Acacia Research Corporation: 10-Q filed 2011-10-28

Name: Acacia Research Corporation: 10-Q filed 2011-10-28
Creator: Acacia Research Corporation

What Acacia Research Corporation reported in its quarterly report filed 2011-10-28 (fiscal Q3 2011): 34 published measures, 94 facts as tagged in accession 0000934549-11-000018.

This filing

Form: 10-Q (quarterly report)
Filed: 2011-10-28
Fiscal period: fiscal Q3 2011
Accession: 0000934549-11-000018 on SEC EDGAR

Values are as tagged in this filing. A later filing can restate them; each measure links to its history page, which shows the latest-filed value per period. All Acacia Research Corporation filings.

Reported measures

Total assets

Resources recognized on the balance sheet. Book assets are not the market value of the business.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	367,984,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	134,784,000	USD

Total liabilities

Recognized obligations at the reporting date. The definition and scope differ from interest-bearing debt.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	44,859,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	20,931,000	USD

Stockholders equity

The reported residual interest after liabilities. It is an accounting amount, not market capitalization.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	321,517,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	110,871,000	USD

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and qualifying short-term liquid investments under the filer’s accounting policy. Restricted cash and longer-term investments may be reported separately.

Period	Value	Unit
At 2011-09-30	310,663,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	102,515,000	USD
At 2010-09-30	83,426,000	USD
At 2009-12-31	51,735,000	USD

Net income or loss

Reported profit or loss for the period. Check the filing for attribution, exceptional items and discontinued operations before comparing companies.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	12,510,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	27,002,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	24,675,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	39,321,000	USD	273

Operating cash flow

Cash generated or used by operating activities. Working-capital timing can make this differ substantially from reported income.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	45,846,000	USD	273
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	30,347,000	USD	273

Capital expenditure payments

Cash payments to acquire property, plant and equipment. This taxonomy concept does not capture every form of investment or acquisition.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	172,000	USD	273
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	39,000	USD	273

Financing cash flow

Net cash from financing activities, including borrowing, repayments and transactions with owners. A positive amount does not establish operating profitability.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	173,646,000	USD	273
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	4,457,000	USD	273

Investing cash flow

Net cash from investing activities, including asset purchases, disposals and investment transactions. This differs from capital expenditure payments alone.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	-11,344,000	USD	273
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	-3,113,000	USD	273

Retained earnings or deficit

Accumulated undistributed earnings or deficit at the reporting date. This balance is not cash available for distribution.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	-59,189,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	-86,191,000	USD

Basic weighted-average shares

Time-weighted shares used for basic earnings per share. This denominator differs from shares outstanding at a single reporting date.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	41,292,819	shares	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	39,178,952	shares	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	32,794,553	shares	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	31,776,074	shares	273

Diluted weighted-average shares

Weighted-average shares used for diluted earnings per share. Potential shares are included under the applicable dilution rules, not simply added to outstanding shares.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	42,857,880	shares	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	40,733,813	shares	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	35,105,353	shares	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	34,448,666	shares	273

Basic earnings per share

Reported earnings or loss per basic common share or unit. Inspect attribution, share classes and restatements before comparing periods. This is not a market return.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	0.3	USD/shares	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	0.69	USD/shares	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	0.75	USD/shares	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	1.24	USD/shares	273

Diluted earnings per share

Reported earnings or loss per share under dilution rules. Antidilutive instruments may be excluded. A diluted value can equal the basic value without implying no potential dilution.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	0.29	USD/shares	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	0.66	USD/shares	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	0.7	USD/shares	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	1.14	USD/shares	273

Income tax expense or benefit

Current and deferred income tax expense or benefit for continuing operations. This accounting expense differs from cash taxes paid.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	182,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	7,636,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	297,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	605,000	USD	273

Net property, plant and equipment

Carrying amount of property, plant and equipment after accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization. It is not replacement cost or market value.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	232,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	135,000	USD

Share-based compensation expense

Reported noncash expense for share-based payment arrangements. Noncash treatment does not mean the awards have no economic cost to shareholders.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	3,568,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	9,891,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	1,615,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	5,574,000	USD	273

Operating income or loss

Operating revenue less operating expenses for the reporting period. It excludes items outside the reported operating result and is not free cash flow.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	12,410,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	35,206,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	28,035,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	43,232,000	USD	273

Current assets

Assets classified as current under the normal operating cycle or one-year boundary. Not all current assets can be converted immediately into cash.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	350,664,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	112,181,000	USD

