Acacia Research Corp
ACTG- Exchange
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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 2025
Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Sep 30, 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
- +3 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 84.1M
- +423.8K (+0.5%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $273.8M
- −$25.5M (−8.5%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 12
- 30 more added
- Sold out
- 9
- 28 more reduced
Compare with Q2 2025: 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, Q3 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Partners LLC | 5 | $16 | 0.00% | −2−28.6% | Reduced |
| Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. | 20 | $65 | 0.00% | +20 | New |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 42 | $136 | 0.00% | +42 | Added |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 110 | $358 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 162 | $527 | 0.00% | −2,729−94.4% | Reduced |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 250 | $813 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Private Wealth Management Group, LLC | 358 | $1.16K | 0.00% | +27+8.2% | Added |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 542 | $1.76K | 0.00% | +542 | New |
| Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. | 892 | $3.00K | 0.00% | −107−10.7% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1,282 | $4.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 1,467 | $4.77K | 0.00% | +1,467 | New |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $4.92K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 2,144 | $6.97K | 0.00% | +2,144 | New |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 2,360 | $7.67K | 0.00% | +1,322+127.4% | Added |
| CWM, LLC | 2,419 | $8.00K | 0.00% | +1,164+92.7% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 2,833 | $9.21K | 0.00% | +2,566+961.0% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,926 | $9.51K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 3,033 | $9.86K | 0.00% | −8,655−74.1% | Reduced |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $10.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 4,099 | $13.3K | 0.00% | +4,099 | New |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 4,422 | $14.0K | 0.00% | +4,422 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 7,329 | $23.8K | 0.00% | +3,639+98.6% | Added |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 8,000 | $26.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 8,424 | $27.4K | 0.00% | +2,848+51.1% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 8,921 | $29.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC | 10,000 | $32.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $32.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 10,911 | $35.5K | 0.00% | −347−3.1% | Reduced |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 12,759 | $41.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 14,234 | $46.3K | 0.00% | −4,874−25.5% | Reduced |
| Investors Research Corp | 14,609 | $47.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 14,664 | $47.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sather Financial Group Inc | 14,795 | $48.1K | 0.00% | +14,795 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 15,762 | $51.2K | 0.00% | −3,234−17.0% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 15,893 | $51.7K | 0.00% | −2,796−15.0% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 17,810 | $57.9K | 0.00% | −1,206−6.3% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 18,600 | $60.5K | 0.00% | +1,700+10.1% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 18,738 | $61.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 19,590 | $63.7K | 0.00% | +19,590 | New |
| Ethic Inc. | 19,629 | $63.8K | 0.00% | +19,629 | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 19,964 | $64.9K | 0.00% | +19,964 | New |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 20,000 | $65.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $71.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 26,223 | $85.2K | 0.00% | +4,276+19.5% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 30,670 | $99.7K | 0.00% | +13,730+81.1% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 33,272 | $108.1K | 0.00% | +7,459+28.9% | Added |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 35,500 | $115.4K | 0.08% | +1,000+2.9% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 37,740 | $122.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 48,265 | $156.9K | 0.00% | −10,722−18.2% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 52,757 | $171.5K | 0.00% | −3,519−6.3% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 57,333 | $186.3K | 0.00% | +4,468+8.5% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 60,036 | $195.0K | 0.00% | +3,075+5.4% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 62,810 | $204.1K | 0.00% | −2,123−3.3% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 63,793 | $207.3K | 0.00% | −107,619−62.8% | Reduced |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 64,433 | $209.0K | 0.02% | −71,788−52.7% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 73,891 | $240.1K | 0.00% | +1,322+1.8% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 81,010 | $263.3K | 0.00% | +81,010 | New |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 83,417 | $271.1K | 0.00% | +30,161+56.6% | Added |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 85,000 | $276.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 103,031 | $334.9K | 0.00% | +85,784+497.4% | Added |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 104,770 | $340.5K | 0.17% | +800+0.8% | Added |
| GatePass Capital, LLC | 105,300 | $342.2K | 0.20% | +9,000+9.3% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 114,965 | $373.6K | 0.00% | +210.0% | Added |
| Corsair Capital Management, L.P. | 120,345 | $391.1K | 0.07% | +42,066+53.7% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 129,308 | $420.3K | 0.00% | −6,557−4.8% | Reduced |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 179,891 | $584.6K | 0.44% | −88,109−32.9% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 219,834 | $714.5K | 0.01% | +24,952+12.8% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 226,222 | $735.2K | 0.00% | −13,065−5.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 245,902 | $799.2K | 0.00% | −8,249−3.2% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 267,134 | $868.2K | 0.02% | +24,952+10.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 267,687 | $870.0K | 0.00% | −26,700−9.1% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 325,125 | $1.06M | 0.00% | +48,524+17.5% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 347,638 | $1.13M | 0.00% | +50,895+17.2% | Added |
| Permanent Capital Management, LP | 405,345 | $1.32M | 0.25% | +405,345 | New |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 450,088 | $1.46M | 0.00% | −144,016−24.2% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 463,938 | $1.51M | 0.01% | +98,060+26.8% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 486,471 | $1.58M | 0.00% | −7,604−1.5% | Reduced |
| Peapod Lane Capital LLC | 726,171 | $2.36M | 2.11% | +7,979+1.1% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 839,201 | $2.73M | 0.60% | −19,112−2.2% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 842,782 | $2.74M | 0.00% | −15,841−1.8% | Reduced |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 889,547 | $2.89M | 0.27% | +587,973+195.0% | Added |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 960,355 | $3.25M | 0.51% | +62,625+7.0% | Added |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 1,198,398 | $4.34M | 0.16% | −200,161−14.3% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,526,000 | $4.96M | 0.01% | −33,086−2.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,281,627 | $7.42M | 0.00% | −15,133−0.7% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,339,716 | $7.60M | 0.00% | −28,989−1.2% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,748,296 | $8.93M | 0.00% | +32,248+1.2% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 2,790,065 | $9.07M | 0.00% | −26,082−0.9% | Reduced |
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $198.7M | 3.74% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Westerly Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −172,455−100.0% | Sold out |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −114,872−100.0% | Sold out |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −53,323−100.0% | Sold out |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −51,155−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,280−100.0% | Sold out |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,977−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mariner, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,344−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −56−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allworth Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −31−100.0% | Sold out |