National CineMedia Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National CineMedia in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" National CineMedia stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NCMI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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National CineMedia saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,990,000 shares, a decrease of 32.7% from the January 14th total of 4,440,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 918,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 3.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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National CineMedia is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 25th 2021.
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National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCMI) released its quarterly earnings data on Saturday, November, 7th. The business services provider reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.19) by $0.03. The business services provider earned $6 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.35 million. National CineMedia had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.22% and a negative net margin of 5.00%. National CineMedia's quarterly revenue was down 94.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.12 EPS.
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National CineMedia's stock was trading at $4.79 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NCMI shares have increased by 6.5% and is now trading at $5.10.
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National CineMedia announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Tuesday, December 1st. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.49%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 13th.
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National CineMedia pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.87%. NCMI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of National CineMedia is 59.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for National CineMedia's stock. Their forecasts range from $2.75 to $4.50. On average, they expect National CineMedia's stock price to reach $3.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 27.7%.
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12 employees have rated National CineMedia CEO Tom Lesinski on Glassdoor.com. Tom Lesinski has an approval rating of 60% among National CineMedia's employees. This puts Tom Lesinski in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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National CineMedia trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NCMI."

National CineMedia's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.96%), BlackRock Inc. (5.68%), Greenhouse Funds LLLP (4.33%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.73%), Northern Trust Corp (1.65%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.37%).
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NCMI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Greenhouse Funds LLLP, Kalos Management Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Paloma Partners Management Co, and Alliancebernstein L.P..
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NCMI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse AG, New York Life Investments Alternatives, Victory Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Brookstone Capital Management, and Rhumbline Advisers.
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Shares of NCMI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NCMI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.10.

National CineMedia has a market capitalization of $405.86 million and generates $444.80 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $36.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.47 on an earnings per share basis.

National CineMedia employs 531 workers across the globe.

The official website for National CineMedia is www.ncm.com.

National CineMedia is headquartered at 6300 S. SYRACUSE WAY SUITE 300, CENTENNIAL CO, 80111.

National CineMedia's mailing address is 6300 S. SYRACUSE WAY SUITE 300, CENTENNIAL CO, 80111. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 303-792-3600 or via email at [email protected]