Ascent Capital Group, Inc.
CompletedFormerly Ascent Media CORP
Spin-offSpun off from DHC
The two companies
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- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Services-Miscellaneous Business Services
- Exchange
- —
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Record date
- —
- Distribution date
- —
- Ratio
- 0.05:1
- Parent sector
- —
- Form
- 10-12B/A
- Filed
- September 17, 2008
Financials — parent vs spin-off
SEC XBRL · latest yearNo XBRL financials available.
- Revenue
- $134M
- Operating income
- $7M
- Net income
- −$31M
- Total assets
- $1.41B
- Equity
- −$565M
Latest reported figures from each company's own SEC filings — the parent after the separation and the spin-off as a standalone. Full multi-year history on each company hub.
Spin-off signals
score 0/5 favorable · factors, not advice- Leverage (liabilities/assets)140%
A heavy debt load loaded onto the spin-off is a known risk; a clean balance sheet is favorable.
- Operating margin4.9%
Profitability of the standalone business, from its own SEC filings.
- Tax-basis reportNone found
A Form 8937 (basis allocation) accompanies tax-free §355 spin-offs — favorable for taxable holders.
- Insider buying (post-spin)None recorded
Officers/directors buying their own newly independent shares (Form 4) has historically preceded outperformance.
- Time since spin-off17.7 years
Studies find the spin-off return premium concentrates in roughly the first one to three years.
Factors the spin-off research literature (Greenblatt; Cusatis-Miles-Woolridge; Desai-Jain) associates with outcomes — computed from this company's own SEC filings, shown as factors, not a recommendation. The premium is debated and not guaranteed. How we compute these ↗
Filings & documents
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