Both in Patent Owners & Lessors

Acacia Research vs Research Frontiers

Over the past year ACTG returned +31.0% and REFR returned −81.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.06.

ACTG +31.0% REFR −81.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricACTGREFR
Price$4.27$0.3496
Market cap$416.7M$12.2M
Today+1.18%−3.00%
1 month−0.7%−52.0%
6 months−16.6%−59.8%
Year to date+14.2%−73.3%
1 year+23.1%−82.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+123.6%−33.5%
Gross margin26.8%100.0%
Net margin0.0%−764.6%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales1.5×18.6×
Net cash$242.2M$1.1M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)22.0%138.9%
Short % of float4.7%2.1%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).