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Lee Enterprises LEE Net debt / EBITDA

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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
FCF margin-3.3%-6.2pp

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.

net debt/ebitda=13.5×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Lee Enterprises’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lee Enterprises's net debt / EBITDA?
Lee Enterprises (LEE) reported net debt / EBITDA of 13.5× in Q1 2026.
How has Lee Enterprises's net debt / EBITDA changed year-over-year?
Lee Enterprises's net debt / EBITDA decreased by 47.6% year-over-year, from 25.7× to 13.5×.
What is the long-term trend for Lee Enterprises's net debt / EBITDA?
Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Lee Enterprises's net debt / EBITDA has grown at a 85.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.3× to 33.3×.
What does net debt / EBITDA mean?
Net debt (total debt minus cash) divided by trailing-twelve-month EBITDA. Expresses leverage in years — roughly how long it would take to repay net debt out of operating cash earnings.