Q4 Earnings Forecast for NCMI Issued By Barrington Research

National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCMI) – Equities researchers at Barrington Research lowered their Q4 2024 earnings estimates for shares of National CineMedia in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 6th. Barrington Research analyst J. Goss now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $0.08 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.14. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $8.25 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for National CineMedia’s current full-year earnings is ($0.05) per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for National CineMedia’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.16 EPS.

National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The business services provider reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.03) by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $62.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $58.20 million. National CineMedia had a return on equity of 3.50% and a net margin of 78.04%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.33 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on NCMI. Wedbush reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $7.50 target price (up previously from $6.00) on shares of National CineMedia in a report on Monday. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $8.00 target price on shares of National CineMedia in a report on Monday, September 23rd. Finally, B. Riley boosted their target price on shares of National CineMedia from $7.50 to $8.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $8.06.

National CineMedia Trading Down 10.5 %

NASDAQ:NCMI opened at $6.53 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.45, a quick ratio of 2.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $630.60 million, a PE ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 2.07. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $6.88 and its 200 day moving average is $5.78. National CineMedia has a 12 month low of $3.63 and a 12 month high of $7.39.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NCMI. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. grew its position in National CineMedia by 38.9% in the first quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,897 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $123,000 after acquiring an additional 6,690 shares in the last quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in National CineMedia by 37.6% in the first quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 1,966,355 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $10,127,000 after purchasing an additional 537,822 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in National CineMedia by 0.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,584,556 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $18,460,000 after purchasing an additional 18,347 shares during the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in National CineMedia in the first quarter worth $298,000. Finally, Gendell Jeffrey L bought a new stake in National CineMedia in the first quarter worth $2,352,000. 69.49% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

National CineMedia Company Profile

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 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.