Acacia Research Corporation ACTG R2K

Industrials · Business Equipment & Supplies · United States

https://www.acaciaresearch.com

Acacia Research Corporation operates as an acquirer and operator of businesses across industrial, energy, and technology sectors in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through four segments: Intellectual Property Operations, Industrial Operations, Energy Operations, and Manufacturing Operations. The company is involved in investing in IP; and licensing and enforcement of patented technologies. It also designs and manufactures printers, including hardware and embedded software, as well as consumable products, such as inked ribbons for various industrial printing applications. In addition, the company acquires, explores, develops, and produces oil and natural gas resources located in Texas and Oklahoma. Further, it designs and manufactures purchase brochure, folder, and applications display holders; plastic injection-molded office supply, as well as arts, crafts, and education products; plastic and aluminum air venting and air control products; extruded vinyl chair mats; safety reflectors for bicycles; and emergency warning triangles, mud flaps, and splash guards for the heavy duty truck market and transportation industry. Acacia Research Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$449.14M

Current Price

$4.65

High / Low (52W)

$5.16 / $3.15

Beta

0.49

Valuation

Stock P/E

Industry PE

28.38

Forward P/E

PEG Ratio

2.37

Book Value

$5.47

Price to Book

0.85

P/S

2.09

EV/EBITDA

85.32

Dividend Yield

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

5.58%

ROE

-2.91%

ROA

-3.23%

Profit Margin

-8.53%

Op Margin

-15.41%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$-0.16

EPS (TTM)

$-0.19

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.18

Quick Ratio

7.69

Current Ratio

8.56

Debt

$103.26M

Total Assets

$770.96M

Current Assets

$450.09M

Working Capital

$401.05M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

1.48%

Chg in Prom Hold

0.04%

FII / Inst Holding

88.52%

Chg in FII Hold

-0.00%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$232.66M

Total Revenue (TTM)

$215.05M

EBITDA

$2.73M

Free Cash Flow

$34.66M

Operating Cash Flow

$76.22M

Shares Outstanding

96.59M

Gross Margin

17.48%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

68.88%

Profit 5Y

39.11%

Revenue (YoY)

-56.40%

Earnings (YoY)

PROS

Compounding revenue at 68.9% over 5 years.
Profit CAGR of 39.1% over 5 years.
Generates positive free cash flow.
In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

