Acacia Research Corp
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In the last 90 days, Acacia Research Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 4 sales; 122 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $401.5M in total; Starboard Value is the only superinvestor holding it.
13F holders, Q3 2021
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Sep 30, 2021. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 102
- +7 vs. Q2 2021
- Shares held
- 28.6M
- −298.1K (−1.0%) vs. Q2 2021
- Total value
- $193.9M
- +$158.9K (+0.1%) vs. Q2 2021
- New holders
- 19
- 23 more added
- Sold out
- 12
- 32 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q2 2021 haven't filed for Q3 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2021: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting ACTG on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 122 | $401.5M |
| Q1 2026 | 118 | $407.4M |
| Q4 2025 | 94 | $313.8M |
| Q3 2025 | 89 | $274.2M |
| Q2 2025 | 86 | $299.6M |
| Q1 2025 | 89 | $265.9M |
| Q4 2024 | 95 | $362.5M |
| Q3 2024 | 103 | $395.8M |
| Q2 2024 | 103 | $432.5M |
| Q1 2024 | 92 | $461.0M |
| Q4 2023 | 95 | $340.1M |
| Q3 2023 | 89 | $314.2M |
| Q2 2023 | 84 | $186.4M |
| Q1 2023 | 81 | $161.0M |
| Q4 2022 | 84 | $102.2M |
| Q3 2022 | 77 | $79.2M |
| Q2 2022 | 85 | $108.7M |
| Q1 2022 | 96 | $123.9M |
| Q4 2021 | 110 | $151.1M |
| Q3 2021 | 102 | $193.9M |
| Q2 2021 | 96 | $198.4M |
| Q1 2021 | 112 | $200.7M |
Institutions, Q3 2021
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q2 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. | 3,386,944 | $23.0M | 0.00% | −9,431−0.3% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,859,799 | $19.4M | 0.00% | +270,788+10.5% | Added |
| Granahan Investment Management Inc | 2,345,352 | $15.9M | 0.30% | −50,467−2.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,332,030 | $15.8M | 0.00% | +33,169+1.4% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 2,153,700 | $14.6M | 0.02% | −119,300−5.2% | Reduced |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 1,762,785 | $12.0M | 0.09% | −35,000−1.9% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,483,002 | $10.1M | 1.89% | +79,658+5.7% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,279,068 | $8.69M | 1.60% | −62,936−4.7% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,161,825 | $7.89M | 0.00% | −13,060−1.1% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 954,692 | $6.48M | 0.00% | +1,433+0.2% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 827,203 | $5.62M | 0.00% | −13,569−1.6% | Reduced |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | 722,865 | $4.91M | 1.47% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 475,000 | $3.23M | 0.06% | −74,900−13.6% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 452,260 | $3.07M | 0.00% | −16,222−3.5% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 445,577 | $3.02M | 0.01% | +155,851+53.8% | Added |
| AIGH Capital Management LLC | 362,906 | $2.46M | 0.69% | +362,906 | New |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 353,125 | $2.40M | 0.02% | −5,423−1.5% | Reduced |
| Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC | 293,198 | $1.99M | 0.27% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 348,744 | $1.91M | 1.16% | +20,099+6.1% | Added |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 235,593 | $1.60M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 216,092 | $1.47M | 0.00% | −31,663−12.8% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 210,729 | $1.47M | 0.00% | −16,644−7.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 193,254 | $1.31M | 0.00% | +9,975+5.4% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 190,000 | $1.29M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 181,764 | $1.23M | 0.01% | +181,764 | New |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 174,438 | $1.18M | 0.00% | +59,800+52.2% | Added |
| M&G Investment Management Ltd | 166,703 | $1.17M | 0.00% | +7,802+4.9% | Added |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 157,620 | $1.07M | 0.00% | −2,077−1.3% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 149,193 | $1.04M | 0.04% | +149,193 | New |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 152,943 | $1.04M | 0.00% | +152,943 | New |
| Kerrisdale Advisers, LLC | 150,000 | $1.02M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC | 146,200 | $993.0K | 0.12% | +5,000+3.5% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 134,771 | $915.0K | 0.00% | +40,160+42.4% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 125,937 | $856.0K | 0.00% | −218,200−63.4% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 123,911 | $842.0K | 0.00% | −17,381−12.3% | Reduced |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 105,980 | $720.0K | 0.07% | +2,138+2.1% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 96,784 | $657.0K | 0.00% | −57,000−37.1% | Reduced |
| Eidelman Virant Capital | 93,000 | $644.0K | 0.25% | −165,000−64.0% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 86,179 | $585.0K | 0.00% | +1,721+2.0% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 84,061 | $571.0K | 0.00% | −41,150−32.9% | Reduced |
