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Lee Enterprises (FRA:LE70) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 0.87 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Lee Enterprises Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Lee Enterprises's current share price is €6.00. Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €6.92. Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 0.87.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:LE70' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.51   Med: 1.32   Max: 3.21
Current: 0.87

During the past years, Lee Enterprises's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 3.21. The lowest was 0.51. And the median was 1.32.

FRA:LE70's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
95.58% of 362 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 15.145 vs FRA:LE70: 0.87

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Lee Enterprises's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €-0.331. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €6.92 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Lee Enterprises Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lee Enterprises Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Lee Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.60 1.74 1.46 1.04 1.00

Lee Enterprises Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.37 1.25 1.00 1.83 1.34

Competitive Comparison of Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Publishing subindustry, Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Lee Enterprises Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=6.00/6.92
=0.87

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Lee Enterprises's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Lee Enterprises's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.331/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.331

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Lee Enterprises Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 4.066 100.684 5.449
201509 1.043 100.392 1.402
201512 3.341 99.792 4.517
201603 3.121 100.470 4.191
201606 3.564 101.688 4.729
201609 1.954 101.861 2.588
201612 3.730 101.863 4.941
201703 1.603 102.862 2.103
201706 3.995 103.349 5.216
201709 1.819 104.136 2.357
201712 3.039 104.011 3.942
201803 1.828 105.290 2.343
201806 3.066 106.317 3.891
201809 0.079 106.507 0.100
201812 2.853 105.998 3.632
201903 1.109 107.251 1.395
201906 2.281 108.070 2.848
201909 1.840 108.329 2.292
201912 1.247 108.420 1.552
202003 -0.479 108.902 -0.593
202006 4.049 108.767 5.023
202009 1.629 109.815 2.002
202012 2.463 109.897 3.024
202103 2.811 111.754 3.394
202106 0.155 114.631 0.182
202109 0.751 115.734 0.876
202112 -0.183 117.630 -0.210
202203 -0.624 121.301 -0.694
202206 0.025 125.017 0.027
202209 0.059 125.227 0.064
202212 -0.545 125.222 -0.587
202303 0.344 127.348 0.364
202306 -0.664 128.729 -0.696
202309 -0.445 129.860 -0.462
202312 -0.147 129.419 -0.153
202403 0.195 131.776 0.200
202406 -0.867 132.554 -0.883
202409 -0.429 133.029 -0.435
202412 -1.418 133.157 -1.437
202503 -0.331 134.927 -0.331

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Lee Enterprises  (FRA:LE70) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Lee Enterprises Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4600 E 53rd Street, Davenport, IA, USA, 52807
Lee Enterprises Inc is a local news publication company in the United States. It is a digital-first subscription business providing local markets with valuable, high-quality, trusted, intensely local news, information, advertising, and marketing services. The product portfolio of the company includes digital subscription platforms, daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers, and niche products, all delivering original local news and information as well as national and international news. The products offer digital and print editions, and content and advertising are available in real-time through the websites and mobile apps.

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