No notable concerns flagged.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Industrials).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	ACTG Acacia Research Corporation R2K	4.65	-	$449.14M	-	5.58%	-2.91%	68.88%	39.11%
2	CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPX	875.87	43.66	$403.42B	0.69%	19.42%	51.33%	4.38%	9.83%
3	GE GE Aerospace SPX	323.76	40.17	$338.27B	0.58%	11.89%	45.43%	16.32%	195.89%
4	GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXAI	968.32	28.33	$260.21B	0.21%	6.30%	75.71%	8.68%	92.84%
5	RTX RTX Corporation SPX	179.66	33.64	$241.95B	1.54%	9.41%	11.57%	9.72%	9.01%
6	UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPX	262.64	21.60	$155.93B	2.10%	16.19%	40.69%	-0.49%	0.66%
7	ETN Eaton Corporation plc SPXAI	400.60	39.20	$155.55B	1.10%	16.23%	20.84%	9.77%	18.41%
8	HON Honeywell International Inc. NDXSPX	237.86	38.00	$150.72B	2.00%	13.57%	24.26%	1.82%	-1.62%
9	DE Deere & Company SPX	542.18	30.67	$146.45B	1.20%	12.82%	18.35%	-4.50%	-11.00%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.39M	5.46M	1.71M	-	3.81M	2.12M	19.47M	-	5.80M	17.40M	1.58M	13.51M	16.72M	15.88M	14.80M	7.90M	10.08M	24.32M	25.84M	-	-	124.42M	51.24M	59.45M	50.13M	54.24M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	65.48M	44.70M	53.25M	22.67M	42.18M
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.75M	7.49M	5.95M	4.84M	-1.04M	237.00K	11.96M	6.76M	-	-	58.94M	6.54M	6.20M	27.46M	12.05M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.63M	18.93M	12.63M	40.54M	20.41M
Operating Income	-26.84M	-113.18M	-9.70M	-34.94M	16.29M	-9.05M	-11.58M	-7.92M	-442.00K	-7.33M	8.97M	-38.84M	-4.96M	10.04M	-6.91M	-3.97M	-5.11M	-7.43M	-3.57M	-6.75M	-2.78M	-6.42M	-5.68M	1.64M	-12.72M	-8.51M	-5.67M	-11.37M	-9.32M	-12.53M	-13.15M	-2.09M	-4.76M	-	-	38.30M	-12.38M	-6.43M	-13.09M	-8.36M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42.67M	12.88M	9.70M	18.39M	-9.79M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.45M	2.33M	2.23M	1.98M	1.89M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29.61M	-890.00K	-3.36M	5.95M	-20.16M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.08M	547.00K	-968.00K	1.18M	-2.56M
Net Income	-27.31M	-115.91M	-9.96M	-40.57M	7.08M	-10.61M	-11.83M	-14.25M	158.47M	-110.20M	-32.04M	-28.43M	-33.20M	-11.37M	-4.38M	-5.76M	-7.61M	634.00K	-11.29M	6.15M	38.35M	80.24M	-164.47M	19.66M	89.76M	-73.27M	-61.50M	28.09M	9.45M	-18.78M	1.64M	-186.00K	-8.45M	-	-	24.29M	-3.29M	-2.73M	3.42M	-15.74M
Diluted EPS	-	-	-	-	0.14	-	-	-	3.13	-	-0.63	-0.57	-0.67	-0.23	0.09	0.12	0.15	0.05	0.24	0.09	0.32	1.33	-2.81	0.23	0.86	-1.61	-1.44	0.02	-0.07	-0.36	-0.03	0.00	-0.08	-	-	0.25	-0.03	-0.03	0.04	-0.16
R&D Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	190.00K	145.00K	156.00K	216.00K	205.00K	172.00K	134.00K	178.00K	108.00K	37.00K	-	-	-	-	-

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29.78M	-	59.22M	125.10M	122.31M	285.23M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37.39M	52.83M	92.66M	200.75M
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.84M	72.27M	29.65M	84.48M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61.93M	51.34M	62.58M	78.07M
Operating Income	38.62M	30.26M	80.41M	-82.93M	-62.16M	-152.62M	-37.41M	-27.27M	-24.69M	-23.42M	-19.52M	-	-40.09M	20.94M	-32.93M	6.41M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-107.20M	84.22M	1.89M	83.65M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.43M	2.06M	6.46M	8.99M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-127.15M	67.43M	-38.15M	31.31M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-16.21M	-1.50M	-3.45M	6.84M
Net Income	34.05M	21.11M	59.45M	-56.43M	-66.03M	-160.04M	-54.07M	22.18M	-105.03M	-17.11M	109.23M	-	-125.06M	67.06M	-36.06M	21.68M
Diluted EPS	0.97	0.50	1.21	-1.18	-1.37	-	-	-	-2.10	-0.40	1.48	-	-3.13	0.58	-0.36	0.22
R&D Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	200.00K	626.00K	735.00K	-	-

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	68.88%
1 Year:	-56.40%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	39.11%
1 Year:	-

