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 2023
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Sep 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
- 89
- +6 vs. Q2 2023
- Shares held
- 86.1M
- +41.4M (+92.6%) vs. Q2 2023
- Total value
- $314.2M
- +$128.3M (+69.0%) vs. Q2 2023
- New holders
- 12
- 28 more added
- Sold out
- 6
- 29 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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.
| 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 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q2 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $223.1M | 5.72% | +41,123,595+205.6% | Added |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 2,359,662 | $8.61M | 0.10% | +325,767+16.0% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,354,873 | $8.60M | 0.00% | −323,906−12.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,208,100 | $8.06M | 0.00% | −449,612−16.9% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,755,935 | $6.41M | 1.42% | +27,078+1.6% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,612,000 | $5.88M | 0.01% | −33,100−2.0% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,602,408 | $5.85M | 0.00% | +31,474+2.0% | Added |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,200,802 | $4.38M | 0.41% | +78,400+7.0% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,138,622 | $4.16M | 0.96% | −26,391−2.3% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 1,134,517 | $4.14M | 0.04% | +111,300+10.9% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 1,049,596 | $3.83M | 0.00% | −171,344−14.0% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 866,647 | $3.16M | 0.00% | −119,507−12.1% | Reduced |
| Roumell Asset Management, LLC | 727,463 | $2.66M | 5.34% | +132,112+22.2% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 688,750 | $2.51M | 0.06% | −10,750−1.5% | Reduced |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 575,000 | $2.10M | 1.78% | +575,000 | New |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 554,362 | $2.02M | 0.06% | +43,361+8.5% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 532,192 | $1.94M | 0.01% | −19,976−3.6% | Reduced |
| Acuitas Investments, LLC | 439,468 | $1.60M | 0.94% | −270.0% | Reduced |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 367,119 | $1.34M | 0.17% | +317,119+634.2% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 331,494 | $1.21M | 0.00% | −37,877−10.3% | Reduced |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 275,000 | $1.00M | 0.74% | +25,000+10.0% | Added |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 268,750 | $980.9K | 0.09% | +22,000+8.9% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 158,540 | $578.7K | 0.44% | −7,634−4.6% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 145,150 | $529.8K | 0.02% | +11,850+8.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 132,008 | $481.8K | 0.00% | +15,292+13.1% | Added |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 130,292 | $475.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 118,895 | $434.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 116,573 | $425.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 113,703 | $415.0K | 0.00% | +17,780+18.5% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 101,242 | $369.5K | 0.01% | −44,672−30.6% | Reduced |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 93,273 | $340.4K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morgan Stanley | 89,036 | $325.0K | 0.00% | −35,357−28.4% | Reduced |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 87,496 | $319.4K | 0.00% | +87,496 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 87,400 | $319.0K | 0.00% | −7,515−7.9% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 86,639 | $316.2K | 0.00% | +86,639 | New |
| HRT Financial LP | 80,891 | $295.0K | 0.00% | +80,891 | New |
| Caption Management, LLC | 78,580 | $286.8K | 0.04% | +78,580 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 76,642 | $279.7K | 0.00% | +56,435+279.3% | Added |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 75,000 | $273.8K | 0.01% | +75,000 | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 65,553 | $239.3K | 0.00% | +65,553 | New |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 64,578 | $235.7K | 0.00% | +1,618+2.6% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 63,835 | $233.0K | 0.00% | +15,825+33.0% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 61,186 | $223.3K | 0.00% | −618−1.0% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 59,133 | $216.0K | 0.00% | +7,900+15.4% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 52,865 | $193.0K | 0.00% | −48,620−47.9% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 47,023 | $171.6K | 0.00% | +24,330+107.2% | Added |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 42,958 | $156.8K | 0.01% | −22,302−34.2% | Reduced |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $146.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 35,628 | $130.0K | 0.00% | +35,628 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 34,137 | $124.6K | 0.00% | +6,905+25.4% | Added |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 32,100 | $117.0K | 0.08% | −200−0.6% | Reduced |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 30,589 | $111.7K | 0.01% | −11,707−27.7% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 25,852 | $94.4K | 0.00% | −33,841−56.7% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 24,757 | $90.4K | 0.00% | −5,653−18.6% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 23,837 | $87.0K | 0.00% | +22,776+2,146.7% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 23,064 | $84.2K | 0.00% | −44,855−66.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 22,800 | $83.2K | 0.00% | +300+1.3% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 22,079 | $80.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $80.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG | 21,082 | $76.9K | 0.00% | −370−1.7% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 20,191 | $73.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $73.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| American International Group, Inc. | 18,970 | $69.2K | 0.00% | +674+3.7% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 19,082 | $69.0K | 0.00% | +2,416+14.5% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 18,852 | $68.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| American Century Companies Inc | 18,257 | $66.6K | 0.00% | +1,301+7.7% | Added |
| Investors Research Corp | 18,100 | $66.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James & Associates | 17,300 | $63.1K | 0.00% | −4,400−20.3% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 16,378 | $60.0K | 0.00% | +16,378 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 15,445 | $56.4K | 0.00% | +2,251+17.1% | Added |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 15,000 | $54.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Gateway Advisory, LLC | 12,000 | $43.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 11,300 | $41.2K | 0.00% | +11,300 | New |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 10,800 | $39.4K | 0.00% | −21,700−66.8% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 10,754 | $39.3K | 0.00% | +10,754 | New |
| Maven Securities LTD | 10,000 | $36.5K | 0.00% | −10,000−50.0% | Reduced |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $36.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 9,750 | $36.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 9,394 | $34.3K | 0.00% | −5,238−35.8% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 8,740 | $31.9K | 0.00% | +1,144+15.1% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 8,387 | $30.6K | 0.00% | −4,258−33.7% | Reduced |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 7,019 | $25.6K | 0.00% | +7,019 | New |
| Amalgamated Bank | 3,697 | $13.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,480 | $12.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $11.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 2,092 | $7.64K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $5.52K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC | 83 | $349 | 0.00% | +31+59.6% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 18 | $66 | 0.00% | −11,300−99.8% | Reduced |
| Difesa Capital Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −473,052−100.0% | Sold out |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −157,053−100.0% | Sold out |
| Stokes Family Office, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,857−100.0% | Sold out |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,790−100.0% | Sold out |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −87−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −72−100.0% | Sold out |
| EA Series Trust | – | – | – | – | Not filed |