EEDGAR/calls
The BriefMarketsAll StocksNewsScreenerCommunity

Get the Brief in your inbox

A daily, SEC-grounded read on the market — movers, earnings, and our boldest calls. Free.

EEDGAR/calls

SEC-grounded equity research — opinionated calls reasoned over real filings.

Research

  • The Brief
  • Markets
  • All Stocks
  • Screener
  • Discover
  • Research
  • The Flip Side
  • Track record

Tools

  • Compare
  • Congress trades
  • Events
  • Filing search
  • Groups
  • Trending
  • News

More

  • Pricing
  • Community
  • Newsletter
  • Developers / API
  • Account
DisclosuresTermsPrivacy

Research & education only — not financial advice. EDGAR is not a registered investment adviser; calls are impersonal, generated from SEC filings and a delayed/third-party price feed, and may be wrong or out of date. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities EDGAR rates — see Disclosures. Do your own research.

EDGAR® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EDGAR/calls is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

EEDGAR/calls
The BriefMarketsAll StocksNewsScreenerCommunity

Pulling SEC filings + quote and writing the call…

EEDGAR/calls
The BriefMarketsAll StocksNewsScreenerCommunity
← New search
Home›Stocks›NCMI

NCMI

National CineMedia, Inc.

Next earnings Aug 3, 2026 · consensus $-0.06 EPS, $61.0M rev

Last earnings -2.9% on 2026-05-12

Sell
$3.75
▲ +5.63%
$3.75▼ -25.89%
over 1Y
L $2.77EODHDH $5.06
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+5.6%
1W+11.6%
1M+23.4%
3M+24.6%
YTD-0.5%
1Y-25.9%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Sell
Quality
C
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Watch
Sell
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 11 analysts
Buy

Conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity 0.31x); but unprofitable (net margin -4.4%).

Revenue (FY2026) $243M · FY2026

National CineMedia, Inc. shows $243M in FY2026 revenue (+1.0% YoY), a -4.4% net margin, and -2.8% ROE.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY26
Revenue$115M$249M$165M$241M$243M
Gross profit—————
Operating income-$68.6M$6.90M-$27.3M-$19.5M-$13.9M
Net income-$48.7M-$28.7M$705M-$22.3M-$10.6M
Diluted EPS-$0.61-$3.50$14.34-$0.23-$0.11
Net margin-42.5%-11.5%426.9%-9.3%-4.4%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$327M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales1.3
EV / FCF116.7
P / FCF124.7
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-3.0%
FCF yield0.8%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-2.8%
Free cash flow$2.80M
Total debt$12.0M
Net cash$22.6M
Altman Z-Score3.08 safe
Piotroski F-Score5/8

Capital returns

Buyback yield6.3%
Dividend yield (est.)3.3%
Shareholder yield9.6%
Shares Δ YoY-2.2%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-12
  2. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-12
  3. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2026-03-27
  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-03-27
  5. 8-K/A Amended 8-K2026-02-27
  6. 8-K Earnings results2026-02-26
  7. 10-K Annual report2026-02-26
  8. 8-K Officer / director change2025-12-23
  9. 8-K Reg FD disclosure2025-11-17

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
4Period ending 2026-06-222026-06-26open ↗144Filing2026-06-25open ↗144Filing2026-06-22open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-05-15open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-05-15open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-04-022026-05-12open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-072026-05-12open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗3Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-072026-05-11open ↗

Quality score

C
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA-
GrowthB
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthB-
Momentum—
  • ✓Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
Revenue
$243M
+1.0% YoY
Net margin
-4.4%
ROE
-2.8%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2026

'21'22'23'24'26

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$243M+1.0%
Net income-$10.6M+52.5%
Operating income-$13.9M+28.7%
Diluted EPS-$0.11+52.2%
Cash & equivalents$34.6M-53.9%
Total assets$491M-13.7%
Total liabilities$115M-26.8%
Stockholders' equity$375M-8.7%
Op.: -5.7%L/E: 0.31x

Frequently asked

Is National CineMedia, Inc. (NCMI) a buy?
NCMI currently carries a Sell rating with 3/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Conservative balance sheet (liabilities/equity 0.31x); but unprofitable (net margin -4.4%).
What is National CineMedia, Inc.'s quality score?
NCMI scores 58.09803921568628/100 (grade C) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001377630, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-12) · EODHD · as of 6/26/2026, 6:51:22 PM.

Research and education only — not financial advice. EDGAR is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities EDGAR rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC

Last 90 days: 0 open-market buys · 2 sales

2026-06-22
Ng Ronnie Y.
Chief Financial Officer
Sell19.0K @ $3.42$64.9K
2026-05-04
Woods Maria VG
Chief Legal Officer
Sell5.51K @ $3.45$19.0K
2026-05-01
Woods Maria VG
Chief Legal Officer
Exercise11.8K

Dividends

Quarterly
Yield (TTM)
3.2%
Annual / share
$0.12
Last ex-date
2026-05-22
Last amount
$0.03
ex 2026-05-22paid 2026-06-04$0.03
ex 2026-03-09paid 2026-03-23$0.03
ex 2025-11-10paid 2025-11-26$0.03
ex 2025-08-15paid 2025-08-29$0.03
ex 2025-05-16paid 2025-05-30$0.03
ex 2025-03-24paid 2025-04-07$0.03

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-12Miss -18.0% est▼ -2.87%8-K ↗
2026-02-26Beat +21.6% est▲ +3.23%8-K ↗
2025-10-30Beat +178.4% est▼ -2.42%8-K ↗
2025-08-05Miss -5.2% est▼ -4.42%8-K ↗
2025-05-06—▲ +3.39%8-K ↗
2025-03-06—▼ -0.62%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Recent news

market news →
Stock Market Today, June 18: AMC Rallies After Record May Attendance Drives Trading MomentumBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-06-18
NCMI Q1 2026 Earnings TranscriptBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-13
National CineMedia, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call SummaryBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-13
Omnicom (OMC) Lags Q1 Earnings EstimatesBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-04-28
Box office buzz: Best quarter in five years fuels hopes for Hollywood comebackBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2026-04-12
Monday Sector Leaders: Hospital & Medical Practitioners, Advertising StocksBullish
nasdaq.com· 2026-04-06

Vs tracked universe

compare →

1043 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score58 vs 67
Revenue growth1.0% vs 7.1%
Net margin-4.4% vs 10.5%
Return on equity-2.8% vs 12.3%
P/E— vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 2d
Bullish
+0.16
vs typical · 3 articles
↑ improving

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.