Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors $6.56 +0.18 (+2.82%) Closing price 07/7/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.45 -0.11 (-1.68%) As of 07/7/2025 05:54 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 FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LEE vs. DALN, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, and MEDShould 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 (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), and Medifast (MED). Lee Enterprises vs. Its Competitors DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett Medifast DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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. 1.0% of DallasNews shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to DALN or LEE? In the previous week, DallasNews and DallasNews both had 1 articles in the media. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lee Enterprises' score of -0.26 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment DallasNews 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Lee Enterprises 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk and volatility, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better valuation & earnings, 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$130K$5.560.82Lee Enterprises$591.09M0.07-$25.84M-$7.29-0.90 Is DALN or LEE more profitable? DallasNews has a net margin of 24.13% compared to Lee Enterprises' net margin of -7.21%. DallasNews' return on equity of 265.86% beat Lee Enterprises' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets DallasNews24.13% 265.86% 43.67% Lee Enterprises -7.21%-325.44%-6.55% SummaryDallasNews beats Lee Enterprises on 8 of the 12 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 LEE 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$40.80M$40.80M$16.38B$20.71BDividend YieldN/AN/A3.10%3.72%P/E Ratio-0.90N/A19.8127.80Price / Sales0.070.0756.8247.12Price / Cash38.5238.5214.9718.22Price / Book-1.68N/A6.154.59Net Income-$25.84M-$25.84M$680.31M$982.91M7 Day Performance4.63%4.63%-0.63%0.65%1 Month Performance-1.35%-1.35%-0.57%4.26%1 Year Performance-38.98%-38.98%6.89%13.93% Lee Enterprises Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEELee Enterprises0.2713 of 5 stars$6.56+2.8%N/A-42.0%$40.80M$591.09M-0.904,360Gap UpDALNDallasNews0.0858 of 5 stars$4.30flatN/A+32.4%$23.02M$125.39M0.77660VSMEVS MEDIA0.6302 of 5 stars$1.04+3.0%N/A-47.8%$8.07M$8.25M0.00N/ANews CoverageGap UpSOBRSOBR Safe0.5813 of 5 stars$2.89+1.8%N/A-98.3%$260K$210K-0.019Positive NewsNWSNews0.849 of 5 stars$34.31+1.3%N/A+19.7%$19.17B$10.09B39.9025,500Positive NewsPSOPearson3.7367 of 5 stars$14.93+0.5%$18.00+20.6%+13.7%$9.83B$4.54B15.8817,116WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.0109 of 5 stars$45.49+0.2%N/A+5.4%$2.45B$1.68B29.739,500Positive NewsGap DownWLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.0226 of 5 stars$44.66-1.0%N/A-3.0%$2.43B$1.68B29.195,200Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment3.3271 of 5 stars$9.08+4.8%$14.36+58.1%N/A$1.13B$1.35B-6.311,800Positive NewsGCIGannett3.6142 of 5 stars$3.58flat$5.55+55.0%-21.7%$524.24M$2.51B358.008,900MEDMedifast3.8149 of 5 stars$14.10+3.9%$16.50+17.0%-21.8%$149.15M$602.46M-21.69870 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 Medifast 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 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersF1 Engineering Powers This Electric Marine MotorThe future of marine propulsion has arrived - powered by F-1 grade engineering. 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