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Acacia Research Corp. ACTG

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$285.2M
▲ 133.2% YoY
$21.7M
$61.1M

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In brief

What this company does

Acacia Research Corporation is an acquirer and operator of businesses across public and private markets and industries including but not limited to the industrial, energy and technology sectors. As of December 31, 2025, on a consolidated basis, it had 986 full-time employees and 76 contractors. It invests in intellectual property and engages in the licensing and enforcement of patented technologies through its wholly-owned subsidiary Acacia Research Group LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Benchmark is an independent oil and natural gas company that acquires, produces and develops oil and natural gas assets in Texas and Oklahoma. Printronix is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial impact printers, also known as line matrix printers, and related consumables and services. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Deflecto is a specialty manufacturer of essential products serving the commercial transportation, HVAC, and office markets.

Written from the business description in ACACIA RESEARCH CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 285.2M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 285.2 · Net income 21.7
100M200M-50M-100M
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
+68.9%
+57.1%
−27.6%
−3.0%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +57.1% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

9 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 2.2% · Net 8.6%
100%200%300%-100%-200%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 4.1%
20%40%-20%-40%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin29.6%
Operating margin2.2%
Net margin8.6%
EBITDAUSD 49.8M

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

Cash & shareholders

USD 0.00
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 61.1
50M100M-40M-80M
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends · · Net buybacks -0.0
20M40M-100M-200M
200920112013201520172019202120232025
Dividends paid·
Net buybacksUSD -30,000.00
Share of profit0.0%
Consecutive raises·

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.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

EPS, diluted, dividend per share and shares outstanding are shown without shading, and a vertical line marks the year the share count changed — the series crosses a large, unexplained change in share count, so the years on either side are not on a comparable scale.

row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
ACTG, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B0.30.10.10.10.10.00.00.10.1◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
Operating income $B0.0−0.00.0−0.00.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.2−0.1−0.10.10.00.0−0.0
EBITDA $B0.00.00.0−0.00.0−0.0◌0.0−0.0−0.0−0.1−0.0−0.00.10.00.0−0.0
Income tax $B0.0−0.0−0.0−0.00.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.0
Net income $B0.0−0.00.1−0.10.10.1−0.0−0.10.0−0.1−0.2−0.1−0.10.10.00.0−0.0
Free cash flow $B0.1−0.1−0.0−0.00.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.0−0.00.0−0.00.10.10.00.0
EPS, diluted $0.22−0.360.58−3.131.911.48−0.40−2.100.44−1.08−3.25−1.37−1.181.210.500.97−0.38
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌0.000.000.500.500.380.000.00◌◌
Payout %—−02−211−0—0−0−16−38−3300——
ROE %4.1−6.716.2−36.942.848.5−9.4−43.47.9−18.8−40.3−12.7−9.712.89.840.8−20.2
Shares out B0.100.100.100.040.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.050.040.04◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 71 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. 11 checks were skipped: cost of revenue is not tagged before 2018. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityPatent Owners & Lessors
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
SEC categorysmaller reporting company
Data on record since2009

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