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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000934549-26-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACTG"
cik: "0000934549"
company_name: "ACACIA RESEARCH CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:25:03.792069+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acacia Research Q1 2026: revenue $54.2M, GAAP net loss $15.7M, Adj. EBITDA $1.6M

## Summary
- Total revenue $54.2M, up 8% QoQ; GAAP net loss $15.7M ($0.16 diluted EPS).
- Adjusted net loss $6.6M ($0.07 adjusted diluted EPS); Total Adj. EBITDA $1.6M, Operated Segment Adj. EBITDA $6.8M.
- Cash, equivalents, equity securities & loans receivable $329.9M ($3.41 per share).
- CEO highlighted Benchmark Energy’s strongest revenue quarter under Acacia ownership and Deflecto facility consolidation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000934549-26-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACTG
- cik: 0000934549
- company_name: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454926000020/0000934549-26-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454926000020/actg-20260507.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000934549-26-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ACACIA RESEARCH CORP reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
  - Period: the three months ended March 31, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 7, 2026, Acacia Research Corporation (the “Corporation”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934549/000093454926000020/0000934549-26-000020-index.htm

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