Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors $6.40 +0.05 (+0.71%) As of 07/3/2025 01:04 PM Eastern This is a fair market value 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 HAINShould 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 The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN). Lee Enterprises vs. Its Competitors DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett The Hain Celestial Group 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 media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership. Do institutionals and insiders believe in LEE or DALN? 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of DallasNews shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of DallasNews shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher valuation and earnings, LEE or DALN? DallasNews has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioLee Enterprises$591.09M0.07-$25.84M-$7.29-0.88DallasNews$123.41M0.20$130K$5.560.82 Which has more volatility and risk, LEE or DALN? Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DallasNews has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to LEE or DALN? In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 2 more articles in the media than DallasNews. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 1 mentions for DallasNews. Lee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat DallasNews' score of 0.00 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) 3 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral DallasNews 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Is LEE or DALN 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 Lee Enterprises-7.21% -325.44% -6.55% DallasNews 24.13%265.86%43.67% SummaryDallasNews beats Lee Enterprises on 8 of the 13 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$39.84M$39.84M$16.30B$20.55BDividend YieldN/AN/A3.09%3.75%P/E Ratio-0.88N/A19.9728.05Price / Sales0.070.0760.2945.92Price / Cash38.5238.5214.8522.31Price / Book-1.64N/A6.194.59Net Income-$25.84M-$25.84M$680.27M$985.44M7 Day Performance1.99%1.99%2.75%2.78%1 Month Performance-5.39%-5.39%0.59%5.40%1 Year Performance-41.88%-41.88%7.51%14.61% Lee Enterprises Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEELee Enterprises0.3407 of 5 stars$6.41+0.7%N/A-41.9%$39.84M$591.09M-0.884,360DALNDallasNews0.2875 of 5 stars$4.11-1.0%N/A+30.3%$22.21M$125.39M0.74660VSMEVS MEDIA0.6558 of 5 stars$0.81-17.2%N/A-49.7%$7.82M$8.25M0.00N/ANews CoverageGap UpSOBRSOBR SafeN/A$2.94-2.3%N/A-98.1%$280K$210K-0.019Positive NewsNWSNews0.8512 of 5 stars$33.18+1.8%N/A+20.6%$18.46B$10.09B38.5825,500PSOPearson3.8193 of 5 stars$14.56-0.3%$18.00+23.6%+18.9%$9.67B$4.54B15.4917,116Trending NewsWLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.4591 of 5 stars$44.59-1.8%N/A+7.2%$2.45B$1.68B29.159,500Positive NewsDividend IncreaseGap DownHigh Trading VolumeWLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.2581 of 5 stars$43.91+1.2%N/A+0.4%$2.34B$1.68B28.706,400Positive NewsBuyback AnnouncementWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment2.8223 of 5 stars$8.37+0.1%$14.36+71.5%N/A$1.09B$1.35B-5.811,800Positive NewsGCIGannett3.6812 of 5 stars$3.31+0.6%$5.55+67.7%-21.0%$481.77M$2.51B331.008,900HAINThe Hain Celestial Group4.6926 of 5 stars$1.62+1.9%$3.64+125.0%-76.1%$143.50M$1.74B-0.562,786 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 The Hain Celestial Group 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 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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