GAME vs NCMI vs IZEA Stock Comparison

GameSquare Holdings, National CineMedia and IZEA Worldwide Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GAME GameSquare Holdings, Inc.
$2.59 -15.9% 1M +286.6% 1Y
Market cap
$33.14M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$56.04M
Div. yield
–
Advertising Agencies Communication Services
2 wins
NCMI National CineMedia, Inc.
$1.76 -23.5% 1M -57.5% 1Y
Market cap
$165.43M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$249.00M
Div. yield
5.11%
Advertising Agencies Communication Services
4 wins
IZEA IZEA Worldwide, Inc.
$2.37 -7.1% 1M -54.8% 1Y
Market cap
$41.28M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$26.52M
Div. yield
–
Advertising Agencies Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

National CineMedia leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (National CineMedia 4, GameSquare Holdings 2, IZEA Worldwide 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGAMENCMIIZEALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $33.14M $165.43M $41.28M NCMI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.7x -21.7x -16.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.3% +5.8% -28.2% GAME
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -81.4% -3.1% -9.4% NCMI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -76.6% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -1.7x — NCMI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 5.11% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +286.6% -57.5% -54.8% GAME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -30.6%/yr -44.0%/yr -21.9%/yr IZEA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 221.1% 74.2% 47.1% IZEA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 27/100 77/100 44/100 NCMI

Percentile Scorecard

GAMENCMIIZEA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGAMENCMIIZEA
Valuation 14 #46 of 53 85 #9 of 53 35 #35 of 53
Growth 72 #13 of 44 77 #11 of 44 56 #20 of 44
Profitability 2 #41 of 42 42 #25 of 42 20 #34 of 42
Financial Health 20 #49 of 61 87 #9 of 61 92 #6 of 61
Shareholder Returns – 96 #2 of 26 20 #21 of 26
Overall 27 77 44
  • GAME ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • NCMI ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • IZEA ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGAMENCMIIZEASPY
1 month -15.9%-23.5%-7.1% +0.7%
3 months +619.4%-56.0%-29.9% +3.7%
6 months +370.9%-48.1%-42.2% +7.1%
Year to date +581.6%-54.8%-45.9% +12.8%
1 year +286.6%-57.5%-54.8% +11.9%
3 years +26.3%-52.4%+9.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +8.1%-22.0%+3.0% +22.8%
5 years -83.9%-94.5%-71.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year -30.6%-44.0%-21.9% +10.9%
10 years —-98.7%-88.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year —-35.3%-19.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGAMENCMIIZEASPY
Volatility, 1Y 221.1%74.2%47.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 96.5%91.5%49.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.850.780.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.30-0.77-1.16 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.6%-97.3%-82.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.6%-60.4%-55.3% -1.2%
52-week high $3.68$4.45$5.30 $779.14
52-week low $0.25$1.75$2.29 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGAMENCMIIZEA
P/E now vs peer median -0.7xmedian 18.7x -21.7xmedian 18.7x -16.7xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 0.6x 0.7xmedian 0.6x 1.6xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -1.9xmedian 10.6x 6.7xmedian 10.6x 1.5xmedian 10.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 9.0x 8.4xmedian 9.0x -26.7xmedian 9.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 1.6x 0.5xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.11median 0.49 0.83median 0.49 -0.62median 0.49

