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Acacia Research (Acacia Research) PB Ratio

: 0.86 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), Acacia Research's share price is $4.9075. Acacia Research's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.69. Hence, Acacia Research's PB Ratio of today is 0.86.

The historical rank and industry rank for Acacia Research's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ACTG' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.41   Med: 0.84   Max: 2.78
Current: 0.86

During the past 13 years, Acacia Research's highest PB Ratio was 2.78. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.84.

ACTG's PB Ratio is ranked better than
83.12% of 2926 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs ACTG: 0.86

During the past 12 months, Acacia Research's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Acacia Research was 112.30% per year. The lowest was -22.40% per year. And the median was 5.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Acacia Research PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acacia Research's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Acacia Research Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.77 0.70 0.60 0.71 0.69

Acacia Research Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.71 0.66 0.75 0.74 0.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Acacia Research's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Acacia Research PB Ratio Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Acacia Research's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Acacia Research's PB Ratio falls into.



Acacia Research PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Acacia Research's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=4.9075/5.689
=0.86

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Acacia Research  (NAS:ACTG) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Acacia Research (Acacia Research) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
767 Third Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Acacia Research Corp is engaged in the acquisition, development, and patents technologies through its subsidiaries. It assists patent owners with the prosecution and development of their patent portfolios; protection of their patented inventions from unauthorized use; generation of licensing revenue from users of their patented technologies; and enforcement against unauthorized users of their patented technologies. It has two segments Intellectual Property Operations and Industrial Operations.
Executives
Jason W. Soncini officer: General Counsel 767 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 602, NEW YORK NY 10017
Mcnulty Martin D. Jr. officer: COO & Head of M&A C/O STARBOARD VALUE ACQUISITION CORP., 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Geoffrey G Ribar director
Kirsten Hoover officer: Controller 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 550, IRVINE CA 92614
Robert Rasamny officer: Chief Administrative Officer 767 THIRD AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund Ltd other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Peter A Feld 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 201 E LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Starboard Value Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value Gp Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Principal Co Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Principal Co Gp Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity S Llc other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity C Lp other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value R Lp other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value R Gp Llc other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017