---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000934549-24-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACTG"
cik: "0000934549"
company_name: "ACACIA RESEARCH CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T21:58:13.636540+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acacia Research Q4 revenue surges to $92.3M on $82.8M IP licensing; net income $0.75/shr

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $92.3M vs $13.1M YoY; IP licensing contributed $82.8M.
- GAAP net income $74.8M ($0.75 diluted EPS) vs net loss of $18.4M in Q4 2022.
- Book value per share increased to $5.90 from $5.04 at Sept 30, 2023.
- Agreement to acquire oil and gas assets via Benchmark Energy II: ~140,000 net acres and ~470 wells in Texas/Oklahoma; expected close Q2 2024.
- Completed sale of Arix shares for $57.1M in Jan 2024; life sciences portfolio generated $507.1M total proceeds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000934549-24-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACTG
- cik: 0000934549
- company_name: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454924000019/0000934549-24-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454924000019/actg-20240314.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-24-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-24-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-24-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ACACIA RESEARCH CORP reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 14, 2024, Acacia Research Corporation (the “Corporation) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454924000019/0000934549-24-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.