Acacia Research Corporation

ACTG Industrials Business Equipment & Supplies

Acacia Research Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $285.2 million, up 133.2% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+123.6%
EPS
+100.0%
Free cash flow
−104.0%
Total debt
−43.0%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

4.22 0.11 −2.54%
Market cap
$422.6M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−11.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
1.72
Beneish M
−2.16
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 0.46
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — 2 2 — —
Insider Ownership 0.85%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 422.55
Revenue ttm 278.37
Net income ttm (23.66)
Free cash flow ttm (2.54)
Net debt Q (273.07)
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E (11.70) (negative: loss-making)
Price / sales 1.47
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 0.73
Financial health
Current ratio Q 4.77 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.11 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 4.66
Growth
Revenue growth Q +123.59% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +168.76% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year −213.33% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A −2.94% (below 0%: weak)
Revenue, next year A −9.09% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs −32.24% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next 5 yrs A +20.00% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 14.21%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 42.18%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 39.02%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 440 334 361 333
Receivables 81 27 26 87
Inventory 11 27 27 25
Other — — — —
555 420 450 466
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 3 12 13 16
ST’ Debt — 2 — —
Other 11 2 2 54
28 50 49 98

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.60% 57.13% 68.88%
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% (24.23%) 0.00%
Book Value 6.40% 14.31% 26.39%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.16) 0.00 — — —
’25 0.25 (0.03) (0.03) 0.04 0.22
’24 0.00 (0.08) (0.14) (0.14) (0.36)
’23 (0.07) (0.36) (0.03) 0.75 0.58
’22 (1.61) (1.44) 0.02 (0.50) (3.13)
’21 (2.81) 0.23 0.86 0.45 1.91
’20 (0.24) 0.09 0.32 1.33 1.54
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 54 115 — — —
’25 124 51 59 50 285
’24 24 26 23 49 122
’23 15 8 10 92 125
’22 14 17 16 13 59
’21 6 17 2 63 88
’20 4 2 19 4 30
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3 4 — — —
’25 2 50 10 13 75
’24 55 16 (1) (20) 50
’23 (4) (15) 1 (5) (23)
’22 (3) (14) 4 (24) (37)
’21 (6) (2) (1) 23 13
’20 (2) (5) 13 (25) (20)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (6) (2) — — —
’25 0 48 3 7 59
’24 55 (136) (8) (24) (113)
’23 (4) (15) 1 (11) (29)
’22 (3) (20) 4 (24) (43)
’21 (17) (2) (3) 15 (8)
’20 (8) (13) 13 (25) (34)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 153 65 132 11 30 88 59 125 122 285 278 +7.2% 259 200 — (16.3%)
Gross margin, % 27.13 5.19 21.94 (47.00) 16.65 59.00 36.87 57.77 24.24 29.62 22.17 +2.5 pt
EBT (37) 25 (104) (19) 108 175 (127) 67 (38) 31 (27) n/m
EBT margin, % (23.98) 37.67 (78.83) (168.53) 362.88 198.36 (214.70) 53.90 (31.19) 10.98 (9.82) +35.0 pt
Net income (55) 22 (105) (17) 109 150 (111) 69 (35) 24 (24) n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 3.05 1.30 2.63 0.23 0.61 1.80 1.39 1.66 1.23 2.96 2.87 (0.3%)
Earnings (1.08) 0.44 (2.10) (0.35) 1.85 2.43 (3.13) 0.73 (0.36) 0.23 (0.15) n/m
Cash flow 0.68 0.26 0.42 (0.05) (0.40) 0.27 (0.88) (0.30) 0.51 0.78 0.31 +1.6%
Capex (0.02) 0.00 0.00 (0.09) (0.29) (0.43) (0.13) (0.08) (1.64) (0.17) (0.34) +24.3%
Free cash flow 0.66 0.26 0.42 (0.14) (0.69) (0.16) (1.01) (0.38) (1.13) 0.61 (0.03) (0.8%)
Book value 5.34 5.86 3.83 3.68 6.13 9.12 6.81 7.83 5.57 6.07 5.75 +1.4%
Shares, m 50 50 50 50 49 49 42 75 99 96 97 +7.5%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 9.30 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.12 0.00 8.00 0.00 16.26 0.00 3.8
P/S 2.21 3.09 1.13 11.77 6.46 2.84 2.86 3.12 3.52 1.26 1.47 3.8
P/B 1.26 0.68 0.78 0.76 0.67 0.58 0.63 0.66 0.78 0.62 0.73 0.7
EV/Sales 1.18 1.00 (0.13) (3.18) (4.76) (3.10) (2.58) (0.30) 1.35 0.21 0.50 (1.0)
EV/FCF 5.47 5.57 (0.84) 4.98 4.22 35.15 2.99 1.11 (1.40) 1.58 (54.27) 5.9
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 34 13 21 (2) (20) 13 (37) (23) 50 75 30 +9.2%
Capex (1) 0 0 (5) (14) (21) (6) (6) (163) (17) (33) +33.6%
Free cash flow 33 13 21 (7) (34) (8) (43) (29) (113) 59 (3) +6.6%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 160 130 170 162 333 530 341 527 371 401 368 +10.7%
Net debt (158) (137) (165) (168) (334) (523) (322) (429) (265) (302) (273) +7.4%
Shareholders’ equity 267 296 191 183 299 445 289 590 553 584 557 +9.1%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (16.79) 7.32 (39.43) (7.88) 23.81 18.14 (20.76) 9.88 (5.19) 2.84 (1.92) +19.6 pt
ROIC (21.46) (10.72) (59.86) (98.20) 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.17 (7.15) 1.42 (4.26) +22.9 pt
ROE (18.59) 7.87 (43.14) (9.52) 37.49 33.06 (38.02) 12.84 (6.31) 3.82 (2.65) +22.4 pt
People
People Employees 27 13 13 17 20 287 263 170 1,036 986 — +49.1%
Revenue/emp, $m 5.66 5.03 10.12 0.66 1.49 0.31 0.23 0.74 0.12 0.29 — (28.1%)
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 26 Oct 2026

Acacia Research Corporation vs peers in Business Equipment & Supplies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
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ACTG Acacia Research Corporation $422.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +123.59% (above 0%: growing) n/m −103.95% (below 0%: shrinking) 26.75% 7.43%
XRX Xerox Holdings Corporation $192.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +21.95% (above 0%: growing) n/m +136.67% (above 0%: growing) 35.80% 9.83% Compare
EHGO Eshallgo Inc. $2.4M — — — — −368.18% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
Median of peers $350.0M — — +21.95% — −7.48% 35.80% 9.83%

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Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.74%
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