Current liabilities

Obligations classified as current under the operating-cycle or one-year boundary. The balance includes more than short-term borrowing.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	44,251,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	19,859,000	USD

Net current accounts receivable

Current customer receivables after the allowance for credit loss. The balance is not cash collected or a guarantee of collection.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	32,560,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	7,987,000	USD

Common shares outstanding

Common shares outstanding at the reporting date. This point-in-time count differs from the weighted-average shares used for earnings per share and can exclude other share classes.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	42,873,001	shares
At 2010-12-31	36,029,068	shares

Additional paid-in capital

Capital contributed above par value under this concept. It records historical contributions, not the current value of the equity or cash on hand.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	382,576,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	197,026,000	USD

Total equity including noncontrolling interests

Equity including the portion attributable to noncontrolling interests. It is larger than or equal to parent stockholders equity and is not market capitalization.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	323,125,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	113,853,000	USD

Other noncurrent assets

Noncurrent assets the filer does not present separately. The composition differs by filer and is described only in the filing.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	467,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	664,000	USD

Other noncurrent liabilities

Noncurrent liabilities the filer does not present separately. The composition differs by filer and is described only in the filing.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	608,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	1,072,000	USD

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

Prepayments and other current assets grouped under this concept. The balance is not cash and its composition differs by filer.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
At 2011-09-30	927,000	USD
At 2010-12-31	1,679,000	USD

Pre-tax income or loss from continuing operations

Income or loss from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interests. It excludes discontinued operations and is not net income.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	12,435,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	35,284,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	28,079,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	43,315,000	USD	273

Profit or loss including noncontrolling interests

Net income or loss including the portion attributable to noncontrolling interests. It can differ from the net income attributable to the parent that per-share figures use.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	12,253,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	27,648,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	27,782,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	42,710,000	USD	273

General and administrative expense

General and administrative costs reported under this concept, separate from selling expense. Filers group overhead differently, so compare presentation before comparing companies.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	8,748,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	27,031,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	6,353,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	18,741,000	USD	273

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

Combined depreciation, depletion and amortization for the period. A noncash allocation of asset cost, not a measure of maintenance spending.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	8,393,000	USD	273
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	5,608,000	USD	273

Amortization of intangible assets

Amortization recognized on finite-lived intangible assets. It follows acquisition accounting and does not indicate the intangibles are losing usefulness at that rate.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-07-01 to 2011-09-30	1,946,000	USD	92
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	8,318,000	USD	273
2010-07-01 to 2010-09-30	1,963,000	USD	92
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	5,542,000	USD	273

Proceeds from issuing common stock

Cash received from issuing common stock during the period. It is gross of costs only where the filer reports it so, and it does not include noncash issuances.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	175,232,000	USD	273
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	0	USD	273

Change in accounts receivable

The cash flow adjustment for the change in receivables during the period. A positive value under this concept means receivables grew and reduced operating cash flow.

Period	Value	Unit	Days
2011-01-01 to 2011-09-30	24,573,000	USD	273
2010-01-01 to 2010-09-30	33,870,000	USD	273

Inspect the source

Entity: Acacia Research Corporation / CIK 0000934549
Captured: 2026-09-20T05:09:39.288Z
SEC response SHA-256: 7c3303b801961af0b342c920832a116f1547b6db6a37d61c5e389d338a166aca

Current SEC company facts · Download the original response snapshot (gzip) · Download the selected JSON

Every published concept a filing tagged, with the periods it covered, as reported in that filing at capture time. Forms 10-K, 10-K/A, 10-Q, 10-Q/A, 20-F, 20-F/A, 40-F, 40-F/A. A filing page needs at least 8 published concepts. Later filings can restate these values; the company history pages show the latest-filed value per period.

Public company accounting reference, not market prices, returns, an investment recommendation, or ALPHAC performance. Validate a separately constructed return series with the validation API; accounting values are not returns.

Use this in research

A financial period ends before its results become public. Use the filing date as a minimum availability boundary, inspect amendments, and retain the original filing vintage when testing historical signals. This latest-filed selection can contain information unavailable at the time.

These pages do not supply prices, total-return histories, corporate-action adjustments or a tradable universe. Build those inputs separately before evaluating a strategy. A profitable backtest can still reflect selection bias or costs that were left out.

Research methodology · Execution and cost assumptions · Check backtest overfitting

Build with the open-source tools

Use these accounting records as inspectable inputs. When you have constructed a return series, the validation tools can help test its statistical evidence and preserve the result with its limitations.

Read the published dataset with Python

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0000934549.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))