Lee Enterprises Ownership | Who Owns Lee Enterprises?

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Lee Enterprises Ownership Summary

Lee Enterprises is owned by 24.50% institutional investors, 34.20% insiders, and 41.30% retail investors. Gamco investors, inc. et al is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.84% of LEE shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.70% of its assets in Lee Enterprises shares.

LEE Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Lee Enterprises	24.50%	34.20%	41.30%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	26.03%	16.24%	57.73%
Industry	Publishing Stocks	17.38%	22.91%	59.71%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Gamco investors, inc. et al	601.45K	9.84%	$2.88M
Solas capital management	472.75K	7.73%	$2.57M
Vanguard group	229.71K	3.76%	$1.10M
Gabelli funds	226.80K	3.71%	$1.09M
Truist financial	219.97K	3.60%	$1.05M
Cannell capital	205.85K	3.37%	$1.12M
Wittenberg investment management	97.26K	1.59%	$529.08K
Blackrock	50.18K	0.85%	$557.47K
Private advisor group	50.00K	0.82%	$430.50K
Geode capital management	47.79K	0.78%	$228.97K

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Solas capital management	472.75K	1.57%	$2.57M
Wittenberg investment management	97.26K	0.21%	$529.08K
Cannell capital	205.85K	0.17%	$1.12M
Teton advisors	16.00K	0.06%	$102.40K
Murphy pohlad asset management	11.40K	0.04%	$98.15K
Gamco investors, inc. et al	601.45K	0.03%	$2.88M
Redhawk wealth advisors	22.43K	0.02%	$193.08K
Gabelli funds	226.80K	0.01%	$1.09M
Central pacific bank - trust division	5.00K	0.01%	$43.05K
Drw securities	20.63K	0.00%	$98.81K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Gamco investors, inc. et al	601.45K	0.03%	115.78K
Private advisor group	50.00K	0.00%	50.00K
Drw securities	20.63K	0.00%	20.63K
Gabelli funds	226.80K	0.01%	19.70K
Wittenberg investment management	97.26K	0.21%	12.21K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Praetorian pr	-	-	-125.26K
Jbf capital	-	-	-83.92K
Jb capital partners lp	-	-	-40.00K
Cannell capital	205.85K	0.17%	-20.16K
North star investment management	1.00	-	-20.00K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Private advisor group	50.00K	0.00%	50.00K	$430.50K
Drw securities	20.63K	0.00%	20.63K	$98.81K
Fmr	1.17K	-	1.17K	$6.35K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Qube research	-2.00
Barclays	-22.00
Huntington national bank	-35.00
Raymond james financial	-169.00
Fny investment advisers	-350.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	23	-32.35%	1,497,144	-32.64%	24	1.85%	8	-33.33%	3	-40.00%
Sep 30, 2025	32	-11.11%	2,222,523	-7.05%	36	2.38%	11	-	5	-44.44%
Jun 30, 2025	37	2.78%	2,395,090	-2.18%	39	2.34%	11	-8.33%	10	11.11%
Mar 31, 2025	36	5.88%	2,448,362	3.11%	40	2.49%	12	-14.29%	9	28.57%
Dec 31, 2024	25	-21.88%	1,574,370	-31.63%	26	1.74%	9	12.50%	4	-55.56%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	167.21K	2.70%	-
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB	219.00K	0.99%	-3.50K
Gabelli ABC AAA	60.11K	0.97%	6.61K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	155.31K	0.70%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	90.25K	0.41%	42.59K
1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions IB	85.50K	0.38%	-1.80K
Gabelli ABC I	63.00K	0.28%	-500.00
Gabelli Small Cap Growth AAA	60.00K	0.27%	6.00K
Ayalon Global Stocks	14.07K	0.23%	-
Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Market	12.10K	0.20%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Activity	Value
Mar 11, 2026	Hoffmann David Henry	Buy	$259.37K
Mar 13, 2026	Hoffmann David Henry	Buy	$259.93K
Mar 12, 2026	Hoffmann David Henry	Buy	$261.32K
Mar 10, 2026	Hoffmann David Henry	Buy	$249.92K
Mar 09, 2026	Hoffmann David Henry	Buy	$258.54K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	39	1
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	1	-
2024 Q4	-	3

LEE Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Lee Enterprises?

Lee Enterprises shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 24.50%, followed by 34.20% insiders and 41.30% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Lee Enterprises's industry, Publishing Stocks , is 17.38%, which Lee Enterprises exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Lee Enterprises?

Lee Enterprises’s largest shareholders are Gamco investors, inc. et al (601.45K shares, 9.84%), Solas capital management (472.75K shares, 7.73%), and Vanguard group (229.71K shares, 3.76%). Together, they hold 21.33% 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 1.57% of its assets in 472.75K Lee Enterprises shares, valued at 2.57M$.

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

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Lee Enterprises shares, with 2.70% of its total shares outstanding invested in 167.21K Lee Enterprises shares.

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