Growth Metrics

National CineMedia (NCMI) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

National CineMedia's FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 6.55% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 2602.0% year-over-year to 6.55%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 1.15%, down 2190.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 1.15%, 2148.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 was 6.55% at National CineMedia, up from 3.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 63.1% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 110.93% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 1.36% (2022), against an average of 6.29%.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Margin soared 43231bps in 2022 before it crashed -11680bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 12.54% in 2022, then surged by 223bps to 15.42% in 2023, then soared by 111bps to 32.56% in 2024, then plummeted by -110bps to 3.15% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 307bps to 6.55% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NCMI's FCF Margin are 6.55% (Q1 2026), 3.15% (Q3 2025), and 12.77% (Q2 2025).