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ACTG — structural market context

Acacia Research Corporation (A

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 21. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $4.18 (Oct 21) vs $4.20 (Oct 20): −0.48%.

Volume

1.18× its 20-session average (138K) on Oct 21.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 1.8M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 2.0M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 1 day with fails, largest 867 shares on Sep 17.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 2 days with fails, largest 1K shares on Sep 11.

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Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

ACTG short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
1.8M
% OF FLOAT
1.8%
DAYS TO COVER
8.7
CHANGE VS PRIOR
-13.6%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (22d ago)

ACTG fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-17 · 35d867$4.54
2026-09-11 · 41d1K$4.57
2026-09-08 · 44d783$4.54

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

ACTG insider buying and selling (Form 4)

Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 5 sales

InsiderTypeSharesValueFiled
Kohlberg Isaac T. · directorSale (S)24K$109K2026-09-16
OCONNELL MAUREEN · directorSale (S)12K$57K2026-09-04
OCONNELL MAUREEN · directorSale (S)21K$95K2026-09-04
OCONNELL MAUREEN · directorSale (S)10K$46K2026-08-20
Kohlberg Isaac T. · directorSale (S)32K$150K2026-08-14

SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.

Frequently asked questions

What is ACTG's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, ACTG had 1.8M shares sold short — 1.8% of its float, with 8.7 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
Are insiders buying ACTG?
In the last 12 months of SEC Form 4 filings, ACTG recorded 0 insider purchases and 5 sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S; grants and option exercises excluded). These are attributed public records — information, not instruction.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell ACTG?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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