Acacia Research Corp
ACTG- Exchange
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- Industry
- Patent Owners & Lessors
- SEC CIK
- 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, Q1 2023
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
- 81
- −3 vs. Q4 2022
- Shares held
- 41.1M
- +16.8M (+69.3%) vs. Q4 2022
- Total value
- $158.8M
- +$56.6M (+55.4%) vs. Q4 2022
- New holders
- 14
- 28 more added
- Sold out
- 17
- 21 more reduced
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q4 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 20,000,000 | $77.2M | 1.55% | +15,000,000+300.0% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,366,106 | $9.13M | 0.00% | +376,043+18.9% | Added |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 1,995,345 | $7.70M | 0.09% | −1,776−0.1% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,766,172 | $6.89M | 1.46% | +71,041+4.2% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,647,512 | $6.36M | 0.01% | +21,112+1.3% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,475,309 | $5.69M | 0.00% | +210,473+16.6% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,440,407 | $5.56M | 0.53% | +803,416+126.1% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,112,496 | $4.29M | 1.06% | −8,145−0.7% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 927,099 | $3.58M | 0.00% | +2,601+0.3% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 886,417 | $3.42M | 0.03% | +460,717+108.2% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 593,690 | $2.29M | 0.06% | +99,190+20.1% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 550,393 | $2.12M | 0.01% | −485−0.1% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 511,001 | $1.97M | 0.06% | +28,923+6.0% | Added |
| Roumell Asset Management, LLC | 470,236 | $1.82M | 4.11% | +470,236 | New |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 450,000 | $1.74M | 1.25% | +50,000+12.5% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 423,580 | $1.64M | 0.00% | −56,975−11.9% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 318,606 | $1.23M | 0.00% | +21,135+7.1% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 314,828 | $1.22M | 0.00% | +165,442+110.7% | Added |
| Difesa Capital Management, LP | 304,923 | $1.18M | 1.11% | −2,500−0.8% | Reduced |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 254,823 | $983.6K | 0.79% | −90,110−26.1% | Reduced |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 180,000 | $694.8K | 0.09% | −108,000−37.5% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 159,763 | $616.7K | 0.00% | +62,370+64.0% | Added |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 153,750 | $593.5K | 0.05% | +100,750+190.1% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 152,597 | $589.0K | 0.01% | +61,020+66.6% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 144,987 | $559.6K | 0.00% | +144,987 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 143,465 | $553.8K | 0.00% | +23,113+19.2% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 137,399 | $530.4K | 0.00% | +27,282+24.8% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 130,677 | $504.4K | 0.00% | +130,677 | New |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 130,292 | $502.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 125,787 | $486.0K | 0.00% | −543,788−81.2% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 122,275 | $472.0K | 0.00% | −49,983−29.0% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 115,917 | $447.4K | 0.00% | +21,135+22.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 99,215 | $383.0K | 0.00% | +23,580+31.2% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 98,394 | $379.8K | 0.00% | +11,063+12.7% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 95,066 | $367.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HRT Financial LP | 88,757 | $342.0K | 0.00% | +88,757 | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 84,055 | $324.5K | 0.00% | +16,198+23.9% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 81,600 | $315.0K | 0.00% | −114,138−58.3% | Reduced |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 66,291 | $255.9K | 0.01% | +28,895+77.3% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 61,546 | $237.6K | 0.00% | +74+0.1% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 59,930 | $231.3K | 0.00% | −117,941−66.3% | Reduced |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 51,110 | $197.0K | 0.00% | −33,826−39.8% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 43,500 | $168.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 683 Capital Management, LLC | 41,000 | $158.3K | 0.01% | +41,000 | New |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $154.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 39,506 | $152.5K | 0.00% | +39,506 | New |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 37,034 | $143.0K | 0.00% | −7,972−17.7% | Reduced |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 36,989 | $142.8K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 32,786 | $126.6K | 0.01% | −21,343−39.4% | Reduced |
| Man Group plc | – | $125.7K | 0.00% | – | – |
| Sea Otter Advisors LLC | 31,877 | $123.0K | 0.08% | +31,877 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 31,647 | $122.2K | 0.00% | +31,007+4,844.8% | Added |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 31,131 | $120.0K | 0.01% | −85,333−73.3% | Reduced |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 30,000 | $116.0K | 0.08% | +5,000+20.0% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 29,500 | $113.9K | 0.00% | −33,000−52.8% | Reduced |
| LMR Partners LLP | 26,623 | $102.8K | 0.00% | +26,623 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 26,173 | $101.0K | 0.00% | +26,035+18,865.9% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 22,253 | $85.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $84.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James & Associates | 21,700 | $83.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $77.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Maven Securities LTD | 20,000 | $77.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 18,555 | $71.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Investors Research Corp | 18,100 | $69.9K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 18,015 | $69.5K | 0.01% | −17,537−49.3% | Reduced |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 18,000 | $69.5K | 0.00% | −9,000−33.3% | Reduced |
| Stokes Family Office, LLC | 16,880 | $65.2K | 0.01% | +16,880 | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 16,279 | $62.8K | 0.00% | +16,279 | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 16,176 | $62.0K | 0.00% | −225−1.4% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 15,112 | $58.3K | 0.00% | +15,112 | New |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 14,290 | $55.2K | 0.01% | +14,290 | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 12,635 | $48.8K | 0.00% | +12,635 | New |
| Gateway Advisory, LLC | 12,000 | $46.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 11,849 | $45.7K | 0.00% | −8,701−42.3% | Reduced |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 11,042 | $43.0K | 0.00% | +11,042 | New |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $38.6K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG | 2,522 | $9.73K | 0.00% | −1,171−31.7% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $5.84K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 301 | $1.16K | 0.00% | +38+14.4% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 87 | $336 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 118 | $0 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −158,158−100.0% | Sold out |
| Caption Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −156,255−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −111,012−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mariner, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −89,432−100.0% | Sold out |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −52,068−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −32,583−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,494−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16,298−100.0% | Sold out |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bartlett & Co. LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,748−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,748−100.0% | Sold out |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,967−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,706−100.0% | Sold out |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −166−100.0% | Sold out |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −166−100.0% | Sold out |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −67−100.0% | Sold out |