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LEE ENTERPRISES shares outstanding LEE

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2011.

Latest quarter, to Jun 28, 2026
22.3M
On a year earlier
+264.6%
more shares

LEE ENTERPRISES had 22.3M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q3 FY26, the quarter to Jun 28, 2026.

That is 264.6% more than a year earlier, so each share owns a little less of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY20256.1M+0%
FY20246.1M+4%
FY20235.8M+1%
FY20225.8M−1%
FY20215.9M+4%
FY20205.6M−3%
FY20195.8M+3%
FY20185.6M+1%
FY20175.5M+1%
FY20165.5M+2%
FY20155.4M−0%
FY20145.4M+4%
FY20135.2M+2%
FY20125.1M+13%
FY20114.5Mn/a

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q3 FY2622.3M+265%
Q2 FY2613.8M+128%
Q1 FY266.1M+2%
Q4 FY256.1M+0%
Q3 FY256.1M+4%
Q2 FY256M+2%
Q1 FY256M+1%
Q4 FY246.1M+4%
Q3 FY245.9M−1%
Q2 FY245.9M+1%
Q1 FY245.9M+1%
Q4 FY235.8M+1%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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