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The exhibition ad sales company liked the way 2013 ended up, but has reservations about 2014, according to its Q4 earnings release and forecast. The last three months of the year included a $25.4M gain from the sale of its Fathom Events business. With that factored in, reported net income leaped to $53.6M from $16.5M…

Last year Samsung spent more than $20M for movie theater ads, which accounted for 19% of National CineMedia‘s national Q3 revenue. But even with that expected decline, the cinema ad sales company’s results fell short of expectations. It reported net income of $13.7M, -18% vs the period last year, on revenues of…

The movie theater ad sales company gave the head nod this morning as it disclosed its plan to take advantage of today’s low interest rates by repricing its debt. The release adds that the company “is comfortable with the upper end” of its cash flow projections. Stifel analyst Benjamin Mogil seized the opportunity this…

The cinema ad sales company isn’t joining the exhibition industry’s celebration over the strong year-end box office. National CineMedia ended Q4 with a $0.5M net loss, down from a $6.7M profit in the period a year ago, on revenues of $115.9M, +1.1%. The sales figure is short of the $119.8M that analysts expected. The…

It’s a tough time for the company, which sells ads and produces special events for movie theaters. National CineMedia just reported consolidated net income for Q3 of $16.7M, -6% vs the period last year, on revenues of  $143.7M, +5.7%. But the results fell short of the Street’s expectations. Analysts anticipated…

Movie theater ad sales were up, but the Fathom Events business — which offers concerts and other alternative programming for exhibition companies — took a breather in the quarter that ended in June. Due to its debt refinancing efforts, National CineMedia ended the period with a $1.9M net loss, down from a $9M profit…

National CineMedia, operator of the nation’s largest in-theater ad network, reported today after the closing bell that it grew revenue by 8.2% year-over-year to $136 million during the third quarter. That’s a quarterly record for the company, which saw its ad revenue jump 8% to $127.1 million; ad revenue is up 3.3%…

National CineMedia took it on the chin as investors reacted to its announcement late yesterday that the softening economy will cause the theater ad sales firm to fall short of its 2011 earnings projections. The stock closed at $12.01, down 18.6% for the day — and bringing its loss for 2011 to 39.7%. Lazard Capital…

The numbers look bad. Instead of seeing 2011 revenues grow 8% to 10%, the projection in August, National CineMedia now says that it could end the year anywhere from -5.8% to +1.8%. Estimates for the key cash flow figure — Adjusted OIBDA (operating income before depreciation and amortization) — are even worse: It now…

National CineMedia’s 2Q results — basically in line with expectations — and the company’s decision to raise its dividend seemed to balance whatever disappointment investors may have felt about the slight trim executives made in their financial forecast for 2011. The share price for the No. 1 movie advertising and…