Acacia Research ACTG
NASDAQ ACTG
$4.33 +0.03 (+0.70%)
At close: Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Acacia Research (ACTG) Research & Development (2010 - 2024)

Updated

Acacia Research (ACTG) reported Research & Development of $37,000 for Q4 2024, down 73.9% from $142,000 a year earlier and down 65.7% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Acacia Research (ACTG) Research & Development (2010 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Dating back to Q1 2010, Acacia Research's Research & Development record includes 48 quarters.

  • Research & Development has a three-year compound annual growth rate of -43.0% (FY2021 to FY2024).
  • By year, Research & Development came in at $735,000 in FY2023 (+17.4%), $626,000 in FY2022 (+213.0%) and $200,000 in FY2021.
  • The Q4 2024 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Research & Development in data going back to Q1 2010.
  • Year over year, Research & Development has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 11.5% over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Research & Development in five years was Q2 2023 (growth of 41.4%); the low point was Q4 2024 (a decline of 73.9%).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2024 came in at $108,000 (Q3 2024), $178,000 (Q2 2024) and $134,000 (Q1 2024).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 166.01 Bn 112.36 Bn - -
2 Spdr Gold Trust 133.03 Bn -424.98 Bn - -
3 Blackstone 86.20 Bn 81.13 Bn - -
4 Kkr 83.71 Bn 50.19 Bn - -
5 Brookfield 81.54 Bn -83.85 Bn 4.47 Bn -
6 Brookfield Asset Management 71.09 Bn 67.34 Bn - -
7 Apollo Global Management 68.54 Bn 6.22 Bn 10.56 Bn -
8 Wheaton Precious Metals 61.57 Bn 57.00 Bn 687.86 Mn -
9 Franco Nevada 47.40 Bn 44.76 Bn 451.00 Mn -
10 Acacia Research 419.62 Mn -851.85 Mn 30.65 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 37,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 108,000.00
Jun 30, 2024 178,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 134,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 142,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 172,000.00
Jun 30, 2023 205,000.00
Mar 31, 2023 216,000.00
Dec 31, 2022 135,000.00
Sep 30, 2022 156,000.00
Jun 30, 2022 145,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 190,000.00
Dec 31, 2021 200,000.00
Sep 30, 2018 84,000.00
Jun 30, 2018 327,000.00
Mar 31, 2018 166,000.00
Dec 31, 2017 195,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 241,000.00
Jun 30, 2017 433,000.00
Mar 31, 2017 320,000.00
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