What is Lee Enterprises's free cash flow margin?

Lee Enterprises (LEE) reported free cash flow margin of -3.3% in Q1 2025.

How has Lee Enterprises's free cash flow margin changed year-over-year?

Lee Enterprises's free cash flow margin decreased by 211.7% year-over-year, from -1.1% to -3.3%.

What does free cash flow margin mean?

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.

Lee Enterprises LEE Free cash flow margin

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$122.0M-11.2%

Operating income$8.5M+290%

Net income-$2.1M+82.8%

EPS (diluted)-$0.16+92.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$53.3M+1,042%

Total debt$477.5M-1.7%

Total equity-$5.5M+85.9%

Total assets$618.6M-0.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$6.2M-691%

CapEx$577.0K-57.9%

Free cash flow-$6.8M-216%

Valuation

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Market cap$199.18M+40.5%

Enterprise value$623.4M+1.6%

P/S0.4×+0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin3.2%—

Net margin-3%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-219.4%-284pp

Debt / equity124×+82.5×

Current ratio1.1×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Lee Enterprises’s reported figures.

free cash flow/total revenue=-3.3%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Lee Enterprises’s 10-Q, filed May 9, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lee Enterprises's free cash flow margin?: Lee Enterprises (LEE) reported free cash flow margin of -3.3% in Q1 2025.
How has Lee Enterprises's free cash flow margin changed year-over-year?: Lee Enterprises's free cash flow margin decreased by 211.7% year-over-year, from -1.1% to -3.3%.
What does free cash flow margin mean?: Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.