Lee Enterprises (LEE) Competitors

Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) and DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer LEE or DALN?

In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 10 more articles in the media than DallasNews. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 0 mentions for DallasNews. Lee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat DallasNews' score of 0.00 indicating that Lee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lee Enterprises	Positive
DallasNews	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LEE or DALN?

Lee Enterprises received 204 more outperform votes than DallasNews when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave Lee Enterprises an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave DallasNews an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lee Enterprises	Outperform Votes 204 62.20%	Underperform Votes 124 37.80%
DallasNews	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Is LEE or DALN more profitable?

Lee Enterprises has a net margin of -0.86% compared to DallasNews' net margin of -5.09%. Lee Enterprises' return on equity of -30.92% beat DallasNews' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lee Enterprises	-0.86%	-30.92%	-0.79%
DallasNews	-5.09%	-119.41%	-10.68%

Do analysts recommend LEE or DALN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lee Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
DallasNews	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals 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. 11.4% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LEE or DALN?

Lee Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than DallasNews. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lee Enterprises	$661.69M	0.12	-$5.27M	-$0.96	-13.21
DallasNews	$139.70M	0.14	-$7.11M	-$1.32	-2.83

Which has more risk and volatility, LEE or DALN?

Lee Enterprises has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DallasNews has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lee Enterprises beats DallasNews on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.