Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. National Cinemedia Inc shares valued at $169,344 were sold by Lesinski Thomas F. on Jul 31 ’25. At $4.65 per share, Lesinski Thomas F. sold 36,393 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 449,400 shares worth approximately $2.11 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Lesinski Thomas F. sold 3,862 shares, netting a total of over 18,049 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $4.67 each, the insider now holds 453,449 shares.
Before that, Lesinski, Thomas F. had added 45,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $228,150, the Officer bought National Cinemedia Inc shares for $5.07 each.
As published in a research note from B. Riley Securities on May 16, 2025, National Cinemedia Inc [NCMI] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $6. Analysts at Wedbush upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of August 15, 2024, The Benchmark Company has increased its “Speculative buy” rating to a “Buy” for NCMI. Earlier on March 19, 2024, B. Riley Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for NCMI stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing NCMI Stock Performance
On last trading session, National Cinemedia Inc [NASDAQ: NCMI] rose 3.30% to $4.69. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.38, but it reached a high of $4.9 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.29%. Over the course of the year, National Cinemedia Inc shares have dropped approximately -17.14%.
Is National Cinemedia Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of National Cinemedia Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.87 million shares to 7.19 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 8.06 million shares. A decline of -12.09% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 11.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 11.14.
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In terms of National Cinemedia Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 7 in the next 12 months, up nearly 54.19% from the previous closing price of $4.54. Analysts anticipate National Cinemedia Inc stock to reach 7 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 7. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked National Cinemedia Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 18, 2023, B. Riley Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $4.50.
