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LEE ENTERPRISES vs News: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

LEE ENTERPRISES brought in $562.3M of revenue in fiscal 2025, News $9B in fiscal 2026. Revenue changed by -8.0% at LEE ENTERPRISES and +6.8% at News on the year before, so News grew faster. LEE ENTERPRISES kept -6.7% of its revenue as net profit, News 6.3%. Free cash flow was -$7.1M at LEE ENTERPRISES and $811M at News.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

LEENWS
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (September 28, 2025)FY2026 (June 30, 2026)
Revenue$562.3M$9B
Revenue growth-8.0%+6.8%
Net income-$37.6M$573M
Net margin-6.7%6.3%
Free cash flow-$7.1M$811M
Free cash flow margin-1.3%9.0%
Earnings per share (diluted)-$6.20$1.03
Cash$10M$2.1B
Debt$455.5M$2B
Price to earningsn/a31.3
Market value$151.6M$17.4B
Dividend yieldn/an/a
Rank by revenue in sector#581 of 1065 · Consumer discretionary#131 of 1065 · Consumer discretionary

Over the years

Revenue
LEE FY2018: $544MLEE FY2019: $509.9MLEE FY2020: $618MLEE FY2021: $794.6MLEE FY2022: $781MLEE FY2023: $691.1MLEE FY2024: $611.4MLEE FY2025: $562.3MNWS FY2019: $10.1BNWS FY2020: $9BNWS FY2021: $9.4BNWS FY2022: $10.4BNWS FY2023: $8BNWS FY2024: $8.3BNWS FY2025: $8.5BNWS FY2026: $9BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
LEE $562.3MNWS $9B
Net income
LEE FY2018: $45.8MLEE FY2019: $14.3MLEE FY2020: -$2MLEE FY2021: $22.7MLEE FY2022: -$2MLEE FY2023: -$5.3MLEE FY2024: -$25.8MLEE FY2025: -$37.6MNWS FY2019: $155MNWS FY2020: -$1.3BNWS FY2021: $330MNWS FY2022: $623MNWS FY2023: $149MNWS FY2024: $266MNWS FY2025: $1.2BNWS FY2026: $573MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
LEE -$37.6MNWS $573M
Net margin
LEE FY2018: 8.4%LEE FY2019: 2.8%LEE FY2020: -0.3%LEE FY2021: 2.9%LEE FY2022: -0.3%LEE FY2023: -0.8%LEE FY2024: -4.2%LEE FY2025: -6.7%NWS FY2019: 1.5%NWS FY2020: -14.1%NWS FY2021: 3.5%NWS FY2022: 6.0%NWS FY2023: 1.9%NWS FY2024: 3.2%NWS FY2025: 14.0%NWS FY2026: 6.3%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
LEE -6.7%NWS 6.3%
Revenue growth
LEE FY2019: -6.3%LEE FY2020: +21.2%LEE FY2021: +28.6%LEE FY2022: -1.7%LEE FY2023: -11.5%LEE FY2024: -11.5%LEE FY2025: -8.0%NWS FY2020: -10.6%NWS FY2021: +3.9%NWS FY2022: +11.0%NWS FY2023: -22.9%NWS FY2024: +3.0%NWS FY2025: +2.4%NWS FY2026: +6.8%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
LEE -8.0%NWS +6.8%
Free cash flow
LEE FY2018: $53.3MLEE FY2019: $51.8MLEE FY2020: $41.8MLEE FY2021: $42.6MLEE FY2022: -$4.7MLEE FY2023: -$8.3MLEE FY2024: -$8.1MLEE FY2025: -$7.1MNWS FY2019: $356MNWS FY2020: $342MNWS FY2021: $847MNWS FY2022: $855MNWS FY2023: $745MNWS FY2024: $741MNWS FY2025: $571MNWS FY2026: $811MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
LEE -$7.1MNWS $811M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about LEE ENTERPRISES and News

Which is bigger by revenue, LEE ENTERPRISES or News?

News is bigger by revenue: $9B in fiscal 2026, against $562.3M for LEE ENTERPRISES in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, LEE ENTERPRISES or News?

LEE ENTERPRISES had a net margin of -6.7% in fiscal 2025; News had 6.3% in fiscal 2026.

Which grew revenue faster, LEE ENTERPRISES or News?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by -8.0% at LEE ENTERPRISES and +6.8% at News.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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