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How Acacia Research Corporation stacks up
ACTG · against 857 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
10/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #719 of 858 · scores higher than 15% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score126 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including ACTG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 10?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 91% of peers. Operating margin: -7.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 90% of peers. Return on invested capital: -4.9% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 88% of peers. Return on assets: -1.5% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ACTG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ACTG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 825 reported | -4.9% | 4.6% | 16% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 853 reported | -7.0% | 5.8% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 831 reported | -1.5% | 1.8% | 19% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 819 reported | -4.2% | 4.9% | 22% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 863 reported | 22.2% | 23.1% | 47% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ACTGScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score