Acacia Research Corp
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- 0000934549
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, Q4 2022
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Dec 31, 2022. 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
- 84
- +8 vs. Q3 2022
- Shares held
- 24.3M
- +4.74M (+24.3%) vs. Q3 2022
- Total value
- $102.2M
- +$23.5M (+29.8%) vs. Q3 2022
- New holders
- 17
- 25 more added
- Sold out
- 9
- 23 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q3 2022 haven't filed for Q4 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2022: 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, Q4 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q3 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 5,000,000 | $21.1M | 0.40% | +5,000,000 | New |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 1,997,121 | $8.41M | 0.10% | +195,926+10.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,990,063 | $8.38M | 0.00% | +14,411+0.7% | Added |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,695,131 | $7.10M | 1.60% | −246,089−12.7% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,626,400 | $6.85M | 0.01% | −114,400−6.6% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,264,836 | $5.33M | 0.00% | +150,482+13.5% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,120,641 | $4.72M | 1.11% | −15,206−1.3% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 924,498 | $3.89M | 0.00% | −15,980−1.7% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 669,575 | $2.82M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 636,991 | $2.68M | 0.27% | +636,991 | New |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 550,878 | $2.32M | 0.01% | +6,875+1.3% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 494,500 | $2.08M | 0.05% | +22,900+4.9% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 482,078 | $2.03M | 0.08% | +48,205+11.1% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 480,555 | $2.02M | 0.00% | −47,158−8.9% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 425,700 | $1.79M | 0.02% | +235,700+124.1% | Added |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 400,000 | $1.68M | 1.32% | +268,000+203.0% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 344,933 | $1.45M | 1.22% | −3,961−1.1% | Reduced |
| Difesa Capital Management, LP | 307,423 | $1.29M | 1.01% | −252,577−45.1% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 297,471 | $1.25M | 0.00% | +23,752+8.7% | Added |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 288,000 | $1.21M | 0.16% | +275,000+2,115.4% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 195,738 | $824.1K | 0.00% | −54,200−21.7% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 177,871 | $748.8K | 0.00% | +166,160+1,418.8% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 172,258 | $725.2K | 0.00% | +172,258 | New |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 158,158 | $665.8K | 0.01% | +158,158 | New |
| Caption Management, LLC | 156,255 | $657.8K | 0.11% | +156,255 | New |
| State Street Corp | 149,386 | $628.9K | 0.00% | −900−0.6% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 130,292 | $548.0K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 120,352 | $506.7K | 0.00% | −52,796−30.5% | Reduced |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 116,464 | $490.0K | 0.06% | +73,994+174.2% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 111,012 | $467.0K | 0.01% | +78,981+246.6% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 110,117 | $463.6K | 0.00% | +80,970+277.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 97,393 | $410.0K | 0.00% | +260.0% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 95,066 | $400.0K | 0.00% | −610−0.6% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 94,782 | $399.0K | 0.00% | −5,972−5.9% | Reduced |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 91,577 | $385.5K | 0.01% | +75,691+476.5% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 89,432 | $377.0K | 0.00% | −1,469−1.6% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 87,331 | $367.7K | 0.00% | −2,543,007−96.7% | Reduced |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 84,936 | $358.0K | 0.01% | +71,527+533.4% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 75,635 | $318.4K | 0.00% | −13,813−15.4% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 67,857 | $285.7K | 0.00% | +13,946+25.9% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 62,500 | $263.1K | 0.00% | −35,400−36.2% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 61,472 | $258.8K | 0.00% | −3,304−5.1% | Reduced |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 54,129 | $227.9K | 0.01% | +54,129 | New |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 53,000 | $223.1K | 0.02% | +53,000 | New |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 52,068 | $219.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 45,006 | $189.5K | 0.00% | +17,679+64.7% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 43,500 | $183.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $168.4K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 37,396 | $157.4K | 0.01% | +37,396 | New |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 36,989 | $155.7K | 0.05% | +36,989 | New |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 35,552 | $149.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 32,583 | $137.2K | 0.00% | +17,838+121.0% | Added |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 27,000 | $113.7K | 0.00% | +2,675+11.0% | Added |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 25,000 | $105.0K | 0.07% | +1,000+4.2% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 22,253 | $93.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $92.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James & Associates | 21,700 | $91.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 21,494 | $90.5K | 0.00% | +21,494 | New |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 20,550 | $86.5K | 0.02% | +20,550 | New |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $84.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Maven Securities LTD | 20,000 | $84.2K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 18,555 | $78.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Investors Research Corp | 18,100 | $76.2K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 16,401 | $69.0K | 0.00% | +16,401 | New |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 16,298 | $68.0K | 0.00% | +16,298 | New |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 13,200 | $55.6K | 0.00% | +13,200 | New |
| Gateway Advisory, LLC | 12,000 | $51.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Man Group plc | 11,100 | $46.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $42.1K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 4,800 | $20.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bartlett & Co. LLC | 4,748 | $20.0K | 0.00% | +313+7.1% | Added |
| Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC | 4,748 | $20.0K | 0.00% | +313+7.1% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 3,693 | $15.5K | 0.00% | −3,655−49.7% | Reduced |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 2,967 | $12.5K | 0.00% | +2,967 | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 2,706 | $11.4K | 0.00% | −700−20.6% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $6.37K | 0.00% | −1,314−46.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 640 | $2.69K | 0.00% | −38−5.6% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 263 | $1.11K | 0.00% | −1,092−80.6% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 138 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +81+142.1% | Added |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC | 166 | $698 | 0.00% | +166 | New |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. | 166 | $698 | 0.00% | +166 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 87 | $366 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 67 | $282 | 0.00% | −5−6.9% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 118 | $0 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,790−100.0% | Sold out |
| LMR Partners LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,487−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ergoteles LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16,790−100.0% | Sold out |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,281−100.0% | Sold out |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,605−100.0% | Sold out |
| AlphaMark Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,300−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cutler Group LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,412−100.0% | Sold out |
| Crewe Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −445−100.0% | Sold out |
| First Horizon Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −159−100.0% | Sold out |
| Eidelman Virant Capital | – | – | – | – | Not filed |