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Acacia Research Corporation ACTG

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$285.2M
▲ 133.2% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$0.22
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
4.1%
Net margin · FY25
7.6%
Dividend coverage
-6.5×
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Result
USD 285.2M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.080.160.240.320.30.02009201220152018202120242025
0.080.160.240.320.30.02016201920222025

8 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.22
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
0.81.62.40.222009201220152018202120242025
0.81.62.40.222016201920222025

The dividend was paid in a year without profit.

Profitability
4.1%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
2040604.1%2009201220152018202120242025
2040604.1%2016201920222025
Operating margin2.2%
Net margin7.6%
Return on assets2.8%

Each USD of equity produced 4 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacksUSD -30,000.00
Share of profit0.0%
Consecutive raises

Growth
+57.1% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+68.9%
+57.1%
Net income
−27.6%
−3.0%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.10B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.040.102009201220152018202120242025
0.050.102016201920222025
Change, 5 years−14.1%
Change, 10 years−11.5%

The share count shrank 14% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 771.0M
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 771.0M
EquityUSD 543.5M
CashUSD 306.7M
Gross debtUSD 91.9M
Net debtUSD -214.8M
Current ratio9.18×

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Operating income $B
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.2
−0.1
−0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
−0.0
EBITDA $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
·
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.1
−0.0
−0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
−0.0
Income tax $B
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.0
−0.0
0.1
−0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.0
−0.1
0.0
−0.1
−0.2
−0.1
−0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
−0.0
EPS, diluted $
0.22
−0.36
0.58
−3.13
1.91
1.48
−0.40
−2.10
0.44
−1.08
−3.25
−1.37
−1.18
1.21
0.50
0.97
−0.38
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.00
0.00
0.50
0.50
0.38
0.00
0.00
·
·
Payout %
·
−0
2
−2
1
1
−0
·
0
−0
−16
−38
−33
0
0
·
·
ROE %
4.1
−6.7
16.2
−36.9
42.8
48.5
−9.4
−43.4
7.9
−18.8
−40.3
−12.7
−9.7
12.8
9.8
30.7
·
Shares out B
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.04
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.04
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
54 of 54
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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