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Acacia Research Corp

ACTG
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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, Q4 2025

Institutional positions in Acacia Research Corp as of Dec 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
94
+5 vs. Q3 2025
Shares held
83.9M
−221.2K (−0.3%) vs. Q3 2025
Total value
$313.8M
+$40.0M (+14.6%) vs. Q3 2025
New holders
13
28 more added
Sold out
8
31 more reduced

Compare with Q3 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.

Institutional holdersQ4 2025: 94 institutions
Q1 2021: 112 institutionsQ2 2021: 96 institutionsQ3 2021: 102 institutionsQ4 2021: 110 institutionsQ1 2022: 96 institutionsQ2 2022: 85 institutionsQ3 2022: 77 institutionsQ4 2022: 84 institutionsQ1 2023: 81 institutionsQ2 2023: 84 institutionsQ3 2023: 89 institutionsQ4 2023: 95 institutionsQ1 2024: 92 institutionsQ2 2024: 103 institutionsQ3 2024: 103 institutionsQ4 2024: 95 institutionsQ1 2025: 89 institutionsQ2 2025: 86 institutionsQ3 2025: 89 institutionsQ4 2025: 94 institutionsQ1 2026: 118 institutionsQ2 2026: 122 institutions
Value heldQ4 2025: $313.8M
Q1 2021: $200.7MQ2 2021: $198.2MQ3 2021: $193.9MQ4 2021: $150.2MQ1 2022: $123.9MQ2 2022: $108.7MQ3 2022: $79.2MQ4 2022: $102.2MQ1 2023: $158.8MQ2 2023: $186.4MQ3 2023: $314.2MQ4 2023: $339.2MQ1 2024: $458.4MQ2 2024: $432.3MQ3 2024: $395.7MQ4 2024: $362.5MQ1 2025: $265.9MQ2 2025: $299.3MQ3 2025: $273.8MQ4 2025: $313.8MQ1 2026: $407.4MQ2 2026: $401.0M
Institutions holding ACTG and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026122$401.0M
Q1 2026118$407.4M
Q4 202594$313.8M
Q3 202589$273.8M
Q2 202586$299.3M
Q1 202589$265.9M
Q4 202495$362.5M
Q3 2024103$395.7M
Q2 2024103$432.3M
Q1 202492$458.4M
Q4 202395$339.2M
Q3 202389$314.2M
Q2 202384$186.4M
Q1 202381$158.8M
Q4 202284$102.2M
Q3 202277$79.2M
Q2 202285$108.7M
Q1 202296$123.9M
Q4 2021110$150.2M
Q3 2021102$193.9M
Q2 202196$198.2M
Q1 2021112$200.7M

Institutions, Q4 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q3 2025.

