Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors $6.62 +0.02 (+0.35%) As of 09:30 AM 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 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 (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), and News (NWSA). Lee Enterprises vs. Its Competitors DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett News Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) and DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation. Which has more volatility and risk, LEE or DALN? Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DallasNews has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor 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. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Lee Enterprises' score of -0.06 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Lee Enterprises Neutral DallasNews Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LEE or DALN? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLee EnterprisesOutperform Votes21162.43% Underperform Votes12737.57% DallasNewsOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes2100.00% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LEE or DALN? 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of DallasNews shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better earnings and valuation, 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-$7.29-0.91DallasNews$123.41M0.18-$7.11M$5.560.74 Is LEE or DALN 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 Lee Enterprises-7.21% -325.44% -6.55% DallasNews -4.71%-330.08%-9.95% SummaryLee Enterprises beats DallasNews on 8 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 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$41.36M$6.30B$17.55B$19.81BDividend YieldN/A0.88%3.06%3.83%P/E Ratio-0.9124.0916.3735.68Price / Sales0.072.133.7246.74Price / Cash38.5217.1116.3917.52Price / Book-1.693.676.134.84Net Income-$25.84M$120.46M$737.42M$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.59%-0.69%0.80%1.94%1 Month Performance-11.10%-2.59%-0.02%3.03%1 Year Performance-47.81%-3.16%1.67%9.73% Lee Enterprises Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEELee Enterprises0.2197 of 5 stars$6.62+0.3%N/A-46.4%$41.36M$591.09M-0.914,360DALNDallasNews0.1846 of 5 stars$4.32+0.2%N/A+16.3%$23.12M$123.41M-3.86660Short Interest ↑VSMEVS MEDIA1.1438 of 5 stars$0.89+8.0%N/A-23.3%$7.13M$8.25M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↓Gap DownSOBRSOBR Safe0.2655 of 5 stars$3.14+0.6%N/A-98.8%$289K$251.36K-0.069Positive NewsShort Interest ↑Gap DownNWSNews0.6284 of 5 stars$32.48-0.7%N/A+14.1%$18.39B$10.27B44.4925,500PSOPearson3.1417 of 5 stars$16.03+0.5%$18.00+12.3%+23.1%$10.60B$3.55B17.0521,400WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.5513 of 5 stars$39.37-0.4%N/A+10.3%$2.12B$1.70B-43.269,500Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓WLYJohn Wiley & Sons0.8291 of 5 stars$38.65-1.2%N/A+9.4%$2.08B$1.70B-42.479,500Upcoming EarningsWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment2.7283 of 5 stars$8.71-0.9%$14.36+64.8%N/A$1.13B$1.35B-6.051,854Positive NewsGap UpGCIGannett3.5453 of 5 stars$3.45-2.5%$5.55+60.9%-15.4%$505.20M$2.45B-6.3914,200News CoverageNWSANews4.2556 of 5 stars$28.08-0.6%$39.20+39.6%+1.9%$15.90B$10.27B38.4725,500 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 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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