Roth Capital maintained a Buy rating on Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ: MARA), and cut the price target to $8.00 (from $9.00), following the company's 2Q15 results. MARA reported an EPS loss of ($0.32) per share compared to ($0.14) consensus, and $1.4 million in revenue.

Analyst William Gibson commented, "Marathon lost $4.5 million or ($0.32) per share on revenue of $1.4 million. Our estimate was a $3.1 million or ($0.22) per share on revenue of $5 million. We are lowering our 2015 estimate to a $11.7 million loss or ($0.82) per share on revenue of $28.5 million from a $5.4 million loss or ($0.38) per share on revenue of $35.1 million previously."

Gibson also added, "Marathon announced a definitive merger agreement with privately-held, Australian patent monetization corporation, Uniloc. Each company will operate as fully owned Luxembourg chartered subsidiaries of a Luxembourg holding company to be known as Marathon Group SA. The Luxembourg domicile provides an effective 10% tax rate on intellectual property (IP) revenue."

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Shares of Marathon Patent Group closed at $2.53 yesterday.

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Notable Mergers and Acquisitions 8/17: (PNR) (LVNTA)/(ZU) (MARA) (BIP)August 17, 2015 9:53 AM Marathon Patent Group (MARA), Uniloc Luxembourg Enter Merger AgreementAugust 17, 2015 6:54 AM Marathon Patent Group and Uniloc Agree to MergeAugust 14, 2015 4:59 PM Marathon Patent Group, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2015 Financial ResultsAugust 14, 2015 4:56 PM Marathon Patent Group (MARA) Posts Q2 Loss of 32c/ShareAugust 14, 2015 4:50 PM