Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

NasdaqGS:LEE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$185.2m

Lee Enterprises Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:LEE Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
11 Jun 26BuyUS$58,083David HoffmannIndividual5,566US$10.80
11 Jun 26SellUS$235,680Herbert MoloneyIndividual24,000US$9.82
08 Jun 26BuyUS$474,332David HoffmannIndividual43,325US$11.08
03 Jun 26BuyUS$390,936David HoffmannIndividual36,400US$10.90
29 May 26BuyUS$507,074David HoffmannIndividual45,600US$11.74
27 May 26BuyUS$375,884David HoffmannIndividual38,000US$10.05
21 May 26BuyUS$304,114David HoffmannIndividual31,800US$9.96
18 May 26BuyUS$228,227David HoffmannIndividual26,800US$8.93
13 May 26BuyUS$122,468David HoffmannIndividual15,500US$7.99
13 Mar 26BuyUS$780,624David HoffmannIndividual83,400US$9.40
10 Mar 26BuyUS$683,072David HoffmannIndividual74,600US$9.30
06 Mar 26SellUS$243,380Brent MagidIndividual26,804US$9.08
05 Mar 26BuyUS$349,980David HoffmannIndividual38,000US$9.26
03 Mar 26BuyUS$480,662David HoffmannIndividual53,200US$9.16
03 Mar 26BuyUS$91,275Quint Digital LimitedCompany10,000US$9.87
02 Mar 26BuyUS$181,512Quint Digital LimitedCompany20,454US$9.25
26 Feb 26BuyUS$390,078David HoffmannIndividual44,110US$9.03
23 Feb 26BuyUS$314,784David HoffmannIndividual36,400US$9.11
18 Feb 26BuyUS$194,992David HoffmannIndividual27,299US$7.17
09 Feb 26BuyUS$20,509GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company3,900US$5.42
09 Feb 26SellUS$51,287GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company9,576US$5.49
05 Feb 26BuyUS$35,455,680David HoffmannIndividual10,909,440US$3.25
05 Feb 26BuyUS$7,966,875Quint Digital LimitedCompany2,451,346US$3.25
12 Jan 26BuyUS$262,793GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company66,362US$5.00
12 Jan 26SellUS$260,708GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company67,317US$4.83
22 Dec 25SellUS$12,829Teton Advisors, LLCCompany3,000US$4.56
19 Dec 25SellUS$7,250Gabelli Foundation, Inc.Company2,000US$3.63
15 Dec 25BuyUS$19,723Gabelli Foundation, Inc.Company5,000US$4.05
14 Nov 25BuyUS$315,853Mario GabelliIndividual65,622US$5.01
12 Nov 25SellUS$2,650Mario GabelliIndividual500US$5.30
11 Nov 25BuyUS$105,621GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company23,178US$5.18
11 Nov 25SellUS$293,589GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company58,000US$6.05
25 Sep 25SellUS$7,833Gabelli Foundation, Inc.Company1,400US$5.74
25 Sep 25SellUS$7,522Teton Advisors, LLCCompany1,500US$5.37

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: LEE insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of LEE?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
General Public863,3673.88%
Hedge Funds1,684,4867.58%
Institutions2,394,39910.8%
Public Companies3,307,04314.9%
Individual Insiders13,980,64162.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 257.4%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 94.64% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
54.6%
David Hoffmann
12,141,708US$101.1m2.16%no data
14.6%
Quint Digital Limited
3,244,800US$27.0m309%no data
7.58%
Solas Capital Management, LLC
1,684,486US$14.0m256%7.4%
3.62%
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
804,575US$6.7m-2.86%0.03%
2.8%
Ronald Kruszewski
621,497US$5.2m0%no data
2.78%
Jerrilyn Hoffman
618,900US$5.2m0%no data
1.95%
Cannell Capital LLC
433,281US$3.6m110%2.4%
1.13%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
252,159US$2.1m0%no data
0.99%
BB&T Trust
219,966US$1.8m0%no data
0.74%
Mary Junck
163,548US$1.4m-23.6%no data
0.54%
Kevin Mowbray
118,970US$991.0k-6.2%no data
0.48%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
106,971US$891.1k124%no data
0.46%
Millennium Management LLC
102,248US$851.7k0%no data
0.38%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP
83,903US$698.9k702%no data
0.28%
Mongolia Growth Group Ltd.
62,243US$518.5k0%no data
0.22%
Private Advisor Group, LLC
50,000US$416.5k0%no data
0.22%
BlackRock, Inc.
48,640US$405.2k1.89%no data
0.21%
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company
46,881US$390.5k86.7%no data
0.19%
Steven Fletcher
41,404US$344.9k22.8%no data
0.16%
Nathan Bekke
35,937US$299.4k0%no data
0.16%
Les Ottolenghi
35,000US$291.6k0%no data
0.14%
Centiva Capital, LP
31,382US$261.4k0%0.01%
0.14%
Timothy Millage
30,186US$251.4k-11.8%no data
0.14%
Shaun McAlmont
30,183US$251.4k32.1%no data
0.13%
Royal Bank of Canada
29,902US$249.1k2.57%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/10 21:45
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/10 00:00
Earnings2026/03/29
Annual Earnings2025/09/28

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Daniel HarrimanSidoti & Company, LLC