Analysts await Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASCMA) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $-1.89 EPS, down 57.14% or $1.08 from last year’s $-0.81 per share.

At the moment 3 analysts are watching Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASCMA), 0 rate it “Buy”, 1 “Outperform”, 2 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 3 analysts have a mean sales target of 143.30 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 3 analysts have a mean sales target of 143.96 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 3 analysts have a mean target of 573.30 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 3 analysts have a -1.77 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 3 analysts have a -1.61 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 3 estimates of -6.82 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Ascent Capital Group, Inc. include Wolf Fund Management Ltd. which owns 1 million shares in the company valued at $17.93 million. Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al is the second biggest holder with 957 K million shares currently valued at 16.00 million whilst Vanguard Group Inc has 635 K million shares valued at 10.62 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 9,846,880 with a reported 1,634,305 bought and 1,179,885 sold. These holdings make up 77.66% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 710,597 shares in the business which makes up 5.60% of shares. The biggest holder currently is William R. Fitzgerald who owns 127,296 shares (1.00% of those outstanding), whilst Dr. John C. Malone,PhD holds 110,680 (0.87% of shares outstanding) and Mr. Jeffery R. Gardner holds 80,918 (0.64% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 6.29% or $0.87 during the last trading session, hitting $14.70. Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASCMA) has fallen 55.24% over the past 6 months and is downtrending.