Institutions holding ACTG in Q4 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
True Wealth Design, LLC2$80.00%+2New
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.20$750.00%00.0%Unchanged
IFP Advisors, Inc33$1230.00%−9−21.4%Reduced
Essential Partners LLC45$1680.00%+40+800.0%Added
Rothschild Investment LLC110$4110.00%00.0%Unchanged
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC184$6890.00%+22+13.6%Added
SBI Securities Co., Ltd.250$9350.00%00.0%Unchanged
Private Wealth Management Group, LLC358$1.34K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Optiver Holding B.V.542$2.03K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.600$2.24K0.00%−30,070−98.0%Reduced
Torren Management, LLC772$2.89K0.00%+772New
Citigroup Inc798$2.98K0.00%−2,235−73.7%Reduced
Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.877$3.00K0.00%−15−1.7%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada1,031$4.00K0.00%−59,005−98.3%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank1,074$4.00K0.00%−208−16.2%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.1,513$5.66K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sterling Capital Management LLC1,971$7.37K0.00%−389−16.5%Reduced
Group One Trading, L.P.2,074$7.76K0.00%−2,025−49.4%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System2,103$7.87K0.00%−41−1.9%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc2,926$10.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.3,045$11.4K0.00%+212+7.5%Added
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.3,139$11.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
CWM, LLC3,158$12.0K0.00%+739+30.5%Added
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)3,284$12.3K0.00%−5,140−61.0%Reduced
MAI Capital Management6,478$24.2K0.00%+6,478New
Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC8,000$30.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA8,464$31.7K0.00%+1,135+15.5%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund8,921$33.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Horizon Wealth Management, LLC10,000$37.4K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.10,000$37.4K0.00%+10,000New
Zions Bancorporation, National Association10,096$37.8K0.00%+10,096New
Victory Capital Management Inc10,964$41.0K0.00%+53+0.5%Added
Gem Investment Advisors, LLC11,250$42.1K0.04%+11,250New
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey12,759$47.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP13,151$49.2K0.00%+13,151New
Abel Hall, LLC13,648$51.0K0.01%+13,648New
Intech Investment Management LLC13,722$51.3K0.00%−512−3.6%Reduced
Investors Research Corp14,009$52.4K0.01%−600−4.1%Reduced
Royce & Associates LP14,611$54.6K0.00%+14,611New
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The14,615$54.7K0.00%−3,195−17.9%Reduced
Salem Investment Counselors Inc14,664$54.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sather Financial Group Inc15,304$57.2K0.00%+509+3.4%Added
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.15,909$59.5K0.00%+16+0.1%Added
Simplex Trading, LLC18,081$67.6K0.00%+13,659+308.9%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc18,600$69.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Price T Rowe Associates Inc18,738$71.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
SNS Financial Group, LLC22,000$82.3K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Deutsche Bank AG24,507$91.7K0.00%−56,503−69.7%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC25,000$93.5K0.00%+25,000New
Bank of America Corp28,573$106.9K0.00%+12,811+81.3%Added
GWM Advisors LLC32,778$122.6K0.00%+32,778New
Marshall Wace, LLP34,327$128.4K0.00%−29,466−46.2%Reduced
Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership34,500$129.0K0.08%−1,000−2.8%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.37,740$141.1K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Wells Fargo & Company38,898$145.5K0.00%+12,675+48.3%Added
Ethic Inc.39,114$146.3K0.00%+19,485+99.3%Added
Rhumbline Advisers44,890$167.9K0.00%−7,867−14.9%Reduced
Citizens Financial Group Inc50,000$187.0K0.00%+50,000New
Jane Street Group, LLC52,624$196.8K0.00%−30,793−36.9%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC52,862$197.7K0.00%+19,590+58.9%Added
Barclays PLC53,468$200.0K0.00%+5,203+10.8%Added
Nuveen, LLC57,333$214.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
FMR LLC74,914$280.2K0.00%+12,104+19.3%Added
Invesco Ltd.77,143$288.5K0.00%+3,252+4.4%Added
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.85,000$317.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Marquette Asset Management, LLC93,237$348.7K0.05%+93,237New
GatePass Capital, LLC99,800$373.3K0.19%−5,500−5.2%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc114,965$430.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC103,970$431.5K0.18%−800−0.8%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp121,328$453.8K0.00%−124,574−50.7%Reduced
UBS Group AG124,040$463.9K0.00%−5,268−4.1%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP139,207$520.6K0.00%−87,015−38.5%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co140,037$523.7K0.00%+37,006+35.9%Added
Corsair Capital Management, L.P.166,672$623.4K0.10%+46,327+38.5%Added
Northern Trust Corp242,939$908.6K0.00%−24,748−9.2%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc308,992$1.16M0.00%−38,646−11.1%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC331,127$1.24M0.00%−118,961−26.4%Reduced
Permanent Capital Management, LP405,345$1.52M0.30%00.0%Unchanged
Toroso Investments, LLC437,428$1.64M0.01%−26,510−5.7%Reduced
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC441,886$1.65M0.03%+174,752+65.4%Added
Morgan Stanley443,263$1.66M0.00%+118,138+36.3%Added
American Century Companies Inc493,039$1.84M0.00%+6,568+1.4%Added
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC810,324$3.03M0.67%−28,877−3.4%Reduced
Formidable Asset Management, LLC870,831$3.10M0.45%−89,524−9.3%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC846,307$3.17M0.00%+3,525+0.4%Added
Peapod Lane Capital LLC845,954$3.22M2.74%+119,783+16.5%Added
Levin Capital Strategies, L.P.983,261$3.68M0.32%+93,714+10.5%Added
Krilogy Financial LLC1,243,413$4.90M0.17%+45,015+3.8%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,395,300$5.22M0.01%−130,700−8.6%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc2,087,925$7.81M0.00%−193,702−8.5%Reduced
BlackRock, Inc.2,363,847$8.84M0.00%+24,131+1.0%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2,758,800$10.3M0.00%+10,504+0.4%Added
State Street Corp3,145,981$11.8M0.00%+355,916+12.8%Added
Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value61,123,595$228.6M4.33%00.0%Unchanged
Empowered Funds, LLC0$00.00%−219,834−100.0%Sold out
Clayton Partners LLC0$00.00%−179,891−100.0%Sold out
Gsa Capital Partners LLP0$00.00%−64,433−100.0%Sold out
NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan0$00.00%−20,000−100.0%Sold out
Verition Fund Management LLC0$00.00%−19,964−100.0%Sold out
XTX Topco Ltd0$00.00%−19,590−100.0%Sold out