 10-QJun 30, 2025
Newsadded: same SIC	2,095,000	2,337,000*	not reported	not reported	—	Q4 FY26 10-KJun 30, 2026

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