Lee Enterprises (LEE) Shares Outstanding (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises (LEE) reported Shares Outstanding of 22.25 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 257.0% from 6.23 million a year earlier and up 60.1% from the prior quarter.
Powered by 
Analysis
Lee Enterprises (LEE) Shares Outstanding (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), Lee Enterprises posted Shares Outstanding of 6.23 million, up 1.4% from FY2024.
- Shares Outstanding has increased for 14 consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Shares Outstanding came in at 6.15 million in FY2024 (+1.8%), 6.04 million in FY2023 (+1.5%), 5.95 million in FY2022 (+1.2%) and 5.87 million in FY2021 (+1.1%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Shares Outstanding in data going back to fiscal Q4 2010.
- Year over year, Shares Outstanding has now increased in each of the last 59 quarters, with growth averaging 48.9% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Shares Outstanding ranged from 0.5% (fiscal Q3 2024) to 257.0% (fiscal Q3 2026).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 13.9 million (Q2 2026), 6.26 million (Q1 2026) and 6.23 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Outstanding (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.62 Bn | 63.29 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 27.00 Bn | 12.91 Bn | - | 431.00 Mn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.21 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 279.90 Mn |
| 4 | News | 15.94 Bn | 8.14 Bn | - | 556.50 Mn |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.45 Bn | 9.37 Bn | - | 1.10 Bn |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.22 Bn | 7.71 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 162.04 Mn |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.20 Bn | 7.34 Bn | - | 651.30 Mn |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.72 Bn | 8.30 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 337.00 Mn |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.91 Bn | 5.85 Bn | - | 1.06 Bn |
| 10 | Lee Enterprises | 154.93 Mn | 21.89 Mn | - | 22.25 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 22.25 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 13.90 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 6.26 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 6.23 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 6.23 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.22 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 6.19 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 6.15 Mn |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 6.08 Mn |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 6.08 Mn |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 6.08 Mn |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 6.04 Mn |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 6.05 Mn |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 6.00 Mn |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 6.00 Mn |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 5.95 Mn |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 5.97 Mn |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 5.96 Mn |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 5.89 Mn |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 5.87 Mn |
API Access
Lee Enterprises Shares Outstanding API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=shares-outstanding&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding", "ticker": "LEE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=shares-outstanding&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();