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, 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 | $401.0M |
| 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 24 | $104 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC | 29 | $126 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SJS Investment Consulting Inc. | 65 | $283 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacific Capital Wealth Advisors, Inc | 100 | $434 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 150 | $651 | 0.00% | −184−55.1% | Reduced |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 312 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +312 | New |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 251 | $1.09K | 0.00% | +251 | New |
| 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 |
| CWM, LLC | 1,216 | $5.00K | 0.00% | +142+13.2% | Added |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 1,282 | $5.56K | 0.00% | −69,708−98.2% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1,282 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 1,423 | $6.18K | 0.00% | −6,106−81.1% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $6.57K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 2,736 | $11.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $13.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,480 | $15.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 5,550 | $24.1K | 0.00% | −2,013−26.6% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 8,921 | $38.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 9,182 | $39.9K | 0.00% | +9,182 | New |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $43.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 10,633 | $46.1K | 0.00% | +10,633 | New |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 10,794 | $46.8K | 0.00% | −3,101−22.3% | Reduced |
| Atom Investors LP | 11,454 | $49.7K | 0.01% | −593−4.9% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 11,826 | $51.3K | 0.00% | −691−5.5% | Reduced |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 12,759 | $55.4K | 0.00% | +12,759 | New |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 12,995 | $56.4K | 0.00% | +12,995 | New |
| Investors Research Corp | 14,609 | $63.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 14,664 | $63.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 15,493 | $67.2K | 0.00% | −3,432−18.1% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 15,611 | $67.8K | 0.00% | −892−5.4% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 16,424 | $71.3K | 0.00% | +1,487+10.0% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 17,014 | $73.8K | 0.00% | +17,014 | New |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 18,770 | $81.5K | 0.00% | −1,417−7.0% | Reduced |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 18,905 | $82.0K | 0.00% | +18,905 | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 19,735 | $86.0K | 0.00% | +4,327+28.1% | Added |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $86.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 20,175 | $87.6K | 0.00% | −7,065−25.9% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 21,681 | $94.1K | 0.00% | +912+4.4% | Added |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $95.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MetLife Investment Management | 22,047 | $95.7K | 0.00% | +14,797+204.1% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 22,160 | $96.2K | 0.00% | +4,825+27.8% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 22,156 | $97.0K | 0.00% | +609+2.8% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 22,649 | $98.3K | 0.00% | −2,269−9.1% | Reduced |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 23,752 | $103.1K | 0.02% | +10,382+77.7% | Added |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 27,399 | $118.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 28,000 | $122.0K | 0.08% | −1,000−3.4% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 29,208 | $126.8K | 0.00% | +1,609+5.8% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 33,170 | $144.0K | 0.00% | +20,814+168.5% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 33,770 | $146.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 34,658 | $150.4K | 0.02% | −34,933−50.2% | Reduced |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 36,308 | $157.6K | 0.01% | −969−2.6% | Reduced |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $173.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 40,266 | $174.8K | 0.00% | −28,125−41.1% | Reduced |
| GatePass Capital, LLC | 40,300 | $174.9K | 0.19% | +40,300 | New |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 53,399 | $232.0K | 0.00% | +2,581+5.1% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 56,787 | $246.5K | 0.00% | +6,999+14.1% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 57,454 | $249.3K | 0.00% | −599−1.0% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 61,398 | $266.5K | 0.00% | −46,132−42.9% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 61,682 | $267.7K | 0.00% | −160.0% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 69,902 | $303.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 70,017 | $303.9K | 0.00% | +6,610+10.4% | Added |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 84,094 | $365.0K | 0.01% | +52,817+168.9% | Added |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 87,000 | $377.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mariner, LLC | 89,747 | $389.5K | 0.00% | −12,998−12.7% | Reduced |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 94,325 | $409.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 98,841 | $429.0K | 0.00% | +71,153+257.0% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 106,070 | $460.3K | 0.26% | −5,975−5.3% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 107,487 | $466.5K | 0.00% | +76,115+242.6% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 113,701 | $493.5K | 0.00% | −16,712−12.8% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 122,446 | $531.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. | 150,982 | $655.3K | 0.09% | −26,000−14.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 156,357 | $678.6K | 0.00% | −17,431−10.0% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 163,076 | $707.8K | 0.01% | +86,531+113.0% | Added |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 183,996 | $798.5K | 0.08% | +79,545+76.2% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 210,376 | $913.0K | 0.02% | +82,431+64.4% | Added |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 216,339 | $938.9K | 0.43% | −58,661−21.3% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 236,953 | $1.03M | 0.01% | −11,000−4.4% | Reduced |
| Peapod Lane Capital LLC | 238,011 | $1.03M | 1.02% | +238,011 | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 247,099 | $1.07M | 0.00% | +145,216+142.5% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 324,098 | $1.41M | 0.00% | +332+0.1% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 418,143 | $1.81M | 0.01% | +24,559+6.2% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 439,532 | $1.91M | 0.00% | +71,907+19.6% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 551,389 | $2.39M | 0.00% | −1,293,109−70.1% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 895,614 | $3.89M | 0.00% | −21,792−2.4% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 1,002,922 | $4.35M | 0.71% | +10,257+1.0% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 1,004,495 | $4.36M | 1.00% | +72,494+7.8% | Added |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 1,038,000 | $4.50M | 0.30% | +69,400+7.2% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 1,174,641 | $5.10M | 0.05% | +56,726+5.1% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,595,400 | $6.92M | 0.01% | −47,400−2.9% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,248,771 | $9.76M | 0.00% | −15,193−0.7% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,300,673 | $9.98M | 0.00% | +220,579+10.6% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,506,040 | $10.9M | 0.00% | −96,507−3.7% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,956,847 | $12.8M | 0.00% | −194,800−6.2% | Reduced |
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $265.3M | 4.80% | 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 |