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 2025
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
- −5 vs. Q4 2024
- Shares held
- 83.1M
- −363.5K (−0.4%) vs. Q4 2024
- Total value
- $265.9M
- −$96.3M (−26.6%) vs. Q4 2024
- New holders
- 10
- 24 more added
- Sold out
- 15
- 38 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q4 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $195.6M | 3.56% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State Street Corp | 2,805,947 | $8.98M | 0.00% | −150,900−5.1% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,463,732 | $7.88M | 0.00% | −42,308−1.7% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,445,473 | $7.83M | 0.00% | +144,800+6.3% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,233,634 | $7.15M | 0.00% | −15,137−0.7% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,578,300 | $5.05M | 0.01% | −17,100−1.1% | Reduced |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 1,158,024 | $3.71M | 0.24% | +120,024+11.6% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 959,401 | $3.07M | 0.81% | −45,094−4.5% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 918,636 | $2.94M | 0.49% | −84,286−8.4% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 879,988 | $2.82M | 0.00% | −15,626−1.7% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 730,655 | $2.34M | 0.00% | +631,814+639.2% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 464,416 | $1.49M | 0.00% | +24,884+5.7% | Added |
| Peapod Lane Capital LLC | 435,279 | $1.39M | 1.57% | +197,268+82.9% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 386,784 | $1.24M | 0.01% | −31,359−7.5% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 358,140 | $1.15M | 0.01% | −816,501−69.5% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 314,217 | $1.01M | 0.00% | −9,881−3.0% | Reduced |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 300,000 | $960.0K | 0.46% | +83,661+38.7% | Added |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 275,000 | $880.0K | 0.09% | +91,004+49.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 249,425 | $798.2K | 0.00% | +2,326+0.9% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 224,966 | $719.9K | 0.02% | +14,590+6.9% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 203,176 | $650.2K | 0.00% | +141,778+230.9% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 199,487 | $638.4K | 0.00% | −351,902−63.8% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 177,666 | $568.5K | 0.01% | +14,590+8.9% | Added |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. | 150,982 | $483.1K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG | 141,851 | $453.9K | 0.00% | +34,364+32.0% | Added |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 141,603 | $453.1K | 0.39% | +141,603 | New |
| Morgan Stanley | 134,464 | $430.3K | 0.00% | −21,893−14.0% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 115,494 | $369.6K | 0.00% | −6,952−5.7% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 111,759 | $357.6K | 0.00% | −1,942−1.7% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 106,810 | $341.8K | 0.00% | +73,640+222.0% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 106,070 | $339.4K | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 85,000 | $272.0K | 0.00% | −2,000−2.3% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 72,775 | $232.9K | 0.00% | +56,351+343.1% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 69,902 | $223.7K | 0.00% | +69,902 | New |
| GatePass Capital, LLC | 65,800 | $210.6K | 0.16% | +25,500+63.3% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 62,735 | $200.8K | 0.00% | +1,053+1.7% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 54,271 | $174.0K | 0.00% | +872+1.6% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 54,369 | $174.0K | 0.00% | −3,085−5.4% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 52,698 | $168.6K | 0.00% | +52,698 | New |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $128.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 38,447 | $123.0K | 0.00% | +38,135+12,222.8% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 37,072 | $118.6K | 0.00% | −19,715−34.7% | Reduced |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 34,000 | $109.0K | 0.07% | +6,000+21.4% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 32,340 | $103.5K | 0.00% | −1,430−4.2% | Reduced |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 32,219 | $103.1K | 0.00% | +19,224+147.9% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 31,161 | $99.7K | 0.00% | −58,586−65.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 27,528 | $88.1K | 0.00% | −12,738−31.6% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 27,197 | $87.0K | 0.00% | −209,756−88.5% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 25,492 | $81.6K | 0.00% | −3,716−12.7% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 22,617 | $72.4K | 0.00% | +936+4.3% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 22,080 | $70.7K | 0.00% | −80−0.4% | Reduced |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $70.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 21,300 | $68.2K | 0.00% | −48,717−69.6% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 20,473 | $66.0K | 0.00% | −1,683−7.6% | Reduced |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $64.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 18,005 | $57.6K | 0.00% | −765−4.1% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 16,900 | $54.1K | 0.00% | −114−0.7% | Reduced |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 16,820 | $53.8K | 0.00% | −10,579−38.6% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 15,499 | $49.6K | 0.00% | −112−0.7% | Reduced |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 14,664 | $46.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Investors Research Corp | 14,609 | $46.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Alpine Global Management, LLC | 12,957 | $41.5K | 0.01% | +12,957 | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 12,908 | $41.0K | 0.00% | −6,827−34.6% | Reduced |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 12,759 | $40.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 12,547 | $40.1K | 0.00% | −2,946−19.0% | Reduced |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 11,959 | $39.6K | 0.00% | +11,959 | New |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 11,552 | $37.0K | 0.00% | −274−2.3% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 10,889 | $34.8K | 0.00% | +10,889 | New |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $32.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 8,921 | $28.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MetLife Investment Management | 4,012 | $12.8K | 0.00% | −18,035−81.8% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 3,658 | $11.7K | 0.00% | +2,235+157.1% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,480 | $11.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $10.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 3,106 | $9.94K | 0.00% | +3,106 | New |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 2,736 | $8.76K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 2,406 | $7.70K | 0.00% | −3,144−56.6% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $4.84K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1,282 | $4.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 1,378 | $4.00K | 0.00% | +162+13.3% | Added |
| Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. | 1,029 | $3.00K | 0.00% | +5+0.5% | Added |
| Covestor Ltd | 793 | $3.00K | 0.00% | −143−15.3% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 724 | $2.32K | 0.00% | +724 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 647 | $2.07K | 0.00% | −8,535−93.0% | Reduced |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 634 | $2.03K | 0.00% | −648−50.5% | Reduced |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 250 | $800 | 0.00% | −1−0.4% | Reduced |
| SJS Investment Consulting Inc. | 65 | $208 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 50 | $160 | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 1 | $3 | 0.00% | +1 | New |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −94,325−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −84,094−100.0% | Sold out |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −36,308−100.0% | Sold out |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −34,658−100.0% | Sold out |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −23,752−100.0% | Sold out |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,649−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,175−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,905−100.0% | Sold out |
| Atom Investors LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,454−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,794−100.0% | Sold out |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,633−100.0% | Sold out |