$ACTG
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP Stock $actg

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2022 Q3 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000093454922000043 Filed on August 11, 2022

Income Statement

Concept	2022 Q3	2022 Q2	2021 Q4
Revenue	$15.88M	$16.72M	$63.26M
YoY Change	903.67%	-3.93%	1344.34%
Cost Of Revenue	$9.930M	$9.226M	$7.926M
YoY Change	3446.43%	1599.08%	1454.12%
Gross Profit	$5.948M	$7.491M	$55.34M
YoY Change	356.84%	-66.94%	1326.19%
Gross Profit Margin	37.46%	44.81%	87.47%
Selling, General & Admin	$17.16M	$13.02M	$20.53M
YoY Change	61.4%	100.25%	195.38%
% of Gross Profit	288.45%	173.76%	37.1%
Research & Development	$156.0K	$145.0K
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit	2.62%	1.94%
Depreciation & Amortization	$3.363M	$6.777M	$10.69M
YoY Change	26.86%	155.74%	790.67%
% of Gross Profit	56.54%	90.47%	19.31%
Operating Expenses	$17.31M	$13.16M	$23.46M
YoY Change	30.74%	102.48%	189.58%
Operating Profit	-$11.37M	-$5.670M	$31.88M
YoY Change	-4.82%	-444.89%	-855.45%
Interest Expense	$40.44M	-$42.02M	$197.4M
YoY Change	-60.48%	-69.91%	127.55%
% of Operating Profit			619.27%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$40.44M	-$42.02M
YoY Change	-60.54%	-326.74%
Pretax Income	$29.08M	-$47.69M	$228.7M
YoY Change	-67.56%	-336.37%	184.69%
Income Tax	$679.0K	-$200.0K	$23.76M
% Of Pretax Income	2.34%		10.39%
Net Earnings	$28.09M	-$61.50M	$204.7M
YoY Change	-68.65%	-412.83%	155.11%
Net Earnings / Revenue	176.91%	-367.91%	323.58%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.54	-$1.44
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.02	-$1.44	$826.7K
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	38.31M shares	43.99M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	71.16M shares	43.99M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2022 Q3	2022 Q2	2021 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$401.2M	$469.1M	$707.5M
YoY Change	-37.58%	-11.23%	56.76%
Cash & Equivalents	$241.9M	$263.9M	$308.9M
Short-Term Investments	$159.3M	$205.2M	$398.5M
Other Short-Term Assets	$5.173M	$5.291M	$4.764M
YoY Change	8.97%	64.67%	-17.86%
Inventory	$13.80M	$12.06M	$8.930M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$7.040M	$13.69M	$9.517M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$427.2M	$500.2M	$730.7M
YoY Change	-36.19%	-8.14%	59.65%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$3.700M	$3.883M	$4.183M
YoY Change	451.42%	411.59%	1449.26%
Goodwill	$7.470M	$7.470M	$7.470M
YoY Change
Intangibles	$39.69M	$42.73M	$48.79M
YoY Change			188.51%
Long-Term Investments	$72.11M	$73.02M	$30.93M
YoY Change
Other Assets	$4.819M	$5.041M	$5.283M
YoY Change	561.95%	575.74%	946.14%
Total Long-Term Assets	$58.07M	$61.53M	$68.17M
YoY Change	-24.23%	-22.47%	27.1%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$427.2M	$500.2M	$730.7M
Total Long-Term Assets	$58.07M	$61.53M	$68.17M
Total Assets	$485.3M	$561.7M	$798.9M
YoY Change	-34.96%	-9.96%	56.24%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$5.097M	$5.484M	$5.440M
YoY Change	132.1%	108.91%	433.86%
Accrued Expenses	$14.33M	$10.41M	$9.419M
YoY Change	-18.61%	-39.47%	309.52%
Deferred Revenue	$1.403M	$1.378M	$1.114M
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$61.35M	$115.8M	$181.2M
YoY Change	-66.45%	-20.38%	56.65%
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$85.44M	$136.2M	$200.2M
YoY Change	-58.21%	-20.52%	60.39%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$1.781M	$1.066M	$6.161M
YoY Change	-99.4%	-99.64%	942.47%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$1.781M	$1.066M	$6.161M
YoY Change	-99.4%	-99.64%	942.47%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$85.44M	$136.2M	$200.2M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$1.781M	$1.066M	$6.161M
Total Liabilities	$184.3M	$276.4M	$353.6M
YoY Change	-64.02%	-42.41%	66.75%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$288.4M	-$316.5M	-$181.7M
YoY Change	-25.28%	-33.47%	-45.09%
Common Stock	$38.00K	$41.00K	$49.00K
YoY Change			0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$98.26M	$86.78M	$47.28M
YoY Change			9.27%
Treasury Stock Shares	16.18M shares	13.88M shares	5.388M shares
Shareholders Equity	$257.7M	$243.1M	$419.4M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$485.3M	$561.7M	$798.9M
YoY Change	-35.28%	-10.52%	56.24%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2022 Q3	2022 Q2	2021 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$28.09M	-$61.50M	$204.7M
YoY Change	-68.65%	-412.83%	155.11%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$3.363M	$6.777M	$10.69M
YoY Change	26.86%	155.74%	790.67%
Cash From Operating Activities	$3.955M	-$14.39M	$20.93M
YoY Change	-381.49%	18588.31%	-183.38%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$142.0K	-$5.376M	-$8.024M
YoY Change	-92.98%	44700.0%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$45.85M	$73.99M	$46.99M
YoY Change	6836.16%	511.81%	64.89%
Cash From Investing Activities	$45.71M	$68.62M	$38.97M
YoY Change	-3458.27%	467.92%	37.22%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-68.20M	-79.65M	-4.679M
YoY Change	-295.71%	-367.0%	1459.67%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	3.955M	-14.39M	20.93M
Cash From Investing Activities	45.71M	68.62M	38.97M
Cash From Financing Activities	-68.20M	-79.65M	-4.679M
Net Change In Cash	-18.54M	-25.42M	55.22M
YoY Change	-157.78%	-160.77%	1740.63%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$3.955M	-$14.39M	$20.93M
Capital Expenditures	-$142.0K	-$5.376M	-$8.024M
Free Cash Flow	$4.097M	-$9.014M	$28.95M
YoY Change	564.02%	13767.69%	-215.35%

