Growth Metrics

National CineMedia (NCMI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

National CineMedia's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.03%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.03%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.03% at National CineMedia, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.0% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.08% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.04% (2025), against an average of 0.04%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed grew 10bps in 2022 before it fell -6bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.02% in 2022, then crashed by -236bps to 0.06% in 2023, then grew by 25bps to 0.04% in 2024, then decreased by -6bps to 0.04% in 2025, then grew by 22bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NCMI's Return on Capital Employed are 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).