Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (LEE) cash flow statement — 30-year operating, investing & financing cash flows
| Metric | Q3'26 | Q2'26 | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 7.92M | -6.25M | 4.47M | -6.31M | 8.89M | -790K | -7.34M | -261K | -1.9M | 3.2M | 80K | -1.04M | -2.13M | 3.23M | -2.21M | 2.71M | 1.32M | -1.18M | 570K | 7.31M |
| Operating CF Margin % | 6.28% | -5.12% | 3.44% | -4.53% | 6.29% | -0.57% | -5.08% | -0.16% | -1.26% | 2.18% | 0.05% | -0.63% | -1.24% | 1.9% | -1.2% | 1.4% | 0.68% | -0.62% | 0.28% | 3.77% |
| Operating CF Growth % | -10.99% | -690.76% | 160.94% | -2316.09% | 567.51% | -124.69% | -9271.25% | 74.9% | 10.75% | -1.08% | 103.61% | -138.33% | -261.2% | 375.08% | -488.42% | -62.87% | -62.42% | -105.63% | -96.9% | -38.38% |
| Net Income | 5.17M | -1.71M | -5.13M | -5.83M | -1.68M | -12.02M | -16.22M | -9.48M | -4.27M | -12.18M | 1.23M | -1.33M | 2.13M | -5.37M | 1.82M | -6.33M | 196K | -6.69M | 13.2M | 5.3M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 3.53M | 3.52M | 3.58M | 3.63M | 3.78M | 5.17M | 6.26M | 6.18M | 6.85M | 7.29M | 7.29M | 7.52M | 7.48M | 7.73M | 7.89M | 9.1M | 8.82M | 8.95M | 9.68M | 9.05M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 181K | 213K | 328K | 429K | 540K | 358K | 430K | 562K | 474K | 501K | 214K | 422K | 462K | 573K | 349K | 311K | 327K | 513K | 186K | 215K |
| Deferred Taxes | -15K | -13K | -15K | -6.64M | 17K | -159K | -131K | -9.99M | 35K | 68K | -645K | -4.08M | -92K | -152K | -216K | -4.44M | -602K | -571K | -12.27M | 5.52M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | -2.63M | 790K | 2.05M | 9.77M | 5.3M | 9.92M | 2.06M | 11.96M | 2.28M | 10.56M | -1.95M | 12.92M | -2.04M | -1.16M | -2.24M | 50.41M | 1.82M | 2.17M | -644K | 722K |
| Working Capital Changes | 1.68M | -9.04M | 3.66M | -7.66M | 927K | -4.07M | 268K | 509K | -7.27M | -3.04M | -6.07M | -16.49M | -10.08M | 1.61M | -9.82M | -16.07M | -10.32M | -5.55M | -9.57M | -13.49M |
| Change in Receivables | -1.86M | 3.29M | 921K | -1.6M | 971K | -5.92M | -2.68M | -3.55M | -4.97M | 6.06M | -5.14M | -6.88M | -1.48M | 6.52M | -8.03M | 5.39M | -4.94M | 5.46M | -6.09M | -6.21M |
| Change in Inventory | -700K | -145K | 463K | 119K | 393K | 432K | -406K | -168K | 1.18M | -44K | -66K | 1.32M | 1.57M | -2.07M | 153K | -719K | -1.34M | -2.12M | 1.08M | 157K |
| Change in Payables | -3.26M | -9.87M | 4.47M | -3.54M | 1.45M | 2.1M | 4.2M | 7.76M | -12.28M | -570K | 64K | -11.72M | -9.46M | -3.24M | -1.74M | -16.42M | -3.92M | 2.33M | 3.37M | 2.24M |
| Cash from Investing | -999K | -284K | -755K | 2.58M | 1.94M | -668K | 3.86M | 3.22M | 359K | -1.94M | 2.1M | 3.32M | 56K | 106K | 4.54M | -1.88M | -1.36M | -2.07M | 11.95M | 187K |