| Worth Venture Partners, LLC | 83,249 | $565.0K | 0.26% | +83,249 | New |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 70,978 | $482.0K | 0.01% | +28,682+67.8% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 68,698 | $466.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| IndexIQ Advisors LLC | 67,609 | $459.0K | 0.02% | +6,772+11.1% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 60,900 | $414.0K | 0.00% | −10.0% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 52,356 | $355.0K | 0.00% | +14,157+37.1% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 51,800 | $352.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 46,508 | $300.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Winton Group Ltd | 41,624 | $283.0K | 0.02% | −20,630−33.1% | Reduced |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $270.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 34,612 | $235.0K | 0.00% | +34,612 | New |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 34,395 | $234.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 34,484 | $234.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 34,054 | $231.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 33,383 | $227.0K | 0.00% | −114−0.3% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 32,030 | $217.0K | 0.00% | −27,150−45.9% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 31,008 | $211.0K | 0.00% | −1,557−4.8% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 28,371 | $193.0K | 0.00% | −1,943−6.4% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 27,385 | $186.0K | 0.00% | −44,333−61.8% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 27,056 | $184.0K | 0.00% | −40,486−59.9% | Reduced |
| American International Group, Inc. | 26,835 | $182.0K | 0.00% | −637−2.3% | Reduced |
| First Manhattan Co | 23,000 | $156.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 22,006 | $149.0K | 0.00% | −39,071−64.0% | Reduced |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $149.0K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 21,400 | $145.0K | 0.09% | +1,400+7.0% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 20,966 | $142.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 20,855 | $142.0K | 0.00% | +8,955+75.3% | Added |
| Dalton Investments LLC | 20,000 | $136.0K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $136.0K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 20,036 | $136.0K | 0.00% | +13,833+223.0% | Added |
| Investors Research Corp | 19,800 | $134.0K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 18,967 | $127.0K | 0.00% | −286−1.5% | Reduced |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 18,300 | $124.0K | 0.01% | +18,300 | New |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 18,015 | $122.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Powell Investment Advisors, LLC | 18,000 | $122.0K | 0.08% | +18,000 | New |
| MetLife Investment Management | 17,691 | $120.1K | 0.00% | +17,691 | New |
| Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC | 17,398 | $118.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 15,841 | $108.0K | 0.00% | −4,500−22.1% | Reduced |
| Aristides Capital LLC | 13,437 | $91.0K | 0.07% | +13,437 | New |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 13,385 | $90.9K | 0.00% | +13,385 | New |
| Parian Global Management LP | 12,602 | $86.0K | 0.06% | +12,602 | New |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 12,000 | $81.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 12,000 | $81.0K | 0.01% | +12,000 | New |
| Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP | 11,550 | $78.0K | 0.05% | +11,550 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 11,171 | $75.9K | 0.00% | +5,727+105.2% | Added |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 10,700 | $73.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 10,198 | $69.0K | 0.00% | −97,230−90.5% | Reduced |
| FinTrust Capital Advisors, LLC | 10,000 | $68.0K | 0.02% | +10,000 | New |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. | 9,481 | $64.4K | 0.01% | +9,481 | New |
| Belvedere Trading LLC | 11,227 | $62.0K | 0.02% | +11,227 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 7,258 | $50.0K | 0.00% | +1,833+33.8% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 5,713 | $39.0K | 0.00% | +1,147+25.1% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 5,638 | $38.0K | 0.00% | +2,483+78.7% | Added |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 4,242 | $29.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,802 | $26.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 2,827 | $19.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC | 500 | $3.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Parallel Advisors, LLC | 315 | $2.00K | 0.00% | +315 | New |
| TD Private Client Wealth LLC | 150 | $1.02K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Liberty Wealth Management LLC | 100 | $1.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |