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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, Q3 2024

Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Sep 30, 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
103
+3 vs. Q2 2024
Shares held
84.9M
+2.01M (+2.4%) vs. Q2 2024
Total value
$395.7M
−$19.7M (−4.7%) vs. Q2 2024
New holders
15
32 more added
Sold out
12
36 more reduced

3 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2024: 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 2024: 103 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 2024: $395.7M
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q2 2024.

Institutions holding ACTG in Q3 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Federated Hermes, Inc.6$280.00%+5+500.0%Added
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC24$1120.00%+24New
Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC29$1370.00%00.0%Unchanged
Rothschild Investment LLC50$2330.00%+50New
SJS Investment Consulting Inc.65$3030.00%00.0%Unchanged
Capital Performance Advisors LLP79$3680.00%+79New
Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors, Inc100$4660.00%00.0%Unchanged
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC140$6520.00%−4,865−97.2%Reduced
Covestor Ltd319$1.00K0.00%+319New
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.334$1.56K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.588$3.00K0.00%+588New
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.778$3.63K0.00%+778New
CWM, LLC1,074$5.00K0.00%−5,409−83.4%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank1,282$6.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.1,513$7.05K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
California State Teachers Retirement System2,736$12.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
nVerses Capital, LLC2,800$13.0K0.01%+2,800New
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.3,139$14.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Legal & General Group Plc3,480$16.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Group One Trading, L.P.4,646$21.6K0.00%−6,591−58.7%Reduced
MetLife Investment Management7,250$33.8K0.00%−14,819−67.1%Reduced
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)7,529$35.1K0.00%+268+3.7%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA7,563$35.2K0.00%−887−10.5%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund8,921$41.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Horizon Wealth Management, LLC10,000$46.6K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
HRT Financial LP11,712$54.0K0.00%+11,712New
Atom Investors LP12,047$56.1K0.01%+12,047New
Citadel Advisors LLC12,356$57.6K0.00%−24,858−66.8%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc12,517$58.3K0.00%−4,996−28.5%Reduced
Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP13,370$62.3K0.01%−9,945−42.7%Reduced
Ritholtz Wealth Management13,895$64.8K0.00%−1,051−7.0%Reduced
Investors Research Corp14,609$68.1K0.01%−400−2.7%Reduced
Salem Investment Counselors Inc14,664$68.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.14,937$69.6K0.00%−15,535−51.0%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC15,408$72.0K0.00%+851+5.8%Added
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The16,503$76.9K0.00%−87−0.5%Reduced
Raymond James & Associates16,800$78.3K0.00%−302−1.8%Reduced
Tokio Marine Asset Management Co Ltd17,100$79.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Wells Fargo & Company17,335$80.8K0.00%+746+4.5%Added
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC18,925$86.9K0.00%+890+4.9%Added
NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan20,000$93.2K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Ancora Advisors, LLC20,025$93.3K0.00%−106,977−84.2%Reduced
Corebridge Financial, Inc.20,187$94.1K0.00%−124−0.6%Reduced
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.20,769$96.8K0.00%+1,245+6.4%Added
Royal Bank of Canada21,547$100.0K0.00%+596+2.8%Added
SNS Financial Group, LLC22,000$102.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Prudential Financial Inc22,700$105.8K0.00%+800+3.7%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC24,918$116.1K0.00%−49,347−66.4%Reduced
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.25,057$116.8K0.00%+25,057New
Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC27,187$126.7K0.03%+5,405+24.8%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP27,240$126.9K0.00%−41,596−60.4%Reduced
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC27,399$127.7K0.00%−2,376,327−98.9%Reduced
Citigroup Inc27,599$128.6K0.00%+19,025+221.9%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co27,688$129.0K0.00%−16,119−36.8%Reduced
Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership29,000$135.0K0.09%+3,000+11.5%Added
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC31,277$145.8K0.00%+31,277New
UBS Group AG31,372$146.2K0.00%+13,291+73.5%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.33,770$157.4K0.00%+2,650+8.5%Added
XTX Topco Ltd37,277$173.7K0.01%+2,565+7.4%Added
Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC40,000$186.4K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Barclays PLC49,788$232.0K0.00%+35,685+253.0%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc50,818$237.0K0.00%−12,036−19.1%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers58,053$270.5K0.00%−2,069−3.4%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC58,161$271.0K0.00%−12,557−17.8%Reduced
FMR LLC61,698$287.5K0.00%+288+0.5%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.63,407$295.5K0.00%+3,907+6.6%Added
Bank of America Corp68,391$318.7K0.00%+16,154+30.9%Added
Marquette Asset Management, LLC69,591$324.3K0.05%−23,682−25.4%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC69,902$325.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sterling Capital Management LLC70,990$330.8K0.00%+70,990New
Empowered Funds, LLC76,545$356.7K0.01%−109,251−58.8%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC76,818$358.0K0.00%+45,031+141.7%Added
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.87,000$405.4K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.94,325$439.6K0.00%−325,387−77.5%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp101,883$474.8K0.00%−22,216−17.9%Reduced
Mariner, LLC102,745$478.8K0.00%−26,612−20.6%Reduced
Levin Capital Strategies, L.P.104,451$486.7K0.05%−45,549−30.4%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP107,530$501.1K0.00%+72,397+206.1%Added
Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC112,045$522.1K0.30%−550−0.5%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc122,446$570.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC127,945$596.2K0.01%−109,251−46.1%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP130,413$607.7K0.00%+130,413New
Clayton Partners LLC158,837$740.2K0.53%+83,837+111.8%Added
Morgan Stanley173,788$809.9K0.00%+55,251+46.6%Added
Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C.176,982$824.7K0.12%+176,982New
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC247,953$1.14M0.01%−7,410−2.9%Reduced
Westerly Capital Management, LLC275,000$1.28M0.73%+25,000+10.0%Added
Northern Trust Corp323,766$1.51M0.00%+346+0.1%Added
American Century Companies Inc367,625$1.71M0.00%+225,543+158.7%Added
Toroso Investments, LLC393,584$1.83M0.02%+31,352+8.7%Added
Acuitas Investments, LLC472,566$2.20M0.98%−25,350−5.1%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC917,406$4.28M0.00%−7,399−0.8%Reduced
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC932,001$4.34M1.03%−92,559−9.0%Reduced
Krilogy Financial LLC968,600$4.51M0.31%+155,600+19.1%Added
Formidable Asset Management, LLC992,665$4.63M0.74%−199,514−16.7%Reduced
Royce & Associates LP1,117,915$5.21M0.05%−166,079−12.9%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,642,800$7.66M0.01%+132,557+8.8%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,844,498$8.60M0.00%+1,696,485+1,146.2%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2,080,094$9.69M0.00%+307,799+17.4%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,263,964$10.6M0.00%+42,833+1.9%Added