Acacia Research Corp
ACTG- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- Patent Owners & Lessors
- 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, 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 | $401.0M |
| 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 1 | $3 | 0.00% | +1 | New |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 50 | $160 | 0.00% | +50 | New |
| SJS Investment Consulting Inc. | 65 | $208 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 250 | $800 | 0.00% | −1−0.4% | Reduced |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 634 | $2.03K | 0.00% | −648−50.5% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 647 | $2.07K | 0.00% | −8,535−93.0% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 724 | $2.32K | 0.00% | +724 | New |
| 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 |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1,282 | $4.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 1,378 | $4.00K | 0.00% | +162+13.3% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $4.84K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 2,406 | $7.70K | 0.00% | −3,144−56.6% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 2,736 | $8.76K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 3,106 | $9.94K | 0.00% | +3,106 | New |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $10.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,480 | $11.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 3,658 | $11.7K | 0.00% | +2,235+157.1% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 4,012 | $12.8K | 0.00% | −18,035−81.8% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 8,921 | $28.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $32.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 10,889 | $34.8K | 0.00% | +10,889 | New |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 11,552 | $37.0K | 0.00% | −274−2.3% | Reduced |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 11,959 | $39.6K | 0.00% | +11,959 | New |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 12,547 | $40.1K | 0.00% | −2,946−19.0% | Reduced |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 12,759 | $40.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 12,908 | $41.0K | 0.00% | −6,827−34.6% | Reduced |
| Alpine Global Management, LLC | 12,957 | $41.5K | 0.01% | +12,957 | New |
| Investors Research Corp | 14,609 | $46.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 14,664 | $46.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 15,499 | $49.6K | 0.00% | −112−0.7% | Reduced |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | 16,820 | $53.8K | 0.00% | −10,579−38.6% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 16,900 | $54.1K | 0.00% | −114−0.7% | Reduced |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 18,005 | $57.6K | 0.00% | −765−4.1% | Reduced |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $64.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 20,473 | $66.0K | 0.00% | −1,683−7.6% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 21,300 | $68.2K | 0.00% | −48,717−69.6% | Reduced |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $70.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 22,080 | $70.7K | 0.00% | −80−0.4% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 22,617 | $72.4K | 0.00% | +936+4.3% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 25,492 | $81.6K | 0.00% | −3,716−12.7% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 27,197 | $87.0K | 0.00% | −209,756−88.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 27,528 | $88.1K | 0.00% | −12,738−31.6% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 31,161 | $99.7K | 0.00% | −58,586−65.3% | Reduced |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 32,219 | $103.1K | 0.00% | +19,224+147.9% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 32,340 | $103.5K | 0.00% | −1,430−4.2% | Reduced |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 34,000 | $109.0K | 0.07% | +6,000+21.4% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 37,072 | $118.6K | 0.00% | −19,715−34.7% | Reduced |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 38,447 | $123.0K | 0.00% | +38,135+12,222.8% | Added |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 40,000 | $128.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 52,698 | $168.6K | 0.00% | +52,698 | New |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 54,369 | $174.0K | 0.00% | −3,085−5.4% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 54,271 | $174.0K | 0.00% | +872+1.6% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 62,735 | $200.8K | 0.00% | +1,053+1.7% | Added |
| GatePass Capital, LLC | 65,800 | $210.6K | 0.16% | +25,500+63.3% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 69,902 | $223.7K | 0.00% | +69,902 | New |
| Invesco Ltd. | 72,775 | $232.9K | 0.00% | +56,351+343.1% | Added |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 85,000 | $272.0K | 0.00% | −2,000−2.3% | Reduced |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 106,070 | $339.4K | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 106,810 | $341.8K | 0.00% | +73,640+222.0% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 111,759 | $357.6K | 0.00% | −1,942−1.7% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 115,494 | $369.6K | 0.00% | −6,952−5.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 134,464 | $430.3K | 0.00% | −21,893−14.0% | Reduced |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 141,603 | $453.1K | 0.39% | +141,603 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 141,851 | $453.9K | 0.00% | +34,364+32.0% | Added |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. | 150,982 | $483.1K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 177,666 | $568.5K | 0.01% | +14,590+8.9% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 199,487 | $638.4K | 0.00% | −351,902−63.8% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 203,176 | $650.2K | 0.00% | +141,778+230.9% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 224,966 | $719.9K | 0.02% | +14,590+6.9% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 249,425 | $798.2K | 0.00% | +2,326+0.9% | Added |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 275,000 | $880.0K | 0.09% | +91,004+49.5% | Added |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 300,000 | $960.0K | 0.46% | +83,661+38.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 314,217 | $1.01M | 0.00% | −9,881−3.0% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 358,140 | $1.15M | 0.01% | −816,501−69.5% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 386,784 | $1.24M | 0.01% | −31,359−7.5% | Reduced |
| Peapod Lane Capital LLC | 435,279 | $1.39M | 1.57% | +197,268+82.9% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 464,416 | $1.49M | 0.00% | +24,884+5.7% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 730,655 | $2.34M | 0.00% | +631,814+639.2% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 879,988 | $2.82M | 0.00% | −15,626−1.7% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 918,636 | $2.94M | 0.49% | −84,286−8.4% | Reduced |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 959,401 | $3.07M | 0.81% | −45,094−4.5% | Reduced |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 1,158,024 | $3.71M | 0.24% | +120,024+11.6% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,578,300 | $5.05M | 0.01% | −17,100−1.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,233,634 | $7.15M | 0.00% | −15,137−0.7% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,445,473 | $7.83M | 0.00% | +144,800+6.3% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,463,732 | $7.88M | 0.00% | −42,308−1.7% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,805,947 | $8.98M | 0.00% | −150,900−5.1% | Reduced |
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $195.6M | 3.56% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 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 |