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Martin D. McNulty Jr. bought $20k of ACTG

Chief Executive Officer at ACACIA RESEARCH CORP. 5,300 shares at an average of $3.77, traded May 19, 2025, filed May 21, 2025.

Conviction score
37
Value
$20k
5,300 shares
Holdings after
185,117
+3% from before
From 52-week low
+33%
low $2.84, close $3.77
From 52-week high
-21%
high $4.79, as of May 19, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $20k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 2.9%
    0
  • Price context
    21% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

ACTGOct 9, 2026 · close 4.32
Since filing May 21, 2025: +14.3%SPY +35.8% · excess -21.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001819558-25-000008, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 19, 2025POpen-market purchase
ACTG Common Stock
+5,300$3.77$20k185,117May 21, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at ACACIA RESEARCH CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
43Moderate
ACTGsell 2
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Isaac T. Kohlberg
director
$109k
24,000 shares
-31%
39Weak
ACTGsell 2
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Maureen Oconnell
director
$152k
33,000 shares
-11%
43Moderate
ACTGbuy
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Michael SIKORYAK Zambito
Chief Financial Officer
$25k
7,700 shares
-
27Weak
ACTGsell
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Isaac T. Kohlberg
director
$61k
16,000 shares
-16%
32Weak
ACTGbuy 2
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Jason W. Soncini
General Counsel
$27k
7,000 shares
+3%
28Weak
ACTGsell
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
Isaac T. Kohlberg
director
$69k
15,000 shares
-18%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Martin D. McNulty Jr. bought $20k of ACTG | InsiderTell