Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Aug 4, 2026

NCMI

National CineMedia, Inc.
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizonimmediate Processed1mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $216K total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

This insider cluster is routine and non-informative. The CEO's sale followed a non-cash derivative exercise, consistent with tax planning. Monitor NCMI's next quarterly filing for any fundamental changes, but this filing alone does not warrant a trading action.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizonimmediate
Latest settled — T+20d
NCMI ▼ -38.63% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✗ call lost -38.63% · α vs SPY -38.03% · entry $4.09 → $2.51
Next anchor: T+60d in 25d
Latest observation: T+38 -70.72% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Aug 4, 03:59 PM ET
via exchange tick
T+1d
-1.47%
call -1.47% · α -1.31%
$4.03
settled 8w ago
T+5d
-45.72%
call -45.72% · α -46.07%
$2.22
settled 8w ago
T+20d
-38.63%
call -38.63% · α -38.03%
$2.51
settled 5w ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 25d

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Executive Summary

CEO Thomas Lesinski and CFO Ronnie Ng sold a combined ~$216K in NCMI stock over a 7-day window. The CEO's sale of $212K followed a non-cash derivative exercise of 74,560 shares on July 31, indicating the sale was likely for tax or liquidity purposes rather than a bearish signal. At ~0.055% of market cap, the total dollar value is trivial and well below the 0.1% materiality threshold for insider sales, which are weak predictors per academic literature. The cluster is routine and non-informative.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$216.0K
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • CEO Thomas Lesinski sold 50,623 shares at $4.18 for $212K on 2026-08-03
  • CFO Ronnie Ng sold 1,000 shares at $4.05 for $4K on 2026-08-03
  • CEO exercised 74,560 shares at $0 (non-cash) on 2026-07-31 prior to sale
  • Total cluster value of $216K represents ~0.055% of NCMI's $392M market cap
  • No open-market purchases in the cluster; net direction is selling

Financial Impact

Insider sales of $216K are immaterial relative to $392M market cap (0.055%)

dilution

Risk Factors

  • Insider sales, while small, could precede negative news if the pattern escalates in future weeks
  • The CEO's derivative exercise adds shares to the float, though the economic impact is negligible

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Services-Advertising
Analyst Consensus
82% bullish (11 analysts)

Investment Themes

Services

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-NCMI-1785900794862
8 reports for NCMI
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TypeNow
Aug 4, 2026
8w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$4.09 $2.51▼ −38.63%▼ −38.03%$2.12 (−48.17%)
Jul 2, 2026
13w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 5/10
$3.97 $4.00▲ +0.76%▲ +1.17%$2.12 (−46.60%)
Jun 14, 2026
15w ago
Institutional Cluster
MIXED ★ 4/10
$3.57 $3.99▲ +11.76%▲ +12.51%$2.12 (−40.62%)
May 12, 2026
20w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$2.98 $3.58▲ +20.13%▲ +20.75%$2.12 (−28.86%)
May 4, 2026
21w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$3.37 $3.62▲ +7.42%▲ +1.77%$2.12 (−37.09%)
May 4, 2026
21w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$3.37 $3.62▲ +7.42%▲ +1.77%$2.12 (−37.09%)
May 4, 2026
21w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$3.37 $3.62▲ +7.42%▲ +1.77%$2.12 (−37.09%)
Mar 27, 2026
27w ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$3.04 $3.55▲ +16.78%▲ +4.04%$2.12 (−30.26%)
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Report published Aug 5, 2026