Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors $8.50 -0.02 (-0.23%) Closing price 04/17/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.61 +0.11 (+1.29%) As of 04/17/2025 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock LEE vs. DALN, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, WLY, WLYB, WBTN, GCI, and NWSAShould you be buying Lee Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lee Enterprises include DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), and News (NWSA). Lee Enterprises vs. DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett News DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership. Is DALN or LEE more profitable? DallasNews has a net margin of -4.71% compared to Lee Enterprises' net margin of -7.21%. Lee Enterprises' return on equity of -325.44% beat DallasNews' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets DallasNews-4.71% -330.08% -9.95% Lee Enterprises -7.21%-325.44%-6.55% Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DALN or LEE? Lee Enterprises received 211 more outperform votes than DallasNews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.43% of users gave Lee Enterprises an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave DallasNews an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDallasNewsOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes2100.00% Lee EnterprisesOutperform Votes21162.43% Underperform Votes12737.57% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lee Enterprises. Lee Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DallasNews, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDallasNews$125.39M0.20-$7.11M$0.03153.00Lee Enterprises$600.26M0.09-$25.84M-$7.28-1.17 Which has more risk & volatility, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to DALN or LEE? In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than DallasNews. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 0 mentions for DallasNews. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lee Enterprises' score of -0.18 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment DallasNews Neutral Lee Enterprises Neutral Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DALN or LEE? 27.2% of DallasNews shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of DallasNews shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummaryLee Enterprises beats DallasNews on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Lee Enterprises News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LEE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LEE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLee EnterprisesNewspapers IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$52.62M$5.84B$17.39B$18.41BDividend YieldN/A0.97%2.99%4.18%P/E Ratio-1.1722.2015.4631.09Price / Sales0.091.994.0326.55Price / Cash38.5217.1116.3917.53Price / Book-2.173.616.334.30Net Income-$25.84M$120.46M$740.28M$1.02B1 Month Performance-3.08%-3.41%-4.81%-8.21%1 Year Performance-33.95%11.12%-1.72%1.69% Lee Enterprises Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEELee EnterprisesN/A$8.50-0.2%N/A-33.6%$52.62M$600.26M-1.174,360DALNDallasNewsN/A$3.79+2.2%N/A+21.8%$20.28M$125.39M-3.38660VSMEVS MEDIA0.2945 of 5 stars$0.86+7.0%N/A-73.3%$2.45M$8.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Positive NewsGap DownSOBRSOBR Safe0.985 of 5 stars$4.59+1.1%N/A+39.1%$422,000.00$183,859.00-0.089Earnings ReportNWSNews0.8208 of 5 stars$30.43+0.6%N/A+20.9%$17.27B$10.25B41.6925,500PSOPearson2.7665 of 5 stars$15.75+0.8%$18.00+14.3%+27.9%$10.50B$3.55B16.7621,400Short Interest ↑WLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.7602 of 5 stars$42.75+0.6%N/A+16.9%$2.30B$1.70B-46.989,500News CoveragePositive NewsWLYBJohn Wiley & Sons1.1598 of 5 stars$42.68+2.1%N/A+18.0%$2.30B$1.70B-46.909,500Positive NewsWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment2.9176 of 5 stars$8.09flat$17.17+112.2%N/A$1.04B$1.35B17.591,854Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGCIGannett3.3148 of 5 stars$2.85+6.7%$5.55+94.7%+41.7%$420.00M$2.51B-5.2814,200News CoverageNWSANews4.0424 of 5 stars$26.28+0.3%$38.80+47.6%+7.6%$14.91B$10.25B36.0025,500Short Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies DallasNews Competitors VS MEDIA Competitors SOBR Safe Competitors News Competitors Pearson Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors Gannett Competitors News Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LEE) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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