NCMI short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

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 $43,542 were sold by Woods Maria VG on Jun 30 ’25. At $4.82 per share, Woods Maria VG sold 9,038 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 111,246 shares worth approximately $0.53 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Sullivan Catherine sold 1,834 shares, netting a total of over 8,836 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $4.82 each, the insider now holds 24,269 shares.

Before that, Ng Ronnie Y. had sold 18,914 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $91,122, the Chief Financial Officer traded National Cinemedia Inc shares for $4.82 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 18,914 shares, worth approximately $0.78 million.

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] plunged -1.03% to $4.8. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.795, but it reached a high of $4.97 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.88%. Over the course of the year, National Cinemedia Inc shares have dropped approximately -15.94%.

Support And Resistance Levels for National Cinemedia Inc (NCMI)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 42.89 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

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 7.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 54.64% from the previous closing price of $4.85. Analysts anticipate National Cinemedia Inc stock to reach 7.5 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 7.5. 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.

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