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Acacia Research Corp

ACTG
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Nasdaq
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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 $401.0M in total; Starboard Value is the only superinvestor holding it.

13F holders, Q2 2023

Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Jun 30, 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
84
+3 vs. Q1 2023
Shares held
44.8M
+3.73M (+9.1%) vs. Q1 2023
Total value
$186.4M
+$27.6M (+17.4%) vs. Q1 2023
New holders
23
25 more added
Sold out
20
23 more reduced

Compare with Q1 2023: 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.

Institutional holdersQ2 2023: 84 institutions
Q1 2021: 112 institutionsQ2 2021: 96 institutionsQ3 2021: 102 institutionsQ4 2021: 110 institutionsQ1 2022: 96 institutionsQ2 2022: 85 institutionsQ3 2022: 77 institutionsQ4 2022: 84 institutionsQ1 2023: 81 institutionsQ2 2023: 84 institutionsQ3 2023: 89 institutionsQ4 2023: 95 institutionsQ1 2024: 92 institutionsQ2 2024: 103 institutionsQ3 2024: 103 institutionsQ4 2024: 95 institutionsQ1 2025: 89 institutionsQ2 2025: 86 institutionsQ3 2025: 89 institutionsQ4 2025: 94 institutionsQ1 2026: 118 institutionsQ2 2026: 122 institutions
Value heldQ2 2023: $186.4M
Q1 2021: $200.7MQ2 2021: $198.2MQ3 2021: $193.9MQ4 2021: $150.2MQ1 2022: $123.9MQ2 2022: $108.7MQ3 2022: $79.2MQ4 2022: $102.2MQ1 2023: $158.8MQ2 2023: $186.4MQ3 2023: $314.2MQ4 2023: $339.2MQ1 2024: $458.4MQ2 2024: $432.3MQ3 2024: $395.7MQ4 2024: $362.5MQ1 2025: $265.9MQ2 2025: $299.3MQ3 2025: $273.8MQ4 2025: $313.8MQ1 2026: $407.4MQ2 2026: $401.0M
Institutions holding ACTG and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026122$401.0M
Q1 2026118$407.4M
Q4 202594$313.8M
Q3 202589$273.8M
Q2 202586$299.3M
Q1 202589$265.9M
Q4 202495$362.5M
Q3 2024103$395.7M
Q2 2024103$432.3M
Q1 202492$458.4M
Q4 202395$339.2M
Q3 202389$314.2M
Q2 202384$186.4M
Q1 202381$158.8M
Q4 202284$102.2M
Q3 202277$79.2M
Q2 202285$108.7M
Q1 202296$123.9M
Q4 2021110$150.2M
Q3 2021102$193.9M
Q2 202196$198.2M
Q1 2021112$200.7M

Institutions, Q2 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q1 2023.

