Growth Metrics

Acacia Research (ACTG) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2025)

Acacia Research has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 9 years, most recently at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.01% for Q4 2025, up 6.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.01% (up 6.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.01%, up 6.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.01% at Acacia Research, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ACTG hit a ceiling of 0.06% in Q2 2024 and a floor of 0.1% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.01% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.01%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: dropped -13bps in 2022 and later rose 16bps in 2024.
  • Acacia Research's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then tumbled by -497bps to 0.1% in 2022, then surged by 137bps to 0.04% in 2023, then tumbled by -228bps to 0.05% in 2024, then surged by 118bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.0% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.