National CineMedia, Inc.: dividend

NCMINASDAQCommunication services · Services-Advertising

Price

$1.87

November 13, 2026Market cap $174M

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  • The full history: 17 fiscal years, from 2009
  • The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
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  • Excel with every year
  • An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys

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Notes on these figures

  • The interest the company pays is far more than the debt we can read would cost, so part of its borrowing is missing from the figures. We leave out the debt, net cash, enterprise value and the multiples built on them.

Yield

4.81%

$0.09 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $1.87.

Forward yield6.42%($0.0300 a quarter)

FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 2.2 times the dividend it paid.
2.2x
PayoutNo figure for earnings.
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No cut
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5-year growthFewer than five years of dividends.
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The dividend year by year

What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.

  • FY2025
    Dividend per share$0.12
  • FY2024
    Dividend per share~$0.00

Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid. For the years marked ~ the company states no dividend per share, and the figure is the dividends it paid over its shares at the year end, so it is approximate.

The dividend year by year

NCMI's dividend per share each fiscal year, from 2009 to FY2022, 14 more fiscal years

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Everything it returns to shareholders

The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.

Dividend yield

4.81%

$48.10 a year per $1,000 of shares

Buybacks

12.63%

$126.30 a year per $1,000 of shares

The share count fell by 2.2% over the year.

Total returned

17.44%

$174.40 a year per $1,000 of shares

dividend 28%buybacks 72%

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What do National CineMedia's filings show?

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Questions about NCMI's dividend

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What is NCMI's dividend yield?

National CineMedia paid $0.09 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $1.87, that is a yield of 4.81%.

Does NCMI cover its dividend with the cash it makes?

Yes, over the last year. National CineMedia's free cash flow was 2.2 times the dividend it paid.

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The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.