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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-120756000	usd
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-143899000	usd
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	14013000	usd
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-134769000	usd
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-144805000	usd
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-138560000	usd
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-147099000	usd
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	-138560000	usd
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	-147099000	usd
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	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	-3.02
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	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	979000	usd
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	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	979000	usd
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	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	-3.06
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	-3.02
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CY2021Q2	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	68493151	shares
	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	108711223	shares
	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	106208687	shares
	us-gaap	Number Of Reportable Segments NumberOfReportableSegments	2	segment
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CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Royalty Expense RoyaltyExpense	190000	usd
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CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Cost Of Revenue CostOfRevenue	9226000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	16717000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	7491000	usd
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CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	-42020000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-47690000	usd
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	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	12700000	usd
CY2022Q2	actg	Trading Securities Fair Value Disclosure TradingSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure	126345000	usd
CY2021Q4	actg	Trading Securities Fair Value Disclosure TradingSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure	361778000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Trading Securities Debt TradingSecuritiesDebt	5816000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Trading Securities Debt TradingSecuritiesDebt	5816000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Equity Method Investments EquityMethodInvestments	73020000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Equity Method Investments EquityMethodInvestments	30934000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Short Term Investments ShortTermInvestments	205181000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Short Term Investments ShortTermInvestments	398528000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Other Assets OtherAssets	135355000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets OtherAssets	172726000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Assets Assets	561699000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	798856000	usd
	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	30224000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	3883000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	4183000	usd

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