Both in Patent Owners & Lessors

Dolby Laboratories vs Acacia Research

Over the past year DLB returned −4.6% and ACTG returned +31.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.10.

DLB −4.6% ACTG +31.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricDLBACTG
Price$63.32$4.27
Market cap$5.93B$416.7M
Today+0.06%+1.18%
1 month+6.7%−0.7%
6 months+7.2%−16.6%
Year to date−1.4%+14.2%
1 year−4.5%+23.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)−3.3%+123.6%
Gross margin86.8%26.8%
Net margin9.4%0.0%
P/E (TTM)26.2×—
Price / sales4.4×1.5×
Net cash$670.0M$242.2M
Dividend yield2.27%—
Volatility (60d)24.6%22.0%
Short % of float10.5%4.7%
Next earnings——

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