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Acacia Research Corp. engages in the acquisition, development, and patents technologies through its subsidiaries. Its operating subsidiaries assist patent owners with the prosecution and development of their patent portfolios, the protection of their patented inventions from unauthorized use, the generation of licensing revenue from users of their patented technologies and, if necessary, with the enforcement against unauthorized users of their patented technologies. The company was founded by Robert Bruce Stewart on January 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Company profile

Ticker

ACTG

Exchange

NASDAQ

Website

acaciaresearch.com/

CEO

Clifford Press

Incorporated

Delaware

Location

New York

Fiscal year end

Dec 31

Sector

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing > Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)

Industry (SIC)

Patent Owners & Lessors

TiVo • Dolby Laboratories • Interdigital • Franchise • Virnetx Holding • Network-1 • Finjan • Digital Turbine • Joint • Research Frontiers ...

SEC CIK

0000934549

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

IRS number

954405754

ACTG stock data

S&P 500

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19 May 21

Acacia Research Q1 EPS $(2.81) Misses $0.05 Estimate, Sales $5.80M Beat $3.75M Estimate

17 May 21

Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) reported quarterly losses of $(2.81) per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.05 by 5720 percent. This is a 1070.83 percent decrease over losses of $(0.24) per share from

Earnings Scheduled For May 17, 2021

17 May 21

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12 May 21

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28 Apr 21

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Acacia Research Corp. to Host Earnings Call

17 May 21

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / May 17, 2021 / Acacia Research Corp. (NASDAQ:ACTG) will be discussing their earnings results in their 2021 First Quarter Earnings call to be held on May 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.To

Acacia Research Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results

17 May 21

Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTG) today reported results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021. Clifford Press, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our defined process, in collaboration with Starboard

Acacia Research to Release First Quarter 2021 Financial Results

10 May 21

Acacia Research Corporation ("Acacia" or "the Company") (NASDAQ:ACTG) announced today it will release its first quarter 2021 financial results on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. ET/ 5:00 a.m. PT. The Company will

Acacia Research Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Financial Results

29 Mar 21

Investment data

Data from SEC filings

Securities sold

Number of investors

Calendar

17 May 21

13 Jun 21

31 Dec 21

Financial summary

Financial statements Chart ACTG financial data

Quarter (USD)	Mar 21	Dec 20	Sep 20	Jun 20
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Annual (USD)	Dec 20	Dec 19	Dec 18	Dec 17
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Financial data from company earnings reports.

Cash burn rate (estimated)	Burn method: Change in cash		Burn method: Operating income/loss		Burn method: FCF (opex + capex)
	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q
Cash on hand (at last report)	144.81M	144.81M	144.81M	144.81M	144.81M	144.81M
Cash burn (monthly)	18.58M	(positive/no burn)	54.57M	4.31M	2.04M	1.96M
Cash used (since last report)	45.63M	n/a	134.02M	10.58M	5.01M	4.82M
Cash remaining	99.18M	n/a	10.79M	134.23M	139.8M	139.99M
Runway (months of cash)	5.3	n/a	0.2	31.2	68.5	71.4

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Recent insider trades

ACTG insider ownership history Insider history

Date	Owner	Security	Transaction	Code	Indirect	10b5-1	$Price	#Shares	$Value	#Remaining
7 Jun 21	Rosenstein Richard Jay	ACTG Common Stock	Sell	Dispose S	No	No	5.51	9,600	52.9K	76,900
10 May 21	Oconnell Maureen	ACTG Common Stock	Grant	Aquire A	No	No	0	21,661	0	160,575
10 May 21	Booth Marc W.	ACTG Common Stock	Sell	Dispose S	No	No	5.7154	4,573	26.14K	191,277
10 May 21	Wolanyk Katharine	ACTG Common Stock	Grant	Aquire A	No	No	0	21,661	0	135,575
10 May 21	Sagal Jonathan	Common Stock, $0.001 par value	Grant	Aquire A	No	No	0	21,661	0	97,343

Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price.

Institutional ownership Q1 2021

ACTG institutional ownership history Ownership history

Data for the last complete 13F reporting period. To see the most recent changes to ownership, click the ownership history button above.

70.7% owned by funds/institutions

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	116	91	+27.5%
Opened positions	34	14	+142.9%
Closed positions	9	8	+12.5%
Increased positions	34	33	+3.0%
Reduced positions	35	26	+34.6%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	397.59M	165.9M	+139.7%
Total shares	34.86M	28.23M	+23.5%
Total puts	705.5K	23.7K	+2876.8%
Total calls	242.6K	36.6K	+562.8%
Total put/call ratio	2.9	0.6	+349.1%

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
Parian Global Management	4.74M	$34.57M	NEW
BLK Blackrock	3.04M	$20.2M	+19.5%
IVZ Invesco	2.59M	$17.24M	+1.5%
Vanguard	2.47M	$16.45M	+19.2%
Renaissance Technologies	2.47M	$16.42M	-12.5%
Granahan Investment Management	2.25M	$14.96M	NEW
ArrowMark Colorado	1.94M	$12.9M	-19.8%
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners	1.28M	$8.53M	+3.9%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	1.26M	$8.38M	-13.2%
STT State Street	877.84K	$5.84M	-6.0%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
Parian Global Management	4.74M	+4.74M	NEW
Granahan Investment Management	2.25M	+2.25M	NEW
Heartland Advisors	150K	-1.75M	-92.1%
Roumell Asset Management	0	-971.29K	EXIT
Wolf Hill Capital Management	759.82K	+759.82K	NEW
Formidable Asset Management	611.28K	+611.28K	NEW
Skye Global Management	518K	+518K	NEW
MS Morgan Stanley	110.04K	-498.36K	-81.9%
BLK Blackrock	3.04M	+495.6K	+19.5%
ArrowMark Colorado	1.94M	-478.95K	-19.8%

Data from 13F filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

Financial report summary

Competition

Quest Patent Research • Network-1 • Inventergy Global

Content analysis

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From filing 10-Q 2021 Q1