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$16.09 +0.57 (+3.67%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LEE vs. DALN, VSME, NWS, PSO, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, NWSA, and NYT

Should you be buying Lee Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lee Enterprises include DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), News (NWSA), and New York Times (NYT).

Lee Enterprises vs.

Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) and DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than DallasNews. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 5 mentions for DallasNews. Lee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat DallasNews' score of -0.08 indicating that Lee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lee Enterprises
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DallasNews
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Lee Enterprises received 211 more outperform votes than DallasNews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.61% of users gave Lee Enterprises an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave DallasNews an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lee EnterprisesOutperform Votes
211
62.61%
Underperform Votes
126
37.39%
DallasNewsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
2
100.00%

39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of DallasNews shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of DallasNews shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lee Enterprises has a net margin of -2.88% compared to DallasNews' net margin of -4.71%. Lee Enterprises' return on equity of -112.98% beat DallasNews' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lee Enterprises-2.88% -112.98% -2.56%
DallasNews -4.71%-330.08%-9.95%

Lee Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than DallasNews. 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 Ratio
Lee Enterprises$691.14M0.14-$5.27M-$2.99-5.38
DallasNews$139.70M0.20-$7.11M-$1.12-4.78

Lee Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DallasNews has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lee Enterprises beats DallasNews on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LEE vs. The Competition

MetricLee EnterprisesNewspapers IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.08M$6.37B$14.62B$19.96B
Dividend YieldN/A0.77%2.65%3.49%
P/E Ratio-5.3820.8819.1936.42
Price / Sales0.142.724.4617.94
Price / Cash3.7137.0720.7721.28
Price / Book4.123.246.134.59
Net Income-$5.27M$106.52M$580.49M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-1.95%-0.43%0.02%0.45%
1 Month Performance-1.95%5.91%-3.10%1.05%
1 Year Performance59.46%59.55%9.98%24.67%

Lee Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$16.09
+3.7%
N/A+56.4%$96.08M$691.14M-5.383,342
DALN
DallasNews
0.1683 of 5 stars
$5.35
-12.4%
N/A+40.1%$32.70M$139.70M0.00660High Trading Volume
VSME
VS MEDIA
N/A$1.10
-2.7%
N/A-79.3%$3.23M$7.99M0.00N/A
NWS
News
0.2674 of 5 stars
$31.69
-0.3%
N/A+42.9%$18.07B$10.09B51.1123,900News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PSO
Pearson
2.0181 of 5 stars
$15.04
-1.1%
N/A+25.6%$10.13B$4.57B0.0018,360
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.1469 of 5 stars
$50.19
-4.5%
N/A+63.3%$2.85B$1.87B0.009,500Positive News
Gap Down
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.6756 of 5 stars
$50.07
+0.4%
N/A+63.7%$2.71B$1.87B-25.046,400News Coverage
Positive News
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.7183 of 5 stars
$11.96
+7.7%
$26.83
+124.4%
N/A$1.43BN/A0.001,854
GCI
Gannett
2.2574 of 5 stars
$5.00
+0.8%
$5.37
+7.3%
+160.4%$731.16M$2.66B0.0010,000Positive News
NWSA
News
4.4517 of 5 stars
$29.15
+1.2%
$38.67
+32.6%
+37.0%$16.38B$10.09B47.0223,900
NYT
New York Times
3.6404 of 5 stars
$52.00
-0.2%
$54.83
+5.4%
+14.5%$8.54B$2.43B30.775,900

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This page (NYSE:LEE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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