Communication Services
National CineMedia, Inc.(NCMI)
Live Price
Offline$3.40
-6.34% today
1Y Change
-30.89%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $320.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +1.0%
- EPS Growth
- +52.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.5%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
National CineMedia, Inc. (NCMI) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $320.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $3.40 and down 30.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.0%, EPS growth of +52.2%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.0%, EPS +52.2%, free cash flow -94.9% with operating margin -5.7% and ROIC -2.8%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 1.3. Stock Foundry combines NCMI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+1.0% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-5.7% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +1.0% and EPS at +52.2%, with operating margin around -5.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +3.5% | -2.3% | +3.2% |
2026 Feb 26, 2026 | +12.0% | +1.4% | -0.3% | -11.1% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +156.6% | +9.4% | +2.5% | +6.7% |
Benchmark Edge
NCMI vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
NCMI
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
NCMI Max Drawdown
-45.10%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for NCMI and SPY.
Company Overview
National CineMedia, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
National CineMedia, Inc., through its subsidiary, National CineMedia, LLC, operates cinema advertising network in North America. It engages in the sale of advertising to national, regional, and local businesses in Noovie, a cinema advertising and entertainment pre-show seen on movie screens; and sells advertising on its Lobby Entertainment Network, a series of strategically-placed screens located in movie theater lobbies, as well as other forms of advertising and promotions in theatre lobbies. The company is also engaged in the sale of online and mobile advertising through its Noovie Audience Accelerator product, as well as a suite of Noovie digital properties, such as Noovie Shuffle, Noovie Trivia, Name That Movie, and Noovie Arcade to reach entertainment audiences beyond the theater. It offers its services to third-party theater circuits under long-term network affiliate agreements. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.
- Leadership
- Thomas F. Lesinski
- IPO Date
- Feb 8, 2007
- Employees
- 254
- Street Address
- 6300 South Syracuse Way
- Mailing
- Centennial, CO, 80111
- Region
- Centennial, CO, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 303 792 3600
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.1
- Price/Sales
- 1.3
- Price/Book
- 0.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +1.0%
- EPS
- +52.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -94.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 30.3%
- Operating Margin
- -5.7%
- Net Margin
- -4.4%
- ROE
- -2.9%
- ROIC
- -2.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.05
- Current Ratio
- 2.42
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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