National Cinemedia Inc (NASDAQ: NCMI) is -10.84% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.11 and a high of $7.60 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The NCMI stock was last observed hovering at around $5.81 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.11%.
Currently trading at $5.92, the stock is 1.24% and -4.33% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.37 million and changing 1.89% at the moment leaves the stock -8.03% off its SMA200. NCMI registered 28.70% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.17%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $6.1882 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $6.4368.
The stock witnessed a -2.63% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.43%, and is 4.23% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.49% over the week and 5.26% over the month.
National Cinemedia Inc (NCMI) has around 254 employees, a market worth around $563.54M and $240.80M in sales. Fwd P/E is 36.25. Profit margin for the company is -9.26%. Distance from 52-week low is 43.86% and -22.11% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-5.14%).
with sales reaching $34.97M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 105.80% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 10.16% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -6.51% in year-over-year returns.
163.0 institutions hold shares in National Cinemedia Inc (NCMI), with institutional investors hold 93.65% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 95.76M, and float is at 67.04M with Short Float at 7.85%. Institutions hold 88.51% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLANTYRE CAPITAL LTD with over 26.66 million shares valued at $117.06 million. The investor’s holdings represent 27.6571 of the NCMI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC with 6.57 million shares valued at $28.85 million to account for 6.8162 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 5.36 million shares representing 5.5599 and valued at over $23.53 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 2.8953 of the shares totaling 2.79 million with a market value of $12.25 million.
National Cinemedia Inc (NCMI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Ng Ronnie Y., the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Ng Ronnie Y. sold 17,669 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 19 ’25 at a price of $6.03 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.12 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 13 ’25, Woods Maria VG (EVP – General Counsel) disposed off 20,118 shares at an average price of $5.92 for $0.12 million. The insider now directly holds 90,011 shares of National Cinemedia Inc (NCMI).
