Wall Street clobbered Viacom today — sending shares down 13.8% to the company’s lowest closing price in about seven years — after some comments by management yesterday left many questioning its turnaround prospects….and the future for all cable network owners.

Although Viacom’s Q2 earnings beat expectations, CEO Bob Bakish said in a quarterly briefing with analysts that ad sales will continue to decline despite improvement in ratings, and affiliate fees likely will drop.

On top of that, China’s Huahua Media missed the June payment in its agreement to help finance Paramount’s film slate. And Viacom doesn’t see a near-term resolution of a dispute with Charter, which put the company’s channels on a pricier tier than the traditional expanded basic package for new subscribers.

The ad and affiliate fee forecasts added to the growing sense that pay TV networks — possibly the nation’s most consistently profitable business — are all likely to weaken as subscribers cut the cord.

On a day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high, Discovery Communications fell 4.1% to a 52-week low. It was followed by MSG Networks (-3.8%), AMC Networks (-3.7%), CBS (-1.9%), Disney (-1.3%), Lionsgate (-1.3%), and Fox (-1.3%).

Viacom was in the center of the spotlight, though. Several analysts dropped their targets for the company’s stock price over the next 12 months. Here’s a sampling of their thoughts, from most bullish to most bearish:

Evercore ISI, Vijay Jayant (Price target: $48.00, NC)

[W]e view the June quarter’s results as evidence that the leadership of new CEO Bob Bakish has the company heading in the right direction, and while turning around a number of underperforming assets will take time, we see some early signs that Bakish’s restructuring plan is working.

CreditSuisse, Omar Sheikh ($45.00, -18.2%)

We continue to believe the turnaround strategy for [Viacom’s] cable networks business has a good chance of success. We also believe past investments position the company well to capture share of targeted TV advertising dollars, which we regard as a potentially very large market opportunity long term. However, it is also clear that accelerating subscriber declines… and continued aggressive investment by SVOD platforms on original content that directly competes with [Viacom’s] networks, mean the clock is ticking fast. Meanwhile, having to find a new financing deal for Paramount could delay investment in the slate if the current Huahua deal falls through.

UBS Global Research, Doug Mitchelson ($45.00, -10.0%)

With U.S. affiliate revenue not growing and advertising still in decline, investors are likely to be quite disappointed in both the current state of revenue trends and how long it might take a turnaround to take hold. Key from here is executing on its ratings turnaround, successful affiliate renewals (perhaps Verizon at year-end), delivering FY18 EBITDA growth by offsetting any U.S. networks revenue shortfalls with cost cuts, plus int’l network growth…and Paramount losses improving… and strengthening the balance sheet to the point that capital returns are possible.

Jefferies, John Janedis ($43.00, -17.3%)

Despite positive improvements in the trajectory of domestic advertising, concerns regarding affiliate growth and the China financing deal overshadowed otherwise strong results. With a reset, need ratings to improve further, subs losses remain stable, or a positive outcome on China / Charter to change the narrative.

Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Swinburne ($42.00, -12.5%)

Viacom continues to execute well on the elements of its turnaround that are in its control. This execution, however, is happening in the face of industry headwinds, sins of the past, and issues with foreign partners.

Cowen & Co, Doug Creutz ($41.00, NC)

Viacom continues to struggle with negative domestic audience trends, impacting advertising revenue. We also think the company’s affiliate fees are at some risk given the company’s reliance on having many networks that are not necessarily adequately supported with high quality content. While shares appear very inexpensive, we prefer to remain on the sidelines until we see evidence that management is making real progress against the company’s challenges.

Guggenheim Securities, Michael Morris ($40.00, -20.0%)

During the quarter [Viacom’s] portfolio of networks was up 1% y/y in C3 ratings. We note, however, that after years of under-investment the bar for ratings improvement at many of [Viacom’s] networks has been set low.

MoffettNathanson Research, Michael Nathanson ($40.00, -13.0%)

Put simply, the issue is that with long-term domestic affiliate growth of low single digits and advertising growth of, at best, low single digits, we just don’t know how Viacom can sustainably grow Cable Networks cash flow unless they can count on a massive recurring cost cutting strategy. However, because of the arms race in content spending, we wouldn’t welcome or suggest that choice.

BMO Capital Markets, Daniel Salmon ($35.00, -16.7%)

Excluding the impact of the SVOD timing, domestic affiliate fees would have been flat in [the June quarter], as would guidance for [the September quarter]. With subs declining at ~3.5% Viacom needs better terms on its renewals, or better penetration in vMVPDs to get to a positive growth trajectory.

Pivotal Research Group, Brian Wieser ($34.00, -15.0%)

[C]omments regarding management’s expectations around affiliate fee inflation, subscriber declines and the “ship” sailing on $100 [pay TV] bundles suggest that longer-term expectations embedded in our model have probably been too high given the challenges that Viacom (and most other cable network groups) face. Ongoing needs to invest in content while skinnier bundles proliferate and advertising stagnates or declines lead to slower revenue growth and margin compression as time progresses.

RBC Capital Markets, Steven Cahall ($30.00, NC)

[Viacom] had a decent [June quarter] and is showing early promise with revitalized content. BUT, while we credit management’s efforts the revenue pressures remain apparent, leading to yet more downward revisions.

Bernstein Research, Todd Juenger ($27.00, -6.9%)