ACTG
Acacia Research Corporation
ACTG has slightly lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over ACTG overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
ACTG Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Weak | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
ACTG's cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability is weak.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
ACTG PE Valuation
ACTG has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
ACTG Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect ACTG's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for VRT, with profitability improving.
ACTG Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.19 | -480% |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.16 | -$0.10 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.19 | -$0.08 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.22 | +$0.58 |
| Q3 2025 | $0.05 | -94% |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.06 | -106% |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.11 | -117% |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.36 | -162% |
ACTG has swung to a loss: it lost $0.19 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over ACTG on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ACTG Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $54.4M | -8.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $114.6M | +124% |
| Q1 2026 | $54.2M | -56% |
| Q4 2025 | $50.1M | +2.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $59.4M | +155% |
| Q2 2025 | $51.2M | +98% |
| Q1 2025 | $124.4M | +412% |
| Q4 2024 | $48.8M | -47% |
ACTG's revenue fell from its 2025 peak and has held roughly level since: $54M last quarter, down 8.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -6.6% | +4.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 7.4% | +32 points |
| Q1 2026 | -15% | -46 points |
| Q4 2025 | -26% | +6.3 points |
| Q3 2025 | -11% | +33 points |
| Q2 2025 | -24% | -5.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | 31% | +39 points |
| Q4 2024 | -32% | -95 points |
ACTG's operating margin was −6.6% last quarter, up 4.2 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT's revenue has grown year over year every quarter since late 2020: $4.3B last quarter, up 61% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over ACTG on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ACTG Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $15M | +57% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.9M | -92% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.4M | +916% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.2M | +$36.7M |
| Q3 2025 | $9.5M | +$12.4M |
| Q2 2025 | $50.1M | +$176.9M |
| Q1 2025 | $335K | -99% |
| Q4 2024 | -$23.6M | -$19M |
ACTG generated $35M in free cash flow over the past year, down 2.8% from the year before.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over ACTG on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ACTG Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.5% | -531K shares |
| 1 year | +1.2% | +1.1M shares |
| 3 years | -1.5% | -1.5M shares |
| 5 years | +101% | +49M shares |
| