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Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Jun 12, 2026

LEE

LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
NEUTRAL
Impact 3/10
Horizondays Processed4mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $251K total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

The cluster size is too small to be a material signal in either direction. Hoffmann's pattern of buying at declining prices is consistent with dollar-cost averaging. Moloney's sale is an isolated director sell with no C-suite participation. The cross-filing actuarial verdicts are all amplifiers, meaning insider clusters at this company that occur with other filing types historically carry stronger signals, but the absolute dollar amounts here remain sub-threshold. Monitor for any upcoming 8-K or press release that could explain the activity around these price levels.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencemedium
Horizondays
Final — all horizons settled through T+60d
LEE ▼ -22.27% at T+60d
NEUTRAL call -22.27% · α vs SPY -25.53% · entry $9.88 → $7.68
Entry = T+0 close
Jun 12, 2026
via day close
T+1d
-3.14%
call -3.14% · α -4.90%
$9.57
settled 4mo ago
T+5d
-6.07%
call -6.07% · α -6.75%
$9.28
settled 4mo ago
T+20d
-17.91%
call -17.91% · α -19.69%
$8.11
settled 4mo ago
T+60d
-22.27%
call -22.27% · α -25.53%
$7.68
settled 7w ago

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Executive Summary

Mixed insider cluster at LEE: two directors made small purchases ($133K total over 4 days), while a third director sold $236K. Two other trades were non-cash (a gift of $674K and a withholding). The buying director (Hoffmann) added shares at declining prices, consistent with his pattern over the prior month. The seller (Moloney) sold near the $9.82 price. At $229M market cap, the net dollar value is under 0.2%, making this cluster modest in scale.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
mixed
Total Value
$235.7K
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • Three director-class insiders active in a 4-day window (Jun 8-11, 2026)
  • Hoffmann (Director, 10% owner) purchased a total of 12,491 shares ($133K) across 4 open-market buys at prices $9.82-$10.86
  • Moloney (Director) sold 24,000 shares open-market at $9.82 = $236K on June 11
  • Junck (Director) gifted 62,430 shares at $10.79 = $674K on June 9 (non-cash, no economic signal)
  • Total open-market purchase value ($133K) vs sale value ($236K) — net selling of ~$103K
  • Combined open-market activity is ~0.1% of market cap ($229M) — modest proportionality
  • Cluster buys are statistically more informative than sells per literature, but both sides here are small

Financial Impact

Net outflows of ~$103K in open-market trading activity, or about 0.045% of $229M market cap

insider ownership percentages

Risk Factors

  • Single director sale ($236K) at a price just above recent buying levels could indicate divergence of views
  • No C-suite or CFO/CEO participation on either side — signal strength from non-officer directors is lower
  • Gift transaction ($674K) artificially inflates total cluster count without economic meaning
  • Stock has rallied significantly in recent weeks (+30%+ over last month per prior contexts) — some insiders may be taking profits

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing
Analyst Consensus
80% bullish (5 analysts)

Investment Themes

Media & Telecom

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-LEE-1781280597659
21 reports for LEE
Performance horizon
100% Hit rate @ T+60 5 of 5 directional calls Went positive at some point 6 of 7 best @ T+60▲ +11.85%Feb 26, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for LEE — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 22, 2026
4d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$6.32awaiting T+60—$6.17 (−2.37%)
Sep 30, 2026
26d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$6.95awaiting T+60—$6.17 (−11.22%)
Sep 28, 2026
28d ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$6.80awaiting T+60—$6.17 (−9.26%)
Sep 22, 2026
4w ago
Institutional Cluster
BULLISH ★ 4/10
$7.35awaiting T+60—$6.17 (−16.05%)
Aug 11, 2026
10w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$8.15awaiting T+60—$6.17 (−24.29%)
Aug 6, 2026
11w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 7/10
$8.12awaiting T+60—$6.17 (−24.01%)
Jul 30, 2026
12w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$7.64 $6.32▼ −17.28%▼ −19.74%$6.17 (−19.24%)
Jul 10, 2026
15w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$7.87 $7.07▼ −10.23%▼ −14.22%$6.17 (−21.60%)
Jun 12, 2026
19w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$9.88 $7.68▼ −22.27%▼ −25.53%$6.17 (−37.55%)
Jun 3, 2026
20w ago
Press Release
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$10.67 $8.26▼ −22.59%▼ −25.09%$6.17 (−42.17%)
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Report published Jun 12, 2026