Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors $3.96 +0.02 (+0.38%) As of 03:26 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LEE vs. DALN, VSME, SOBR, TRI, NWS, PSO, WBTN, MH, WLYB, and WLYShould 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), Thomson Reuters (TRI), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), McGraw Hill (MH), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), and John Wiley & Sons (WLY). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry. Lee Enterprises vs. Its Competitors DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe Thomson Reuters News Pearson WEBTOON Entertainment McGraw Hill John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings. Which has more volatility & risk, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lee Enterprises. DallasNews is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lee Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDallasNews$121.12M0.73$130K-$0.97-17.02Lee Enterprises$581.81M0.04-$25.84M-$6.87-0.58 Is DALN or LEE more profitable? DallasNews has a net margin of -4.26% compared to Lee Enterprises' net margin of -7.21%. DallasNews' return on equity of 150.61% beat Lee Enterprises' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets DallasNews-4.26% 150.61% 41.90% Lee Enterprises -7.21%-325.44%-6.55% Does the media prefer DALN or LEE? In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than DallasNews. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 1 mentions for DallasNews. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Lee Enterprises' score of -0.83 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment DallasNews 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Lee Enterprises 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative 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. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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$24.77M$24.84M$16.11B$21.74BDividend YieldN/AN/A3.24%3.59%P/E Ratio-0.54N/A17.7032.45Price / Sales0.040.0447.4880.95Price / Cash38.5238.5214.5324.53Price / Book-1.01N/A7.214.59Net Income-$25.84M-$25.84M$678.09M$1.01B7 Day Performance-8.66%-8.66%2.00%1.24%1 Month Performance-26.07%-26.07%0.05%-0.59%1 Year Performance-71.75%-71.75%-0.66%10.45% Lee Enterprises Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEELee Enterprises0.1946 of 5 stars$3.96+0.4%N/A-71.2%$24.77M$581.81M-0.544,360Short Interest ↑DALNDallasNews0.3858 of 5 stars$16.51+0.0%N/A+275.1%$88.34M$121.12M-17.02660High Trading VolumeVSMEVS MEDIA0.8052 of 5 stars$2.32+5.5%N/A-42.8%$17.59M$8.25M0.00N/APositive NewsGap UpSOBRSOBR Safe1.3359 of 5 stars$3.27+0.3%N/A-95.6%$4.96M$301.40K-0.029Short Interest ↓TRIThomson Reuters2.7407 of 5 stars$152.03-0.6%N/AN/A$68.69B$7.26B42.0026,400News CoverageAnalyst UpgradeNWSNews0.9389 of 5 stars$31.81-0.9%N/A+5.8%$18.13B$8.45B15.2925,500PSOPearson3.9202 of 5 stars$14.21-0.3%$18.00+26.7%+9.3%$9.21B$4.54B15.1217,116News CoverageGap UpWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment1.1697 of 5 stars$18.50+2.7%$17.83-3.6%+59.0%$2.35B$1.35B-24.031,800Positive NewsMHMcGraw Hill3.0811 of 5 stars$11.71-2.3%$20.97+79.0%N/A$2.29BN/A0.004,200News CoverageAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑Gap UpWLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.4083 of 5 stars$38.51-4.7%N/A-26.0%$2.16B$1.68B21.649,500News CoverageAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓WLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.785 of 5 stars$38.76-3.0%N/A-27.3%$2.13B$1.68B21.785,200Analyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies DallasNews Competitors VS MEDIA Competitors SOBR Safe Competitors Thomson Reuters Competitors News Competitors Pearson Competitors WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors McGraw Hill Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors John Wiley & Sons 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 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersYour Bank Account Is No Longer SafeWhat If Washington Declared That: YOUR Money ISN'T Actually Yours? 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