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGAMENCMIIZEA
Revenue $56.04M $249.00M $26.52M
Gross profit $25.41M $234.50M $11.84M
Operating income -$22.84M -$17.70M -$4.18M
Net income -$45.59M -$7.60M -$2.48M
Free cash flow – $19.70M -$1.55M
R&D $2.37M – –
EPS (diluted) $-3.84 $-0.08 $-0.14
Cash & equivalents $4.46M $46.10M $46.60M
Total debt $12.10M $12.00M –
Shares (diluted) 11.86M 93.70M 17.45M
Enterprise value $8.33M -$2.77M -$154.10M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGAMENCMIIZEA
P/E -0.7x -21.7x -16.7x
P/FCF – 8.4x -26.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.9x -26.7x
P/S 0.6x 0.7x 1.6x
P/B 3.4x 0.5x 0.9x
P/Tangible book -2.4x 4.0x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA -1.9x 6.7x 1.5x
EV/EBIT -1.8x -7.4x 1.3x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 0.5x -0.2x
EV/FCF – 6.7x 3.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 5.5x 3.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.11 0.83 -0.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGAMENCMIIZEA
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.3% 5.8% -28.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.5% 8.3% -12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 115.3% 5.3% -26.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 9.8% -6.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 33.3% 24.7% 66.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -15.1% 18.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.5% 62.6% 79.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -109.2% -26.3% 24.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 53.3% 62.4% 79.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -6.0% -26.1% 27.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -19.3% 47.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 128.7% 12.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -18.6% 49.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 81.9% 10.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGAMENCMIIZEA
Gross margin 45.3% 94.2% 44.7%
EBITDA margin -38.1% 7.9% -13.3%
Operating margin -40.8% -7.1% -15.8%
Pretax margin -65.6% -3.1% -10.8%
Net margin -81.4% -3.1% -9.4%
FCF margin – 7.9% -5.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 9.6% -5.8%
Return on equity -200.2% -2.2% -6.0%
Return on assets -66.0% -1.7% -5.3%
Return on invested capital -76.6% – –
Return on capital employed -94.7% -4.5% -8.7%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -3.1x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 3.1% 6.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGAMENCMIIZEA
Debt / assets 20.5% 2.7% –
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -1.7x –
Debt / FCF – 0.6x –
Liabilities / assets 83.2% 25.1% 12.2%
Equity / assets 16.8% 74.9% 87.8%
Interest coverage – -25.3x -720.6x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.8x 7.8x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.8x 7.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.8x 7.1x
Altman Z-score -4.55 2.05 2.26

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGAMENCMIIZEA
Dividend yield – 5.1% –
Net buyback yield – 2.7% 1.2%
Shareholder yield – 7.8% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -150.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 57.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 100.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 57.8% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGAMENCMIIZEA
EPS, next fiscal year $-2.57FY2026 $-0.08FY2026 $-0.01FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $80.56MFY2026 $286.80MFY2026 $33.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +79.0%FY2026 +17.9%FY2026 +7.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +60.5% -3.9% +18.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGAMENCMIIZEA
Held by institutions 12.5% 89.6% 9.4%
Institutions holding 44 110 31
Change in shares held, QoQ -13.3% +2.2% -2.3%
Institutions buying 18 56 16
Institutions selling 10 34 8
Buyers to sellers 1.80 1.65 2.00

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GAMENCMIIZEA
GAME 1.00 0.09 0.05
NCMI 0.09 1.00 0.40
IZEA 0.05 0.40 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GAME, NCMI and IZEA?

National CineMedia (NCMI) is the largest by market capitalisation: GameSquare Holdings (GAME) $33.14M, National CineMedia (NCMI) $165.43M, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) $41.28M.

Which company is growing faster?

GameSquare Holdings (GAME) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: GameSquare Holdings (GAME) +22.3%, National CineMedia (NCMI) +5.8%, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) -28.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

National CineMedia (NCMI) has the highest net margin (GameSquare Holdings (GAME) -81.4%, National CineMedia (NCMI) -3.1%, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) -9.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year GameSquare Holdings (GAME) returned the most: GameSquare Holdings (GAME) +286.6%, National CineMedia (NCMI) -57.5%, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) -54.8%. Over five years, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) compounded fastest (GameSquare Holdings (GAME) -30.6%/yr, National CineMedia (NCMI) -44.0%/yr, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) -21.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: National CineMedia (NCMI) 5.11%. GameSquare Holdings (GAME) and IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) has been the steadiest (GameSquare Holdings (GAME) 221.1%, National CineMedia (NCMI) 74.2%, IZEA Worldwide (IZEA) 47.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GAME, NCMI and IZEA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, National CineMedia (NCMI) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.