With 55059.0 shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 60830.0 shares. During the session, the Publishing company that operates in wider Communication Services sector, reached to the highest price of $5.2601 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $5.0515. The 52-week range on LEE shows that it touched its highest point at $15.15 and its lowest point at $3.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.00. LEE paid its most recent dividend on 1219881600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1219881600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.56.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of LEE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.80%, but this was up by 47.54% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 29.19% while six-month performance fell -26.87%. The stock gained 6.26% in the past year, while it has lost -61.06% so far this year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 6.26 million LEE shares are outstanding with a float of 4.14 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-12-31, short shares totaled 0.44 million, which was 706.0 higher than short shares on 1764288000. In addition to Mr. Kevin D. Mowbray as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Timothy R. Millage CPA serves as its VP, CFO & Treasurer.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-09-28, LEE reported revenue of $139106000.0 and operating income of $9593000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $14677000.0 and diluted EPS was -$1.06.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$2.02 being high and -$2.02 being low. For LEE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.02.
