Lee Enterprises Ownership | Who Owns Lee Enterprises?

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Lee Enterprises Ownership Summary

Lee Enterprises is owned by 26.84% institutional investors, 36.39% insiders, and 36.76% retail investors. Solas capital management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.22% of LEE shares. 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB is the top mutual fund, with 3.04% of its assets in Lee Enterprises shares.

LEE Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Lee Enterprises	26.84%	36.39%	36.76%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	31.68%	14.81%	53.51%
Industry	Publishing Stocks	28.88%	21.07%	50.06%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Solas capital management	482.21K	8.22%	$7.13M
Gamco investors, inc. et al	364.94K	6.22%	$5.39M
Praetorian pr	261.28K	4.45%	$3.86M
Vanguard group	237.26K	4.05%	$3.51M
Truist financial	219.97K	3.75%	$3.25M
Cannell capital	215.16K	3.67%	$3.18M
Gabelli funds	181.50K	3.09%	$2.68M
Wittenberg investment management	61.88K	1.06%	$914.59K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	56.50K	0.96%	$835.13K
Blackrock	50.18K	0.85%	$557.47K

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Solas capital management	482.21K	4.73%	$7.13M
Praetorian pr	261.28K	1.55%	$3.86M
Cannell capital	215.16K	0.65%	$3.18M
Wittenberg investment management	61.88K	0.36%	$914.59K
Teton advisors	15.10K	0.11%	$223.18K
Jb capital partners lp	40.00K	0.11%	$591.20K
Gamco investors, inc. et al	364.94K	0.06%	$5.39M
Redhawk wealth advisors	22.43K	0.04%	$331.44K
North star investment management	38.18K	0.04%	$564.32K
Gabelli funds	181.50K	0.02%	$2.68M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Truist financial	219.97K	0.01%	219.97K
Gamco investors, inc. et al	364.94K	0.06%	19.80K
Gabelli funds	181.50K	0.02%	10.00K
Ubs group	6.75K	-	6.42K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	56.50K	-	6.08K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Praetorian pr	261.28K	1.55%	-92.44K
Jbf capital	-	-	-83.92K
Wittenberg investment management	61.88K	0.36%	-59.88K
Massmutual trust co fsb/adv	-	-	-14.46K
Kerrisdale advisers	-	-	-13.76K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Truist financial	219.97K	0.01%	219.97K	$3.25M
Newedge advisors	104.00	-	104.00	$1.54K
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	29.00	-	29.00	$429.00

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Qube research	-2.00
Huntington national bank	-35.00
Fny investment advisers	-350.00
Tower research capital llc (trc)	-567.00
Bridgeway capital management	-12.77K

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	25	-21.88%	1,574,370	-31.63%	26	1.74%	9	12.50%	4	-55.56%
Sep 30, 2024	32	-11.11%	2,302,692	5.06%	39	2.85%	8	-38.46%	9	-10.00%
Jun 30, 2024	36	5.88%	2,191,707	0.13%	37	2.70%	13	85.71%	10	-23.08%
Mar 31, 2024	34	-15.00%	2,188,838	-9.03%	37	2.23%	7	-53.33%	13	18.18%
Dec 31, 2023	40	17.65%	2,406,196	4.85%	40	2.67%	15	50.00%	11	-15.38%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB	188.00K	3.04%	3.00K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	167.21K	2.70%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	158.71K	2.56%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	69.39K	1.12%	-
1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions IB	62.00K	1.00%	2.00K
Gabelli ABC AAA	53.50K	0.86%	-
Gabelli Small Cap Growth AAA	50.00K	0.81%	-
Gabelli Multimedia	45.00K	0.73%	10.00K
GAMCO SMID Cap Value	33.00K	0.53%	23.00K
Fidelity Extended Market Index	23.28K	0.38%	-148.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 19, 2025	Fletcher Steven C.	-	Buy	$11.57K
Oct 15, 2024	Bahl Raghav Nath	Member of 10% Owner Group	Sell	$390.00K
Oct 15, 2024	Bahl Raghav Nath	Member of 10% Owner Group	Sell	$540.00K
Oct 15, 2024	Bahl Raghav Nath	Member of 10% Owner Group	Sell	$135.00K
Aug 07, 2024	Fletcher Steven C.	-	Buy	$9.35K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q1	1	-
2024 Q4	-	3
2024 Q3	1	-
2024 Q2	1	-
2024 Q1	29	-

LEE Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Lee Enterprises?

Lee Enterprises shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 26.84%, followed by 36.39% insiders and 36.77% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Lee Enterprises's industry, Publishing Stocks , is 28.88%, which Lee Enterprises falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Lee Enterprises?

Lee Enterprises’s largest shareholders are Solas capital management (482.21K shares, 8.22%), Gamco investors, inc. et al (364.94K shares, 6.22%), and Praetorian pr (261.28K shares, 4.45%). Together, they hold 18.90% of Lee Enterprises’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Lee Enterprises?

Yes, BlackRock owns 0.85% of Lee Enterprises, totaling 50.18K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 557.47K$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 470 shares, a 0.95% change.

Who is Lee Enterprises’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Solas capital management is Lee Enterprises’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.73% of its assets in 482.21K Lee Enterprises shares, valued at 7.13M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Lee Enterprises shares?

1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB is the top mutual fund holder of Lee Enterprises shares, with 3.04% of its total shares outstanding invested in 188K Lee Enterprises shares.

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