Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors $8.37 +0.32 (+3.98%) Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.24 -0.14 (-1.61%) As of 05/1/2025 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours 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, WLY, WLYB, 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 (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), 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 companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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$125.39M0.20-$7.11M$0.03153.67Lee Enterprises$600.26M0.09-$25.84M-$7.28-1.15 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% 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 is poised for long-term growth. Which has more risk and volatility, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor DALN or LEE? In the previous week, DallasNews had 2 more articles in the media than Lee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DallasNews and 1 mentions for Lee Enterprises. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Lee Enterprises' score of -0.04 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) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Lee Enterprises 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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% 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 {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$49.84M$6.09B$17.29B$18.96BDividend YieldN/A0.93%2.92%4.01%P/E Ratio-1.1523.1615.5032.87Price / Sales0.092.034.1028.03Price / Cash38.5217.1116.3917.52Price / Book-2.143.616.284.47Net Income-$25.84M$120.46M$731.54M$1.02B7 Day Performance-4.01%-3.71%0.86%0.59%1 Month Performance-21.85%-2.93%-0.83%-3.54%1 Year Performance-33.04%7.61%-2.92%3.80% Lee Enterprises Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEELee EnterprisesN/A$8.37+4.0%N/A-31.4%$49.84M$600.26M-1.154,360DALNDallasNews0.2042 of 5 stars$5.33+2.9%N/A+24.6%$28.53M$125.39M-4.76660Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap DownVSMEVS MEDIA1.1443 of 5 stars$0.90+5.3%N/A-69.5%$7.15M$8.25M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Gap DownSOBRSOBR Safe0.2736 of 5 stars$3.32-7.8%N/A-98.9%$305,000.00$212,736.00-0.069NWSNews0.5069 of 5 stars$31.220.0%N/A+27.4%$17.71B$10.25B42.7725,500Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑PSOPearson2.6485 of 5 stars$15.79+0.6%$18.00+14.0%+32.0%$10.51B$3.55B16.8021,400Short Interest ↑WLYJohn Wiley & Sons0.9005 of 5 stars$43.78+0.5%N/A+15.9%$2.36B$1.70B-48.119,500News CoveragePositive NewsWLYBJohn Wiley & Sons1.1575 of 5 stars$43.57+2.4%N/A+15.7%$2.35B$1.70B-47.889,500News CoverageGap UpWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment3.2294 of 5 stars$9.17-1.1%$16.75+82.7%N/A$1.18B$1.35B19.931,854GCIGannett3.6396 of 5 stars$3.42-1.7%$5.55+62.3%+28.8%$500.81M$2.51B-6.3314,200Earnings ReportNews CoverageNWSANews3.8099 of 5 stars$26.92-0.8%$38.80+44.1%+13.5%$15.27B$10.25B36.8825,500Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeShort Interest ↑Gap Down 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 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new milliona...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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