| Capital Expenditures | -1.07M | -577K | -758K | 2M | -616K | -1.37M | -1.55M | -2.66M | -3.57M | -1.95M | -1.03M | -1.32M | -1.51M | -1.09M | -1.19M | -1.8M | -1.17M | -2.79M | -1.78M | -2.13M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 0.85% | 0.47% | 0.58% | 1.43% | 0.44% | 1% | 1.07% | 1.67% | 2.37% | 1.33% | 0.66% | 0.8% | 0.88% | 0.64% | 0.64% | 0.93% | 0.6% | 1.47% | 0.88% | 1.1% |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 1.05M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10K | 3.15M | 4.72M | 1.92M | 0 | 0 | 11K | 80K | 338K | 14.41M | 1.52M |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | 73K | -755K | 3K | 580K | 2.56M | 702K | 5.41M | 5.87M | 3.93M | -2K | -20K | -82K | -354K | 1.2M | 5.73M | -91K | -23K | 719K | 13.73M | 2.32M |
| Cash from Financing | -763K | 46.43M | -1.08M | -406K | -1.37M | 0 | 0 | -6.78M | -1.14M | -517K | -1.36M | -4.69M | 140K | -2.66M | -168K | -311K | 369K | 493K | -20.65M | -2.45M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | -753K | 0 | 0 | -406K | -1.37M | 0 | 0 | -6.78M | -918K | -517K | -1.58M | -4.25M | 0 | -2.56M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -20.06M | -2.55M |
| Equity Issued (Net) | 0 | 45.35M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -221K | 0 | 221K | -14K | 0 | -97K | -168K | -11K | 369K | 0 | 0 | 94K |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -423K | -140K | 0 | 0 | -300K | -174K | -493K | -595K | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -221K | 0 | 0 | -14K | -265K | -97K | -168K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Financing | -10K | 1.08M | -1.08M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 606K | 0 |
| Net Change in Cash | 6.15M | 40.65M | 2.64M | -4.14M | 9.46M | -1.46M | -3.48M | -3.83M | -2.68M | 742K | 816K | -2.41M | -2.08M | 684K | 2.16M | 524K | 326K | -3.25M | -7.53M | 5.04M |
| Free Cash Flow | 6.84M | -6.82M | 3.71M | -4.31M | 8.28M | -2.16M | -8.89M | -2.92M | -5.48M | 1.25M | -950K | -2.36M | -3.64M | 2.14M | -3.4M | 915K | 154K | -3.97M | -1.21M | 5.18M |
| FCF Margin % | 5.43% | -5.6% | 2.85% | -3.1% | 5.86% | -1.57% | -6.15% | -1.84% | -3.64% | 0.85% | -0.61% | -1.44% | -2.13% | 1.26% | -1.84% | 0.47% | 0.08% | -2.09% | -0.6% | 2.67% |
| FCF Growth % | -17.32% | -215.93% | 141.77% | -47.75% | 251.13% | -272.52% | -835.79% | -23.81% | -50.32% | -41.58% | 72.07% | -357.49% | -2465.58% | 153.99% | -181.77% | -82.33% | -85.94% | -120.15% | -107.26% | -53.18% |
| FCF per Share | 1.12 | -1.12 | 0.61 | -0.71 | 1.35 | -0.36 | -1.48 | -0.50 | -0.93 | 0.21 | -0.16 | -0.39 | -0.62 | 0.37 | -0.58 | 0.15 | 0.03 | -0.69 | -0.21 | 0.81 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 1.69x | 2.91x | -0.80x | 0.98x | -4.63x | 0.06x | 0.44x | 0.03x | 0.45x | -0.26x | 0.12x | 0.52x | -1.42x | -0.55x | -2.01x | -0.43x | -4.91x | 0.18x | 0.05x | 1.52x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |