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 $401.0M 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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 122 | $401.0M |
| Q1 2026 | 118 | $407.4M |
| Q4 2025 | 94 | $313.8M |
| Q3 2025 | 89 | $273.8M |
| Q2 2025 | 86 | $299.3M |
| Q1 2025 | 89 | $265.9M |
| Q4 2024 | 95 | $362.5M |
| Q3 2024 | 103 | $395.7M |
| Q2 2024 | 103 | $432.3M |
| Q1 2024 | 92 | $458.4M |
| Q4 2023 | 95 | $339.2M |
| Q3 2023 | 89 | $314.2M |
| Q2 2023 | 84 | $186.4M |
| Q1 2023 | 81 | $158.8M |
| Q4 2022 | 84 | $102.2M |
| Q3 2022 | 77 | $79.2M |
| Q2 2022 | 85 | $108.7M |
| Q1 2022 | 96 | $123.9M |
| Q4 2021 | 110 | $150.2M |
| Q3 2021 | 102 | $193.9M |
| Q2 2021 | 96 | $198.2M |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citigroup Inc | 18 | $66 | 0.00% | −11,300−99.8% | Reduced |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC | 83 | $349 | 0.00% | +31+59.6% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $5.52K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 2,092 | $7.64K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $11.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,480 | $12.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Amalgamated Bank | 3,697 | $13.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 7,019 | $25.6K | 0.00% | +7,019 | New |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 8,387 | $30.6K | 0.00% | −4,258−33.7% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 8,740 | $31.9K | 0.00% | +1,144+15.1% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 9,394 | $34.3K | 0.00% | −5,238−35.8% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 9,750 | $36.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 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 |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 10,754 | $39.3K | 0.00% | +10,754 | New |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 10,800 | $39.4K | 0.00% | −21,700−66.8% | Reduced |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 11,300 | $41.2K | 0.00% | +11,300 | New |
| Gateway Advisory, LLC | 12,000 | $43.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 15,000 | $54.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 15,445 | $56.4K | 0.00% | +2,251+17.1% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 16,378 | $60.0K | 0.00% | +16,378 | New |
| Raymond James & Associates | 17,300 | $63.1K | 0.00% | −4,400−20.3% | Reduced |
| Investors Research Corp | 18,100 | $66.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| American Century Companies Inc | 18,257 | $66.6K | 0.00% | +1,301+7.7% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 18,852 | $68.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 19,082 | $69.0K | 0.00% | +2,416+14.5% | Added |
| American International Group, Inc. | 18,970 | $69.2K | 0.00% | +674+3.7% | Added |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $73.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MetLife Investment Management | 20,191 | $73.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG | 21,082 | $76.9K | 0.00% | −370−1.7% | Reduced |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $80.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 22,079 | $80.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 22,800 | $83.2K | 0.00% | +300+1.3% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 23,064 | $84.2K | 0.00% | −44,855−66.0% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 23,837 | $87.0K | 0.00% | +22,776+2,146.7% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 24,757 | $90.4K | 0.00% | −5,653−18.6% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 25,852 | $94.4K | 0.00% | −33,841−56.7% | Reduced |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 30,589 | $111.7K | 0.01% | −11,707−27.7% | Reduced |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 32,100 | $117.0K | 0.08% | −200−0.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 34,137 | $124.6K | 0.00% | +6,905+25.4% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 35,628 | $130.0K | 0.00% | +35,628 | New |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $146.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 42,958 | $156.8K | 0.01% | −22,302−34.2% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 47,023 | $171.6K | 0.00% | +24,330+107.2% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 52,865 | $193.0K | 0.00% | −48,620−47.9% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 59,133 | $216.0K | 0.00% | +7,900+15.4% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 61,186 | $223.3K | 0.00% | −618−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 63,835 | $233.0K | 0.00% | +15,825+33.0% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 64,578 | $235.7K | 0.00% | +1,618+2.6% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 65,553 | $239.3K | 0.00% | +65,553 | New |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 75,000 | $273.8K | 0.01% | +75,000 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 76,642 | $279.7K | 0.00% | +56,435+279.3% | Added |
| Caption Management, LLC | 78,580 | $286.8K | 0.04% | +78,580 | New |
| HRT Financial LP | 80,891 | $295.0K | 0.00% | +80,891 | New |
| Millennium Management LLC | 86,639 | $316.2K | 0.00% | +86,639 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 87,400 | $319.0K | 0.00% | −7,515−7.9% | Reduced |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 87,496 | $319.4K | 0.00% | +87,496 | New |
| Morgan Stanley | 89,036 | $325.0K | 0.00% | −35,357−28.4% | Reduced |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 93,273 | $340.4K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 101,242 | $369.5K | 0.01% | −44,672−30.6% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 113,703 | $415.0K | 0.00% | +17,780+18.5% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 116,573 | $425.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 118,895 | $434.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 130,292 | $475.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. | 132,008 | $481.8K | 0.00% | +15,292+13.1% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 145,150 | $529.8K | 0.02% | +11,850+8.9% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 158,540 | $578.7K | 0.44% | −7,634−4.6% | Reduced |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 268,750 | $980.9K | 0.09% | +22,000+8.9% | Added |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 275,000 | $1.00M | 0.74% | +25,000+10.0% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 331,494 | $1.21M | 0.00% | −37,877−10.3% | Reduced |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 367,119 | $1.34M | 0.17% | +317,119+634.2% | Added |
| Acuitas Investments, LLC | 439,468 | $1.60M | 0.94% | −270.0% | Reduced |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 532,192 | $1.94M | 0.01% | −19,976−3.6% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 554,362 | $2.02M | 0.06% | +43,361+8.5% | Added |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 575,000 | $2.10M | 1.78% | +575,000 | New |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 688,750 | $2.51M | 0.06% | −10,750−1.5% | Reduced |
| Roumell Asset Management, LLC | 727,463 | $2.66M | 5.34% | +132,112+22.2% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 866,647 | $3.16M | 0.00% | −119,507−12.1% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 1,049,596 | $3.83M | 0.00% | −171,344−14.0% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 1,134,517 | $4.14M | 0.04% | +111,300+10.9% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,138,622 | $4.16M | 0.96% | −26,391−2.3% | Reduced |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 1,200,802 | $4.38M | 0.41% | +78,400+7.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,602,408 | $5.85M | 0.00% | +31,474+2.0% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,612,000 | $5.88M | 0.01% | −33,100−2.0% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,755,935 | $6.41M | 1.42% | +27,078+1.6% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,208,100 | $8.06M | 0.00% | −449,612−16.9% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,354,873 | $8.60M | 0.00% | −323,906−12.1% | Reduced |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 2,359,662 | $8.61M | 0.10% | +325,767+16.0% | Added |
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $223.1M | 5.72% | +41,123,595+205.6% | Added |
| 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 |