Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

NasdaqGS:LEE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$196.8m

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
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$7,522Teton Advisors, LLCCompany1,500US$5.37
25 Sep 25SellUS$7,833Gabelli Foundation, Inc.Company1,400US$5.74
11 Jun 25BuyUS$94,018GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company12,189US$8.91
05 Jun 25SellUS$6,788GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company900US$8.40
23 May 25BuyUS$1,337Teton Advisors, LLCCompany200US$6.69
09 May 25BuyUS$20,105Gabelli Foundation, Inc.Company2,500US$8.98
03 Mar 25SellUS$36,485Mongolia Growth Group Ltd.Company4,000US$10.31
03 Mar 25SellUS$300,687Praetorian PR LLCCompany31,996US$11.62
27 Feb 25BuyUS$0GAMCO Investors, Inc.Company63,907US$13.74
26 Feb 25BuyUS$8,325Teton Advisors, LLCCompany900US$9.25

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
Institutions2,597,51611.7%
Public Companies3,276,58914.7%
General Public3,491,38815.7%
Individual Insiders12,874,13657.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 259.2%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 83.13% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
52%
David Hoffmann
11,555,639US$102.3m0%no data
14.5%
Quint Digital Limited
3,214,346US$28.4m305%no data
3.63%
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
807,944US$7.2m-2.45%0.02%
2.78%
Jerrilyn Hoffman
618,900US$5.5m0%no data
2.13%
Solas Capital Management, LLC
472,748US$4.2m0%1.86%
1.35%
Cable Car Capital LLC
300,000US$2.7m0%1.35%
1.03%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
229,710US$2.0m0%no data
0.99%
BB&T Trust
219,966US$1.9m0%no data
0.96%
Mary Junck
214,061US$1.9m0%no data
0.93%
Cannell Capital LLC
205,846US$1.8m0%0.85%
0.53%
Kevin Mowbray
118,970US$1.1m-6.2%no data
0.28%
Mongolia Growth Group Ltd.
62,243US$550.8k0%no data
0.24%
Wittenberg Investment Management Inc
53,069US$469.7k-45.4%0.15%
0.21%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
47,789US$422.9k1.03%no data
0.21%
BlackRock, Inc.
47,740US$422.5k0.95%no data
0.17%
Herbert Moloney
38,901US$344.3k0%no data
0.16%
Nathan Bekke
35,937US$318.0k0%no data
0.16%
Brent Magid
35,564US$314.7k0%no data
0.16%
Les Ottolenghi
35,000US$309.8k0%no data
0.15%
Steven Fletcher
33,726US$298.5k0%no data
0.14%
Vidur Bahl
30,205US$267.3k0%no data
0.14%
Timothy Millage
30,186US$267.1k-11.8%no data
0.13%
Royal Bank of Canada
29,153US$258.0k0.18%no data
0.12%
Margaret Liberman
26,726US$236.5k0%no data
0.1%
Gabelli Foundation, Inc.
23,000US$203.6k15%0.16%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/20 06:59
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/20 00:00
Earnings2025/12/28
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