Piper Jaffray maintained an Overweight rating on Ascent Media (NASDAQ: ASCMA), and cut the price target to $26.00 (from $45.00), following the company's 3Q earnings report. Ascent Capital reported revenue of $141.8M, which was modestly below the Street estimate of $143.2M. ASCMA also reported unit churn of 13.5%, which was up from 13.4% last quarter and 12.6% a year ago, though this was in-line with management's expectations.

Analyst Andrew Nowinski commented, "Ascent Capital reported relatively in-line 3Q15 results, though the elevated churn levels are now expected to remain elevated in the mid-13% range throughout 2016. However, adjusted EBITDA (Pre-SAC) increased 1.9% and management said the LiveWatch acquisition continues to exceed expectations, delivering profitable RMR and account growth. As such, we are maintaining an Overweight rating, but lowering our price target to $26 (prev $45) due to higher churn assumptions."

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Shares of Ascent Media closed at $22.82 yesterday.