DallasNews - DALN Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LEE or DALN?

Lee Enterprises received 189 more outperform votes than DallasNews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.77% of users gave Lee Enterprises an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave DallasNews an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lee Enterprises	Outperform Votes 189 60.77%	Underperform Votes 122 39.23%
DallasNews	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Which has better earnings and valuation, LEE or DALN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lee Enterprises	$780.97 million	0.10	-$2.02 million	-$2.21	-5.92
DallasNews	$150.65 million	0.15	-$9.79 million	-$1.82	-2.32

Is LEE or DALN more profitable?

Lee Enterprises has a net margin of -1.67% compared to DallasNews' net margin of -6.50%. Lee Enterprises' return on equity of 16.78% beat DallasNews' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lee Enterprises	-1.67%	16.78%	0.79%
DallasNews	-6.50%	-34.84%	-11.36%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LEE or DALN?

38.4% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.6% of DallasNews shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of DallasNews shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to LEE or DALN?

In the previous week, DallasNews had 1 more articles in the media than Lee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DallasNews and 1 mentions for Lee Enterprises. Lee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat DallasNews' score of -0.13 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DallasNews	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, LEE or DALN?

Lee Enterprises has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DallasNews has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LEE or DALN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lee Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
DallasNews	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Lee Enterprises beats DallasNews on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.