National CineMedia (NCMI)

Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
$2.12 -4.07% on the day Market cap $187M 52-week range $1.99 to $4.56 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
21% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $187M, National CineMedia's free cash flow of $3M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 21% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from National CineMedia's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price20.9% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-34.2% a year
Revenue, same period-6.6% a year
Price to free cash flow66.7x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from NCMI's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability2
Growth5
Financial health6
Cash efficiency4

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from National CineMedia's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$115M$249M$165M$241M$243M
Net income-$49M-$29M$705M-$22M-$11M
Free cash flow-$101M-$50M-$10M$54M$3M
EPS (diluted)-$6.10-$3.50$14.34-$0.23-$0.11
Operating margin-59.9%2.8%-16.5%-8.1%-5.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025. Every breakdown, year by year.

National advertising revenue$194M80%
Local and regional advertising revenue$35M14%
ESA advertising revenue from beverage concessionaire agreements$14M6%

Superinvestors who own NCMI

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Andrew Redleaf
Whitebox Advisors
Added $5M0.14%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Trimmed $1M0.00%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $420,0210.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by National CineMedia's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of NCMI in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does National CineMedia's stock price imply?

At a market value of $187M, National CineMedia would need its free cash flow to grow about 21% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -34% a year.

Are National CineMedia insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of NCMI in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own National CineMedia?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold NCMI in their latest 13F, including Andrew Redleaf, Jean-Marie Eveillard, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.