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, Q4 2024
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Dec 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
- 95
- −7 vs. Q3 2024
- Shares held
- 83.5M
- −1.37M (−1.6%) vs. Q3 2024
- Total value
- $362.5M
- −$33.1M (−8.4%) vs. Q3 2024
- New holders
- 10
- 30 more added
- Sold out
- 17
- 32 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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.
| 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, Q4 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q3 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $265.3M | 4.80% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State Street Corp | 2,956,847 | $12.8M | 0.00% | −194,800−6.2% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,506,040 | $10.9M | 0.00% | −96,507−3.7% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,300,673 | $9.98M | 0.00% | +220,579+10.6% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,248,771 | $9.76M | 0.00% | −15,193−0.7% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,595,400 | $6.92M | 0.01% | −47,400−2.9% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 1,174,641 | $5.10M | 0.05% | +56,726+5.1% | Added |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 1,038,000 | $4.50M | 0.30% | +69,400+7.2% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,004,495 | $4.36M | 1.00% | +72,494+7.8% | Added |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,002,922 | $4.35M | 0.71% | +10,257+1.0% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 895,614 | $3.89M | 0.00% | −21,792−2.4% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 551,389 | $2.39M | 0.00% | −1,293,109−70.1% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 439,532 | $1.91M | 0.00% | +71,907+19.6% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 418,143 | $1.81M | 0.01% | +24,559+6.2% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 324,098 | $1.41M | 0.00% | +332+0.1% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 247,099 | $1.07M | 0.00% | +145,216+142.5% | Added |
| Peapod Lane Capital LLC | 238,011 | $1.03M | 1.02% | +238,011 | New |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 236,953 | $1.03M | 0.01% | −11,000−4.4% | Reduced |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 216,339 | $938.9K | 0.43% | −58,661−21.3% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 210,376 | $913.0K | 0.02% | +82,431+64.4% | Added |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 183,996 | $798.5K | 0.08% | +79,545+76.2% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 163,076 | $707.8K | 0.01% | +86,531+113.0% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 156,357 | $678.6K | 0.00% | −17,431−10.0% | Reduced |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. | 150,982 | $655.3K | 0.09% | −26,000−14.7% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 122,446 | $531.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 113,701 | $493.5K | 0.00% | −16,712−12.8% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 107,487 | $466.5K | 0.00% | +76,115+242.6% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 106,070 | $460.3K | 0.26% | −5,975−5.3% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 98,841 | $429.0K | 0.00% | +71,153+257.0% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 94,325 | $409.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mariner, LLC | 89,747 | $389.5K | 0.00% | −12,998−12.7% | Reduced |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 87,000 | $377.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 84,094 | $365.0K | 0.01% | +52,817+168.9% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 70,017 | $303.9K | 0.00% | +6,610+10.4% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 69,902 | $303.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 61,682 | $267.7K | 0.00% | −160.0% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 61,398 | $266.5K | 0.00% | −46,132−42.9% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 57,454 | $249.3K | 0.00% | −599−1.0% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 56,787 | $246.5K | 0.00% | +6,999+14.1% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 53,399 | $232.0K | 0.00% | +2,581+5.1% | Added |
| GatePass Capital, LLC | 40,300 | $174.9K | 0.19% | +40,300 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 40,266 | $174.8K | 0.00% | −28,125−41.1% | Reduced |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $173.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 36,308 | $157.6K | 0.01% | −969−2.6% | Reduced |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 34,658 | $150.4K | 0.02% | −34,933−50.2% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 33,770 | $146.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 33,170 | $144.0K | 0.00% | +20,814+168.5% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 29,208 | $126.8K | 0.00% | +1,609+5.8% | Added |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 28,000 | $122.0K | 0.08% | −1,000−3.4% | Reduced |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 27,399 | $118.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 23,752 | $103.1K | 0.02% | +10,382+77.7% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 22,649 | $98.3K | 0.00% | −2,269−9.1% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 22,156 | $97.0K | 0.00% | +609+2.8% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 22,160 | $96.2K | 0.00% | +4,825+27.8% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 22,047 | $95.7K | 0.00% | +14,797+204.1% | Added |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $95.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 21,681 | $94.1K | 0.00% | +912+4.4% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 20,175 | $87.6K | 0.00% | −7,065−25.9% | Reduced |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $86.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 19,735 | $86.0K | 0.00% | +4,327+28.1% | Added |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 18,905 | $82.0K | 0.00% | +18,905 | New |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 18,770 | $81.5K | 0.00% | −1,417−7.0% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 17,014 | $73.8K | 0.00% | +17,014 | New |
| Invesco Ltd. | 16,424 | $71.3K | 0.00% | +1,487+10.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 15,611 | $67.8K | 0.00% | −892−5.4% | Reduced |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 15,493 | $67.2K | 0.00% | −3,432−18.1% | Reduced |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 14,664 | $63.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Investors Research Corp | 14,609 | $63.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 12,995 | $56.4K | 0.00% | +12,995 | New |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 12,759 | $55.4K | 0.00% | +12,759 | New |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 11,826 | $51.3K | 0.00% | −691−5.5% | Reduced |
| Atom Investors LP | 11,454 | $49.7K | 0.01% | −593−4.9% | Reduced |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 10,794 | $46.8K | 0.00% | −3,101−22.3% | Reduced |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 10,633 | $46.1K | 0.00% | +10,633 | New |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $43.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 9,182 | $39.9K | 0.00% | +9,182 | New |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 8,921 | $38.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 5,550 | $24.1K | 0.00% | −2,013−26.6% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,480 | $15.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $13.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 2,736 | $11.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $6.57K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 1,423 | $6.18K | 0.00% | −6,106−81.1% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1,282 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 1,282 | $5.56K | 0.00% | −69,708−98.2% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 1,216 | $5.00K | 0.00% | +142+13.2% | Added |
| Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. | 1,024 | $4.00K | 0.00% | +436+74.1% | Added |
| Covestor Ltd | 936 | $4.00K | 0.00% | +617+193.4% | Added |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 251 | $1.09K | 0.00% | +251 | New |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 312 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +312 | New |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 150 | $651 | 0.00% | −184−55.1% | Reduced |
| Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors, Inc | 100 | $434 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SJS Investment Consulting Inc. | 65 | $283 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC | 29 | $126 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 24 | $104 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Acuitas Investments, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −472,566−100.0% | Sold out |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −158,837−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −76,818−100.0% | Sold out |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −58,161−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27,187−100.0% | Sold out |