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, Q1 2024
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Mar 31, 2024. 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
- 92
- −2 vs. Q4 2023
- Shares held
- 86.0M
- −522.9K (−0.6%) vs. Q4 2023
- Total value
- $458.4M
- +$119.2M (+35.1%) vs. Q4 2023
- New holders
- 9
- 24 more added
- Sold out
- 11
- 41 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q4 2023 haven't filed for Q1 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q4 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $325.8M | 6.73% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State Street Corp | 2,789,172 | $14.9M | 0.00% | +106,108+4.0% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,444,159 | $13.0M | 0.00% | −38,815−1.6% | Reduced |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 2,359,662 | $12.6M | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,247,635 | $12.0M | 0.00% | +13,692+0.6% | Added |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,556,278 | $8.26M | 1.35% | −128,633−7.6% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,538,536 | $8.20M | 0.00% | +169,754+12.4% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,504,100 | $8.02M | 0.01% | −27,100−1.8% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 1,414,192 | $7.54M | 0.07% | +195,721+16.1% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,049,727 | $5.60M | 1.23% | −75,392−6.7% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 902,479 | $4.81M | 0.00% | +18,579+2.1% | Added |
| Roumell Asset Management, LLC | 727,463 | $3.88M | 7.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 518,642 | $2.76M | 0.01% | −13,550−2.5% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 502,067 | $2.65M | 0.05% | −31,377−5.9% | Reduced |
| Acuitas Investments, LLC | 495,217 | $2.64M | 1.33% | +55,626+12.7% | Added |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 470,000 | $2.51M | 0.19% | +200,000+74.1% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 332,199 | $1.77M | 0.00% | +3,951+1.2% | Added |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 300,000 | $1.60M | 0.83% | −60,000−16.7% | Reduced |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 295,489 | $1.57M | 1.34% | −279,511−48.6% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 267,476 | $1.43M | 0.01% | −1,787−0.7% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 223,876 | $1.19M | 0.02% | −290,381−56.5% | Reduced |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 220,691 | $1.18M | 0.12% | −17,309−7.3% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 196,552 | $1.05M | 0.00% | +21,641+12.4% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 172,476 | $919.3K | 0.02% | +12,950+8.1% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 150,339 | $801.3K | 0.00% | +74,859+99.2% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 130,879 | $697.6K | 0.00% | −56,603−30.2% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 129,902 | $692.4K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 123,779 | $659.7K | 0.39% | −725−0.6% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 116,573 | $621.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 109,945 | $586.0K | 0.00% | −31,816−22.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 104,965 | $559.5K | 0.00% | −13,930−11.7% | Reduced |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 93,273 | $497.1K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 91,400 | $487.2K | 0.00% | −7,960−8.0% | Reduced |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 87,000 | $463.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 82,602 | $439.0K | 0.01% | +82,602 | New |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 63,244 | $338.0K | 0.00% | +3,018+5.0% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 61,262 | $326.5K | 0.00% | +52+0.1% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 60,191 | $320.8K | 0.00% | −3,967−6.2% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 53,439 | $284.8K | 0.00% | +26,031+95.0% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 52,865 | $281.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG | 47,940 | $255.5K | 0.00% | +3,220+7.2% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 47,757 | $254.5K | 0.00% | −26,065−35.3% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 43,516 | $231.9K | 0.00% | +43,516 | New |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $213.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 38,380 | $204.6K | 0.00% | −14,585−27.5% | Reduced |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 30,337 | $161.7K | 0.00% | +17,637+138.9% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 28,913 | $154.0K | 0.00% | +12,790+79.3% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 28,875 | $153.9K | 0.00% | +1,213+4.4% | Added |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 28,664 | $152.8K | 0.01% | +28,664 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 28,165 | $150.1K | 0.00% | +16,735+146.4% | Added |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 27,500 | $147.0K | 0.11% | −4,600−14.3% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 27,313 | $145.6K | 0.00% | −25,252−48.0% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 26,895 | $143.4K | 0.00% | +2,187+8.9% | Added |
| Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC | 25,574 | $136.3K | 0.03% | +25,574 | New |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $117.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 21,438 | $114.3K | 0.00% | −31,800−59.7% | Reduced |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 20,089 | $107.1K | 0.00% | −20,745−50.8% | Reduced |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $106.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MetLife Investment Management | 19,778 | $105.4K | 0.00% | −413−2.0% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 19,200 | $102.3K | 0.00% | +19,200 | New |
| American International Group, Inc. | 18,733 | $99.8K | 0.00% | −162−0.9% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 17,463 | $93.1K | 0.00% | −117,483−87.1% | Reduced |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 16,900 | $90.1K | 0.00% | +16,900 | New |
| Raymond James & Associates | 16,800 | $89.5K | 0.00% | −500−2.9% | Reduced |
| Investors Research Corp | 15,009 | $80.0K | 0.02% | −91−0.6% | Reduced |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 14,996 | $79.9K | 0.00% | −8,587−36.4% | Reduced |
| Corsair Capital Management, L.P. | 14,799 | $78.9K | 0.02% | −201−1.3% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 14,620 | $77.9K | 0.00% | +2,020+16.0% | Added |
| Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC | 14,409 | $76.8K | 0.01% | +14,409 | New |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 13,607 | $72.5K | 0.00% | −24,408−64.2% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 13,430 | $71.6K | 0.00% | +1,726+14.7% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 13,341 | $71.0K | 0.00% | −9,903−42.6% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 12,875 | $68.6K | 0.00% | −305−2.3% | Reduced |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $53.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,019 | $48.1K | 0.00% | −13,810−60.5% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 7,222 | $38.5K | 0.00% | +1,579+28.0% | Added |
| CWM, LLC | 6,306 | $34.0K | 0.00% | −1,842−22.6% | Reduced |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 4,900 | $26.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 4,537 | $24.2K | 0.00% | −2,300−33.6% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 3,822 | $20.4K | 0.00% | −2,435−38.9% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,480 | $18.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $16.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 2,342 | $12.5K | 0.00% | −52,598−95.7% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $8.06K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1,282 | $7.00K | 0.00% | −2,034−61.3% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 851 | $5.00K | 0.00% | −10,603−92.6% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 907 | $4.83K | 0.00% | +907 | New |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 358 | $1.91K | 0.00% | +90+33.6% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 163 | $869 | 0.00% | −5,128−96.9% | Reduced |
| Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors, Inc | 100 | $533 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 87 | $464 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nelson, Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group, LLC | 20 | $106 | 0.00% | +20 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −92,810−100.0% | Sold out |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −24,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,079−100.0% | Sold out |
| Millennium Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,991−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,708−100.0% | Sold out |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,124−100.0% | Sold out |
| Shufro Rose & Co LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,000−100.0% | Sold out |