Negative sentiment towards NCMI reflected by a jump of 5.97% in short interest

Anna Perez

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. National Cinemedia Inc shares valued at $3,162 were sold by Sullivan Catherine on Oct 03 ’25. At $4.31 per share, Sullivan Catherine sold 734 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 25,737 shares worth approximately $0.11 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Catherine Sullivan purchased 734 shares, netting a total of over 3,156 in proceeds.

Before that, Woods Maria VG had sold 9,039 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $40,162, the EVP – General Counsel traded National Cinemedia Inc shares for $4.44 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 9,039 shares, worth approximately $0.49 million.

As published in a research note from Barrington Research on October 31, 2025, National Cinemedia Inc [NCMI] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $6.50. Analysts at B. Riley Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of March 14, 2025, Wedbush has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Outperform” for NCMI. Earlier on August 15, 2024, The Benchmark Company upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for NCMI stock which previously was a “a Speculative buy”.

Analyzing NCMI Stock Performance

On last trading session, National Cinemedia Inc [NASDAQ: NCMI] plunged -4.39% to $4.14. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.105, but it reached a high of $4.35 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.48%. Over the course of the year, National Cinemedia Inc shares have dropped approximately -41.85%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $7.25 on 02/14/25 and a 52-week low of $4.03 on 10/16/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for National Cinemedia Inc (NCMI)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 4.05, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 3.95. In the upper region, resistance lies at 4.29. The next price resistance is at 4.44. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 42.74 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 rise in short interest on 2025-10-15 jumping by 0.49 million shares to 8.19 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 7.7 million shares. A jump of 5.97% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 17.86 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 17.86.

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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 61.66% from the previous closing price of $4.33. 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 March 19, 2024, B. Riley Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $6.75.

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