Growth Metrics

National CineMedia (NCMI) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

National CineMedia's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.31% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.31%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.04%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.04%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.31% at National CineMedia, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 36.84% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 1.55% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.09% (2024), against an average of 2.48%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales skyrocketed 3697bps in 2023 before it plummeted -3700bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.11% in 2022, then surged by 137bps to 0.26% in 2023, then increased by 10bps to 0.29% in 2024, then plummeted by -92bps to 0.02% in 2025, then soared by 1229bps to 0.31% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NCMI's Return on Sales are 0.31% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.21% (Q2 2025).