What does payments to purchase of businesses mean?

Represents the cash outflow associated with the acquisition of other companies or business units. This metric is a key indicator of inorganic growth strategy and the deployment of capital to expand market presence or capabilities.

National CineMedia NCMI Payments To Purchase Of Businesses

Payments To Purchase Of Businesses at other companies

Community Health SystemsCYH

$5M—

Bank7 Corp.BSVN

$0-100%

Bausch Health CompaniesBHC

$0-100%

Acco BrandsACCO

$1.1M-89.1%

ValvolineVVV

$8.5M+63.5%

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.WLYB

$243K-91.0%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$34.0M-2.6%

Gross profit$30.0M-5.7%

Operating income-$26.9M-12.6%

Net income-$28.6M+6.8%

EPS (diluted)-$0.31+3.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$51.6M-18.1%

Total debt$22.3M+61.6%

Total equity$344.8M-7.0%

Total assets$468.7M-7.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$18.1M+202%

CapEx$300.0K-57.1%

Free cash flow$17.8M+236%

Valuation

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Market cap$332.92M-31.8%

Enterprise value$303.62M-30.9%

P/S1.4×-0.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin94.2%-0.2pp

Operating margin-11.9%—

Net margin-9.5%—

FCF margin6.3%-10.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-5.9%—

Debt / equity0.1×0.0×

Current ratio1.8×-0.5×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by National CineMedia in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept ncmi:PaymentsToPurchaseOfBusinesses.

The official record: National CineMedia’s 10-K, filed February 26, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is National CineMedia's payments to purchase of businesses?: National CineMedia (NCMI) reported payments to purchase of businesses of $1.88M in Q4 2025.
What does payments to purchase of businesses mean?: Represents the cash outflow associated with the acquisition of other companies or business units. This metric is a key indicator of inorganic growth strategy and the deployment of capital to expand market presence or capabilities.