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LEE ENTERPRISES vs USA TODAY: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

LEE ENTERPRISES brought in $562.3M of revenue in fiscal 2025, USA TODAY $2.3B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by -8.0% at LEE ENTERPRISES and -8.3% at USA TODAY on the year before, so LEE ENTERPRISES grew faster. LEE ENTERPRISES kept -6.7% of its revenue as net profit, USA TODAY 0.1%. Free cash flow was -$7.1M at LEE ENTERPRISES and $62.9M at USA TODAY.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

LEETDAY
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (September 28, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$562.3M$2.3B
Revenue growth-8.0%-8.3%
Net income-$37.6M$1.7M
Net margin-6.7%0.1%
Free cash flow-$7.1M$62.9M
Free cash flow margin-1.3%2.7%
Earnings per share (diluted)-$6.20$0.01
Cash$10M$90.2M
Debt$455.5M$954.2M
Price to earningsn/a642.0
Market value$151.4M$942.6M
Dividend yieldn/an/a
Rank by revenue in sector#552 of 778 · Consumer discretionary#335 of 778 · 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: $562.3MTDAY FY2018: $1.5BTDAY FY2019: $1.9BTDAY FY2020: $3.4BTDAY FY2021: $3.2BTDAY FY2022: $2.9BTDAY FY2023: $2.7BTDAY FY2024: $2.5BTDAY FY2025: $2.3BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
LEE $562.3MTDAY $2.3B
Net income
LEE FY2018: $45.8MLEE FY2019: $14.3MLEE FY2020: -$2MLEE FY2021: $22.7MLEE FY2022: -$2MLEE FY2023: -$5.3MLEE FY2024: -$25.8MLEE FY2025: -$37.6MTDAY FY2018: $18.2MTDAY FY2019: -$119.8MTDAY FY2020: -$670.5MTDAY FY2021: -$135MTDAY FY2022: -$78MTDAY FY2023: -$27.8MTDAY FY2024: -$26.4MTDAY FY2025: $1.7MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
LEE -$37.6MTDAY $1.7M
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%TDAY FY2018: 1.2%TDAY FY2019: -6.4%TDAY FY2020: -19.7%TDAY FY2021: -4.2%TDAY FY2022: -2.6%TDAY FY2023: -1.0%TDAY FY2024: -1.1%TDAY FY2025: 0.1%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
LEE -6.7%TDAY 0.1%
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%TDAY FY2019: +22.4%TDAY FY2020: +82.3%TDAY FY2021: -5.8%TDAY FY2022: -8.2%TDAY FY2023: -9.6%TDAY FY2024: -5.8%TDAY FY2025: -8.3%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
LEE -8.0%TDAY -8.3%
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: -$7.1MTDAY FY2018: $97.9MTDAY FY2019: $11.6MTDAY FY2020: $20.8MTDAY FY2021: $87.9MTDAY FY2022: -$4.6MTDAY FY2023: $56.5MTDAY FY2024: $50.8MTDAY FY2025: $62.9MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
LEE -$7.1MTDAY $62.9M

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

Questions about LEE ENTERPRISES and USA TODAY

Which is bigger by revenue, LEE ENTERPRISES or USA TODAY?

USA TODAY is bigger by revenue: $2.3B in fiscal 2025, against $562.3M for LEE ENTERPRISES in fiscal 2025.

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

LEE ENTERPRISES had a net margin of -6.7% in fiscal 2025; USA TODAY had 0.1% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, LEE ENTERPRISES or USA TODAY?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by -8.0% at LEE ENTERPRISES and -8.3% at USA TODAY.

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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