Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors $6.91 +0.10 (+1.47%) As of 11:36 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy 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. DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett News DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DALN or LEE? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDallasNewsOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes2100.00% Lee EnterprisesOutperform Votes21162.43% Underperform Votes12737.57% Which has more risk and volatility, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is DALN or LEE 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 DallasNews-4.71% -330.08% -9.95% Lee Enterprises -7.21%-325.44%-6.55% Does the media favor DALN or LEE? In the previous week, DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lee Enterprises'average media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment DallasNews Neutral Lee Enterprises Neutral Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DALN or LEE? 27.2% of DallasNews shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of DallasNews shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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$123.41M0.19-$7.11M$5.560.77Lee Enterprises$591.09M0.07-$25.84M-$7.29-0.95 SummaryLee Enterprises beats DallasNews 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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$42.98M$6.27B$17.51B$19.25BDividend YieldN/A0.87%3.07%3.83%P/E Ratio-0.9524.0616.2534.49Price / Sales0.072.204.2834.66Price / Cash38.5217.1116.3917.51Price / Book-1.773.686.164.67Net Income-$25.84M$120.46M$737.42M$1.02B7 Day Performance-6.11%-0.88%-0.85%-2.14%1 Month Performance-19.18%1.14%2.74%7.04%1 Year Performance-44.51%2.03%-2.90%3.72% Lee Enterprises Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEELee EnterprisesN/A$6.91+1.5%N/A-45.4%$42.98M$591.09M-0.954,360DALNDallasNewsN/A$4.34-0.5%N/A+9.5%$23.23M$123.41M-3.87660VSMEVS MEDIA0.6678 of 5 stars$0.82+28.3%N/A-71.6%$6.56M$8.25M0.00N/ASOBRSOBR Safe0.4616 of 5 stars$3.44+4.2%N/A-98.8%$316,000.00$212,736.00-0.069Positive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeGap UpNWSNews0.3229 of 5 stars$32.95+1.2%N/A+19.4%$18.70B$8.92B45.1425,500Analyst RevisionPSOPearson2.5913 of 5 stars$15.65-0.8%$18.00+15.1%+36.1%$10.42B$3.55B16.6421,400WLYBJohn Wiley & SonsN/A$43.90-0.2%N/A+11.5%$2.36B$1.70B-48.249,500WLYJohn Wiley & Sons0.9578 of 5 stars$43.53-1.4%N/A+9.8%$2.34B$1.70B-47.849,500Positive NewsWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment2.7846 of 5 stars$9.55+4.7%$16.75+75.4%N/A$1.24B$1.35B20.761,854Positive NewsGCIGannett3.6231 of 5 stars$3.73+0.4%$5.55+49.0%+0.6%$543.28M$2.45B-6.9014,200Positive NewsNWSANews3.7803 of 5 stars$28.28+0.8%$38.80+37.2%+6.3%$16.05B$8.92B38.7425,500Analyst Revision 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 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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