Acacia Research Corp
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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.
| 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 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Acacia Research Corp; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| True Wealth Design, LLC | 2 | $8 | 0.00% | +2 | New |
| Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. | 20 | $75 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 33 | $123 | 0.00% | −9−21.4% | Reduced |
| Essential Partners LLC | 45 | $168 | 0.00% | +40+800.0% | Added |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 110 | $411 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 184 | $689 | 0.00% | +22+13.6% | Added |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 250 | $935 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Private Wealth Management Group, LLC | 358 | $1.34K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 542 | $2.03K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 600 | $2.24K | 0.00% | −30,070−98.0% | Reduced |
| Torren Management, LLC | 772 | $2.89K | 0.00% | +772 | New |
| Citigroup Inc | 798 | $2.98K | 0.00% | −2,235−73.7% | Reduced |
| Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. | 877 | $3.00K | 0.00% | −15−1.7% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 1,031 | $4.00K | 0.00% | −59,005−98.3% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 1,074 | $4.00K | 0.00% | −208−16.2% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,513 | $5.66K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 1,971 | $7.37K | 0.00% | −389−16.5% | Reduced |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 2,074 | $7.76K | 0.00% | −2,025−49.4% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 2,103 | $7.87K | 0.00% | −41−1.9% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,926 | $10.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 3,045 | $11.4K | 0.00% | +212+7.5% | Added |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 3,139 | $11.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 3,158 | $12.0K | 0.00% | +739+30.5% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 3,284 | $12.3K | 0.00% | −5,140−61.0% | Reduced |
| MAI Capital Management | 6,478 | $24.2K | 0.00% | +6,478 | New |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 8,000 | $30.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 8,464 | $31.7K | 0.00% | +1,135+15.5% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 8,921 | $33.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Horizon Wealth Management, LLC | 10,000 | $37.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. | 10,000 | $37.4K | 0.00% | +10,000 | New |
| Zions Bancorporation, National Association | 10,096 | $37.8K | 0.00% | +10,096 | New |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 10,964 | $41.0K | 0.00% | +53+0.5% | Added |
| Gem Investment Advisors, LLC | 11,250 | $42.1K | 0.04% | +11,250 | New |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 12,759 | $47.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 13,151 | $49.2K | 0.00% | +13,151 | New |
| Abel Hall, LLC | 13,648 | $51.0K | 0.01% | +13,648 | New |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 13,722 | $51.3K | 0.00% | −512−3.6% | Reduced |
| Investors Research Corp | 14,009 | $52.4K | 0.01% | −600−4.1% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 14,611 | $54.6K | 0.00% | +14,611 | New |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 14,615 | $54.7K | 0.00% | −3,195−17.9% | Reduced |
| Salem Investment Counselors Inc | 14,664 | $54.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sather Financial Group Inc | 15,304 | $57.2K | 0.00% | +509+3.4% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 15,909 | $59.5K | 0.00% | +16+0.1% | Added |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 18,081 | $67.6K | 0.00% | +13,659+308.9% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 18,600 | $69.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 18,738 | $71.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SNS Financial Group, LLC | 22,000 | $82.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 24,507 | $91.7K | 0.00% | −56,503−69.7% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 25,000 | $93.5K | 0.00% | +25,000 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 28,573 | $106.9K | 0.00% | +12,811+81.3% | Added |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 32,778 | $122.6K | 0.00% | +32,778 | New |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 34,327 | $128.4K | 0.00% | −29,466−46.2% | Reduced |
| Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership | 34,500 | $129.0K | 0.08% | −1,000−2.8% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 37,740 | $141.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 38,898 | $145.5K | 0.00% | +12,675+48.3% | Added |
| Ethic Inc. | 39,114 | $146.3K | 0.00% | +19,485+99.3% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 44,890 | $167.9K | 0.00% | −7,867−14.9% | Reduced |
| Citizens Financial Group Inc | 50,000 | $187.0K | 0.00% | +50,000 | New |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 52,624 | $196.8K | 0.00% | −30,793−36.9% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 52,862 | $197.7K | 0.00% | +19,590+58.9% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 53,468 | $200.0K | 0.00% | +5,203+10.8% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 57,333 | $214.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 74,914 | $280.2K | 0.00% | +12,104+19.3% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 77,143 | $288.5K | 0.00% | +3,252+4.4% | Added |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 85,000 | $317.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marquette Asset Management, LLC | 93,237 | $348.7K | 0.05% | +93,237 | New |
| GatePass Capital, LLC | 99,800 | $373.3K | 0.19% | −5,500−5.2% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 114,965 | $430.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Wealth Alliance, LLC | 103,970 | $431.5K | 0.18% | −800−0.8% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 121,328 | $453.8K | 0.00% | −124,574−50.7% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 124,040 | $463.9K | 0.00% | −5,268−4.1% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 139,207 | $520.6K | 0.00% | −87,015−38.5% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 140,037 | $523.7K | 0.00% | +37,006+35.9% | Added |
| Corsair Capital Management, L.P. | 166,672 | $623.4K | 0.10% | +46,327+38.5% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 242,939 | $908.6K | 0.00% | −24,748−9.2% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 308,992 | $1.16M | 0.00% | −38,646−11.1% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 331,127 | $1.24M | 0.00% | −118,961−26.4% | Reduced |
| Permanent Capital Management, LP | 405,345 | $1.52M | 0.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 437,428 | $1.64M | 0.01% | −26,510−5.7% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 441,886 | $1.65M | 0.03% | +174,752+65.4% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 443,263 | $1.66M | 0.00% | +118,138+36.3% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 493,039 | $1.84M | 0.00% | +6,568+1.4% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 810,324 | $3.03M | 0.67% | −28,877−3.4% | Reduced |
| Formidable Asset Management, LLC | 870,831 | $3.10M | 0.45% | −89,524−9.3% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 846,307 | $3.17M | 0.00% | +3,525+0.4% | Added |
| Peapod Lane Capital LLC | 845,954 | $3.22M | 2.74% | +119,783+16.5% | Added |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 983,261 | $3.68M | 0.32% | +93,714+10.5% | Added |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 1,243,413 | $4.90M | 0.17% | +45,015+3.8% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 1,395,300 | $5.22M | 0.01% | −130,700−8.6% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,087,925 | $7.81M | 0.00% | −193,702−8.5% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,363,847 | $8.84M | 0.00% | +24,131+1.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,758,800 | $10.3M | 0.00% | +10,504+0.4% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 3,145,981 | $11.8M | 0.00% | +355,916+12.8% | Added |
| Starboard Value LPSuperinvestorStarboard Value | 61,123,595 | $228.6M | 4.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −219,834−100.0% | Sold out |
| Clayton Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −179,891−100.0% | Sold out |
| Gsa Capital Partners LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −64,433−100.0% | Sold out |
| NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19,964−100.0% | Sold out |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19,590−100.0% | Sold out |