Growth Metrics

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

National CineMedia (NCMI) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.31% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 3.0% to 0.31% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Jan 2026, up 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2026, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.31% in Q1 2026 for National CineMedia, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 36.84% in Q2 2023 to a low of 1.55% in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 2.48% across 5 years, with a median of 0.09% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: surged 3697bps in 2023 and later tumbled -3700bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.11% in 2022, then soared by 137bps to 0.26% in 2023, then rose by 10bps to 0.29% in 2024, then crashed by -91bps to 0.03% in 2025, then soared by 1146bps to 0.31% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for NCMI at 0.31% in Q1 2026, 0.03% in Q3 2025, and 0.21% in Q2 2025.