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ACTG NASDAQ US

Acacia Research Corporation - Common Stock

Financial Services · Financial Services Website · IPO Jul 1995
$5.00
▲ +$0.08 (+1.63%)
Vol 217K
10
Quality Score
ok
Deep Check
1/5 fail
Mkt Cap
$360.8M
P/E
68.5
ROE
1.0%
Margin
1.9%
D/E
17.49
Beta
0.56
52W
$3–$5

Wall Street Consensus

7 analysts · Apr 2026
2
Strong Buy
4
Buy
1
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong Sell
85.7%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

Earnings

Beat rate: 80.0%
Next Report May 06, 2026
EPS Estimate: $-0.09
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Mar 2026 $-0.09
Dec 2025 $-0.15 $0.04 +$0.19
Sep 2025 $-0.15 $-0.03 +$0.12
Jun 2025 $-0.06 $-0.03 +$0.03

Quarterly Revenue & Earnings

Quarter 2024-0… 2024-1… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-1…
Revenue $48.8M $124.4M $51.2M $59.4M $50.1M
Net Income -$13.4M $24.3M -$3.3M -$2.7M $3.4M

Fundamentals Trend

Metric 2025-06-30 2025-09-02 2025-10-02 2025-11-03 2025-12-03 2026-01-02
ROE (TTM) -1.1% -2.1% -1.2% -1.2% 1.0% 1.0%
P/E (TTM) 70.55 68.53
Net Margin -6.4% -5.2% -2.6% -2.6% 1.9% 1.9%
Gross Margin 25.3% 47.0% 42.8% 42.8% 41.8% 41.8%
D/E Ratio 19.38 20.06 19.38 19.38 17.49 17.49
Current Ratio 8.80 6.16 8.80 8.80 8.63 8.63

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
0.7%
P/S (TTM)
1.27
P/B
0.8
EPS (TTM)
$0.05
CF/Share
$-0.35
Rev Growth 3Y
+11.6%
52W High
$4.53
52W Low
$2.70
$2.70 52-Week Range $4.53

Financial Health

Free Cash Flow
$6.8M
Net Debt
-$202.0M
Cash
$306.7M
Total Debt
$104.7M
As of Dec 31, 2025

How does ACTG compare to Financial Services peers?

Peer group: Small-cap Financial Services ($300M+) · 132 companies

ACTG ACT AFRM ALRS ALTI

ACTG valuation vs Financial Services peers

P/E ratio
68.5
457% above peers (12.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Overvalued
P/S ratio
1.3
61% below peers (3.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
P/B ratio
0.8
49% below peers (1.6)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
Div yield
0% below peers (4.5%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line

ACTG profitability vs Financial Services peers

ROE
1.0%
92% below peers (12.3%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
Net margin
1.9%
90% below peers (18.9%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
Gross margin
41.8%
36% below peers (65.1%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
ROA
0.7%
76% below peers (2.9%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak

ACTG financial health vs Financial Services peers

D/E ratio
17.5
83% below peers (103.6)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low debt
Current ratio
8.6
651% above peers (1.2)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Strong liquidity
Beta
0.6
41% below peers (1.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
More volatile

ACTG fundamentals radar

ACTG Peer median Industry

ACTG profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

ACTG vs peers: key metrics

Top Holders

Top 5: 74.09%
Starboard Value LP
63.36%
$295.8M
State Street Corporation
3.26%
$15.2M
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
2.86%
$13.4M
Blackrock Inc.
2.45%
$11.4M
Vanguard Group Inc
2.16%
$10.1M
As of Dec 31, 2025

Dividends

$0.50
/ year
Nov 04, 2015 $0.1250
Aug 03, 2015 $0.1250
Apr 30, 2015 $0.1250
Feb 26, 2015 $0.1250
Oct 30, 2014 $0.1250
Jul 31, 2014 $0.1250
Apr 29, 2014 $0.1250
Feb 27, 2014 $0.1250