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Acacia Research Corp

ACTG
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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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2023: 89 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 heldQ3 2023: $314.2M
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, Q3 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q2 2023.

Institutions holding ACTG in Q3 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Citigroup Inc18$660.00%−11,300−99.8%Reduced
Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC83$3490.00%+31+59.6%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.1,513$5.52K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co2,092$7.64K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.3,139$11.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Legal & General Group Plc3,480$12.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Amalgamated Bank3,697$13.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Group One Trading, L.P.7,019$25.6K0.00%+7,019New
California State Teachers Retirement System8,387$30.6K0.00%−4,258−33.7%Reduced
Barclays PLC8,740$31.9K0.00%+1,144+15.1%Added
Wells Fargo & Company9,394$34.3K0.00%−5,238−35.8%Reduced
CWM, LLC9,750$36.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Maven Securities LTD10,000$36.5K0.00%−10,000−50.0%Reduced
Horizon Wealth Management, LLC10,000$36.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Victory Capital Management Inc10,754$39.3K0.00%+10,754New
Two Sigma Advisers, LP10,800$39.4K0.00%−21,700−66.8%Reduced
Jump Financial, LLC11,300$41.2K0.00%+11,300New
Gateway Advisory, LLC12,000$43.8K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Shufro Rose & Co LLC15,000$54.8K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA15,445$56.4K0.00%+2,251+17.1%Added
SG Americas Securities, LLC16,378$60.0K0.00%+16,378New
Raymond James & Associates17,300$63.1K0.00%−4,400−20.3%Reduced
Investors Research Corp18,100$66.1K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
American Century Companies Inc18,257$66.6K0.00%+1,301+7.7%Added
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The18,852$68.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Royal Bank of Canada19,082$69.0K0.00%+2,416+14.5%Added
American International Group, Inc.18,970$69.2K0.00%+674+3.7%Added
NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan20,000$73.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
MetLife Investment Management20,191$73.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Group AG21,082$76.9K0.00%−370−1.7%Reduced
SNS Financial Group, LLC22,000$80.3K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.22,079$80.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
New York State Common Retirement Fund22,800$83.2K0.00%+300+1.3%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC23,064$84.2K0.00%−44,855−66.0%Reduced
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)23,837$87.0K0.00%+22,776+2,146.7%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co24,757$90.4K0.00%−5,653−18.6%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.25,852$94.4K0.00%−33,841−56.7%Reduced
Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP30,589$111.7K0.01%−11,707−27.7%Reduced
Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership32,100$117.0K0.08%−200−0.6%Reduced
Bank of America Corp34,137$124.6K0.00%+6,905+25.4%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC35,628$130.0K0.00%+35,628New
Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC40,000$146.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Ritholtz Wealth Management42,958$156.8K0.01%−22,302−34.2%Reduced
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC47,023$171.6K0.00%+24,330+107.2%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC52,865$193.0K0.00%−48,620−47.9%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc59,133$216.0K0.00%+7,900+15.4%Added
FMR LLC61,186$223.3K0.00%−618−1.0%Reduced
Mariner, LLC63,835$233.0K0.00%+15,825+33.0%Added
Rhumbline Advisers64,578$235.7K0.00%+1,618+2.6%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC65,553$239.3K0.00%+65,553New
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.75,000$273.8K0.01%+75,000New
Susquehanna International Group, LLP76,642$279.7K0.00%+56,435+279.3%Added
Caption Management, LLC78,580$286.8K0.04%+78,580New
HRT Financial LP80,891$295.0K0.00%+80,891New
Millennium Management LLC86,639$316.2K0.00%+86,639New
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.87,400$319.0K0.00%−7,515−7.9%Reduced
Wolverine Trading, LLC87,496$319.4K0.00%+87,496New
Morgan Stanley89,036$325.0K0.00%−35,357−28.4%Reduced
Marquette Asset Management, LLC93,273$340.4K0.08%00.0%Unchanged
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC101,242$369.5K0.01%−44,672−30.6%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc113,703$415.0K0.00%+17,780+18.5%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc116,573$425.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of New York Mellon Corp118,895$434.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Ancora Advisors, LLC130,292$475.6K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.132,008$481.8K0.00%+15,292+13.1%Added
Empowered Funds, LLC145,150$529.8K0.02%+11,850+8.9%Added
Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC158,540$578.7K0.44%−7,634−4.6%Reduced
Krilogy Financial LLC268,750$980.9K0.09%+22,000+8.9%Added
Westerly Capital Management, LLC275,000$1.00M0.74%+25,000+10.0%Added
Northern Trust Corp331,494$1.21M0.00%−37,877−10.3%Reduced
Levin Capital Strategies, L.P.367,119$1.34M0.17%+317,119+634.2%Added
Acuitas Investments, LLC439,468$1.60M0.94%−270.0%Reduced
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.532,192$1.94M0.01%−19,976−3.6%Reduced
Toroso Investments, LLC554,362$2.02M0.06%+43,361+8.5%Added
Clayton Partners LLC575,000$2.10M1.78%+575,000New
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC688,750$2.51M0.06%−10,750−1.5%Reduced
Roumell Asset Management, LLC727,463$2.66M5.34%+132,112+22.2%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC866,647$3.16M0.00%−119,507−12.1%Reduced
State Street Corp1,049,596$3.83M0.00%−171,344−14.0%Reduced
Royce & Associates LP1,134,517$4.14M0.04%+111,300+10.9%Added
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC1,138,622$4.16M0.96%−26,391−2.3%Reduced
Portolan Capital Management, LLC1,200,802$4.38M0.41%+78,400+7.0%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,602,408$5.85M0.00%+31,474+2.0%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,612,000$5.88M0.01%−33,100−2.0%Reduced
Formidable Asset Management, LLC1,755,935$6.41M1.42%+27,078+1.6%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,208,100$8.06M0.00%−449,612−16.9%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.2,354,873$8.60M0.00%−323,906−12.1%Reduced
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC2,359,662$8.61M0.10%+325,767+16.0%Added
Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value61,123,595$223.1M5.72%+41,123,595+205.6%Added
Difesa Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−473,052−100.0%Sold out
First Trust Advisors LP0$00.00%−157,053−100.0%Sold out
Stokes Family Office, LLC0$00.00%−13,857−100.0%Sold out
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System0$00.00%−10,790−100.0%Sold out
Deutsche Bank AG0$00.00%−87−100.0%Sold out
Simplex Trading, LLC0$00.00%−72−100.0%Sold out
EA Series Trust––––Not filed