Institutions holding ACTG in Q2 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Simplex Trading, LLC72$00.00%+72New
Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC52$2160.00%+52New
Deutsche Bank AG87$3620.00%00.0%Unchanged
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)1,061$4.41K0.00%−15,115−93.4%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.1,513$6.29K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co2,092$8.70K0.00%+2,092New
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.3,139$13.1K0.00%+3,139New
Legal & General Group Plc3,480$14.5K0.00%+3,480New
Amalgamated Bank3,697$15.0K0.00%+3,697New
Barclays PLC7,596$31.6K0.00%−7,516−49.7%Reduced
CWM, LLC9,750$41.0K0.00%−116,037−92.2%Reduced
Horizon Wealth Management, LLC10,000$41.6K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System10,790$44.9K0.00%+10,790New
Citigroup Inc11,318$47.1K0.00%−133,669−92.2%Reduced
Gateway Advisory, LLC12,000$49.9K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
California State Teachers Retirement System12,645$52.6K0.00%+12,645New
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA13,194$54.9K0.00%+13,194New
Stokes Family Office, LLC13,857$57.6K0.01%−3,023−17.9%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company14,632$60.9K0.00%+14,331+4,761.1%Added
Shufro Rose & Co LLC15,000$62.4K0.01%−3,015−16.7%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada16,666$69.0K0.00%−9,507−36.3%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc16,956$70.5K0.00%+16,956New
Investors Research Corp18,100$75.3K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
American International Group, Inc.18,296$76.1K0.00%+18,296New
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The18,852$78.4K0.00%+18,852New
NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan20,000$83.2K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Maven Securities LTD20,000$83.2K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
MetLife Investment Management20,191$84.0K0.00%+20,191New
Susquehanna International Group, LLP20,207$84.1K0.00%−123,258−85.9%Reduced
UBS Group AG21,452$89.2K0.00%+18,930+750.6%Added
Raymond James & Associates21,700$90.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
SNS Financial Group, LLC22,000$91.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.22,079$91.8K0.00%+22,079New
New York State Common Retirement Fund22,500$93.6K0.00%+22,500New
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC22,693$94.4K0.00%+22,693New
Bank of America Corp27,232$113.3K0.00%−4,415−14.0%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co30,410$126.5K0.00%+30,292+25,671.2%Added
Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership32,300$134.0K0.09%+2,300+7.7%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP32,500$135.2K0.00%−49,100−60.2%Reduced
Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC40,000$166.4K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP42,296$176.0K0.02%+42,296New
Mariner, LLC48,010$199.7K0.00%+48,010New
Levin Capital Strategies, L.P.50,000$208.0K0.02%−130,000−72.2%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc51,233$214.0K0.00%+7,733+17.8%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.59,693$248.3K0.00%−24,362−29.0%Reduced
FMR LLC61,804$257.1K0.00%+258+0.4%Added
Rhumbline Advisers62,960$261.9K0.00%+62,960New
Ritholtz Wealth Management65,260$271.5K0.01%−1,031−1.6%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC67,919$282.5K0.00%−54,356−44.5%Reduced
Marquette Asset Management, LLC93,273$388.0K0.10%+56,284+152.2%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.94,915$394.8K0.00%−151−0.2%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc95,923$399.0K0.00%−41,476−30.2%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC101,485$422.2K0.00%+101,485New
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc116,573$484.9K0.00%+98,018+528.3%Added
Invesco Ltd.116,716$485.5K0.00%+18,322+18.6%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp118,895$494.6K0.00%+96,642+434.3%Added
Morgan Stanley124,393$517.5K0.00%−35,370−22.1%Reduced
Ancora Advisors, LLC130,292$542.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Empowered Funds, LLC133,300$554.5K0.02%+133,300New
EA Series Trust133,300$554.5K0.02%+133,300New
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC145,914$607.0K0.01%−6,683−4.4%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP157,053$653.3K0.00%+41,136+35.5%Added
Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC166,174$691.3K0.52%−88,649−34.8%Reduced
Krilogy Financial LLC246,750$1.03M0.09%+93,000+60.5%Added
Westerly Capital Management, LLC250,000$1.04M0.67%−200,000−44.4%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp369,371$1.54M0.00%+270,156+272.3%Added
Acuitas Investments, LLC439,495$1.83M1.06%+439,495New
Difesa Capital Management, LP473,052$1.97M5.17%+168,129+55.1%Added
Toroso Investments, LLC511,001$2.13M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.552,168$2.30M0.01%+1,775+0.3%Added
Roumell Asset Management, LLC595,351$2.48M4.87%+125,115+26.6%Added
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC699,500$2.91M0.07%+105,810+17.8%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC986,154$4.10M0.00%+562,574+132.8%Added
Royce & Associates LP1,023,217$4.26M0.04%+136,800+15.4%Added
Portolan Capital Management, LLC1,122,402$4.67M0.41%−318,005−22.1%Reduced
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC1,165,013$4.85M1.10%+52,517+4.7%Added
State Street Corp1,220,940$5.08M0.00%+906,112+287.8%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,570,934$6.54M0.00%+95,625+6.5%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,645,100$6.84M0.01%−2,412−0.1%Reduced
Formidable Asset Management, LLC1,728,857$7.19M1.57%−37,315−2.1%Reduced
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC2,033,895$8.46M0.09%+38,550+1.9%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,657,712$11.1M0.00%+291,606+12.3%Added
BlackRock Inc.2,678,779$11.1M0.00%+1,751,680+188.9%Added
Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value20,000,000$83.2M1.80%00.0%Unchanged
Millennium Management LLC0$00.00%−318,606−100.0%Sold out
Jane Street Group, LLC0$00.00%−130,677−100.0%Sold out
HRT Financial LP0$00.00%−88,757−100.0%Sold out
Marshall Wace, LLP0$00.00%−59,930−100.0%Sold out
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al0$00.00%−51,110−100.0%Sold out
683 Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−41,000−100.0%Sold out
Squarepoint Ops LLC0$00.00%−39,506−100.0%Sold out
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd0$00.00%−37,034−100.0%Sold out
Jump Financial, LLC0$00.00%−32,786−100.0%Sold out
Man Group plc0$00.00%–Sold out
Sea Otter Advisors LLC0$00.00%−31,877−100.0%Sold out
Gsa Capital Partners LLP0$00.00%−31,131−100.0%Sold out
State of Wisconsin Investment Board0$00.00%−29,500−100.0%Sold out
LMR Partners LLP0$00.00%−26,623−100.0%Sold out
Boothbay Fund Management, LLC0$00.00%−18,000−100.0%Sold out
Balyasny Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−16,279−100.0%Sold out