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+24.66%
6 Months:	+26.36%
3 Months:	+10.98%
1 Month:	-6.25%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	352.88M	668.72M	593.39M	536.35M	347.90M	296.00M	308.77M	223.95M	218.16M	511.31M	564.90M	623.83M	746.08M	-	482.93M	633.54M	756.39M	770.96M
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	427.99M	554.51M	420.15M	450.09M
Cash & Equivalents	51.73M	102.52M	314.73M	221.80M	126.69M	134.47M	135.22M	139.05M	136.60M	128.81M	57.36M	165.55M	-	-	-	-	287.79M	340.09M	273.88M	306.72M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.22M	10.92M	27.48M	26.56M
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.23M	80.56M	26.91M	26.16M
Total Liabilities	-	-	30.77M	50.24M	31.20M	47.30M	33.75M	28.56M	13.11M	32.71M	35.11M	212.07M	-	-	-	-	213.61M	43.94M	203.78M	186.92M
Current Liabilities	-	-	30.13M	21.99M	26.00M	45.91M	33.23M	28.19M	9.56M	31.04M	11.71M	124.82M	-	-	-	-	87.21M	27.64M	49.64M	49.04M
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.53M	111.59M	92.07M
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63.88M	13.51M	124.33M	104.67M
Total Equity	-	-	319.95M	611.50M	555.71M	483.56M	310.21M	265.59M	294.30M	189.39M	173.12M	277.27M	-	-	-	-	258.28M	568.27M	514.83M	543.45M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59.67M	116.08M	116.59M	117.02M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	44.92M	60.59M	104.60M	-3.51M	4.18M	-9.95M	34.06M	12.97M	20.88M	-2.31M	-19.62M	-	-37.34M	-22.51M	50.12M	75.24M
Investing Cash Flow	-8.10M	-23.24M	-408.79M	-66.06M	29.30M	39.31M	-40.63M	-16.11M	-24.07M	-68.06M	18.60M	-	184.46M	16.18M	-212.96M	-21.01M
Financing Cash Flow	13.96M	174.87M	211.26M	-25.55M	-25.70M	-28.60M	-1.11M	700.00K	-4.61M	33.92M	109.21M	-	-166.14M	58.63M	97.56M	-22.73M
Capital Expenditure	-58.00K	-190.00K	-268.00K	-675.00K	-109.00K	-8.00K	-4.00K	-2.00K	-34.00K	-183.00K	-199.00K	-	-5.73M	-6.19M	-162.67M	-16.69M
Free Cash Flow	44.86M	60.40M	104.33M	-4.18M	4.08M	-9.96M	34.06M	12.96M	20.84M	-2.49M	-19.82M	-	-43.07M	-28.70M	-112.55M	58.55M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-19.01M	52.30M	-65.28M	31.50M
Share Buybacks	0	0	26.73M	7.93M	0	0	82.00K	0	4.63M	0	4.00M	4.01M	50.99M	0	20.29M	0
Dividends Paid	-	0	0	18.63M	25.04M	25.43M	0	0	-	0	1.38M	1.45M	2.80M	1.40M	0	-

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36.9%	57.8%	24.2%	29.6%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-65.5%	-	-67.7%	16.7%	-26.9%	2.2%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	366.8%	-	-211.2%	53.6%	-29.5%	7.6%
ROE %	-	6.6%	9.7%	-10.2%	-13.7%	-51.6%	-20.4%	7.5%	-55.5%	-9.9%	39.4%	-	-48.4%	11.8%	-7.0%	4.0%
ROCE %	-	9.4%	12.4%	-14.6%	-12.7%	-48.5%	-14.0%	-9.1%	-12.8%	-11.3%	-5.1%	-	-10.1%	3.5%	-4.7%	0.9%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

1.48%

Institutions

88.52%

Public Float

89.85%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Starboard Value LP	63.28%	61.12M	$284.22M
2	State Street Corporation	3.21%	3.11M	$14.44M
3	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	2.95%	2.85M	$13.27M
4	Blackrock Inc.	2.49%	2.41M	$11.19M
5	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	1.65%	1.60M	$7.42M
6	Renaissance Technologies, LLC	1.46%	1.41M	$6.55M
7	Krilogy Financial, LLC	1.17%	1.13M	$5.24M
8	Peapod Lane Capital LLC	1.13%	1.09M	$5.07M
9	Geode Capital Management, LLC	0.89%	857.72K	$3.99M
10	Formidable Asset Management, Llc	0.87%	838.87K	$3.90M

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