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National CineMedia

NSQ:NCMI · US6353092066
MediaSmall

360

74
Profit price22
Owner Earnings Yield73
Dividend Yield96
Price/Sales32
EV / Gross Profit52
Price/Book61
Return on Capital13
Cash Return on Capital57
Return on Equity32
EBIT Margin13
Gross Profitability39
Accruals45
Owner Earnings Margin79
Sales growth73
Profit Growth19
Owner Earnings Growth89
Reinvestment52
Price momentum24
Debt load95
Refinancing60
Debt Payback100
Liquidity1
Analyst ratings79
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside68
Market mood74
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

National CineMedia clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryMedia
SizeSmall
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded2006
Employees311
Websiteinvestor.ncm.com
ISINUS6353092066
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)
Themes
Digital MediaAd NetworkBrand MarketingArtificial IntelligenceSocial Media AdvertisingMachine LearningAd ExchangeAd ServerVideo AdvertisingAd TargetingAdvertising

Description

National CineMedia, Inc. (NCM) operates as a cinema advertising platform in the U.S. A premium video, full-funnel marketing solution for advertisers, NCM enhances advertisers’ ability to measure and drive results. NCM’s Noovie Show is presented excl…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

National CineMedia, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is fair. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 15.9×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is solid; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
64
2023202420252026

All-time high

87

Mar 2026

All-time low

39

Jan 2024

Average rank

60

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
32
49
53
88
Price/Earnings
3
21
100
50
Price/Book
61
70
83
97
Dividend Yield
96
1
1
100
Value (overall)
43
29
74
99

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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