Acacia Research Corporation

Profitability for 1 year: +4.77%
Dividend yield: 0%
Sector: Industrials

Company Analysis Acacia Research Corporation

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Current debt level 16.44% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 22.44%.

Disadvantages

  • Price (3.95 $) is higher than fair price (3.74 $)
  • Dividends (0%) are below the sector average (0.92%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (4.77%) is lower than the sector average (9.2%).
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=-6.66%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=29.88%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Acacia Research Corporation Industrials Index
7 days -1.3% -3.9% -2.3%
90 days 10.3% 4% 0.9%
1 year 4.8% 9.2% 16.4%

ACTG vs Sector: Acacia Research Corporation has slightly underperformed the "Industrials" sector by -4.42% over the past year.

ACTG vs Market: Acacia Research Corporation has significantly underperformed the market by -11.59% over the past year.

Stable price: ACTG is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "NASDAQ" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: ACTG with weekly volatility of 0.0918% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: -9.31
P/S: 3.51

3.2. Revenue

EPS -0.36
ROE -6.66%
ROA -5.19%
ROIC 51.14%
Ebitda margin 1.53%

5. Fundamental Analysis

5.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (3.95 $) is higher than the fair price (3.74 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (3.95 $) is 5.3% higher than the fair price.

5.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (-9.31) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-21.96).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (-9.31) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-104.3).

5.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (0.78) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (26.68).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (0.78) is lower than that of the market as a whole (72.17).

5.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

5.5. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (3.51) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (10.59).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (3.51) is lower than that of the market as a whole (114).

5.5.1 P/S Similar companies

5.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (150.08) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-28.48).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (150.08) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-78.04).

6. Profitability

6.1. Profitability and revenue

6.2. Earnings per share - EPS

6.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -24.84% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-24.84%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (2.56%).

6.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (-6.66%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (29.88%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (-6.66%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (-6.22%).

6.6. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (-5.19%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.67%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (-5.19%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (38.45%).

6.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (51.14%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (14.29%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (51.14%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (9.79%).

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7. Finance

7.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (16.44%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 22.44% to 16.44%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage -344.81%.

7.2. Profit growth and share price

8. Dividends

8.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0% is below the average for the sector '0.92%.

8.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.75.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 0% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

8.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (2.09%) are at an uncomfortable level.

9. Insider trades

9.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

9.2. Latest transactions

No insider transactions have been recorded yet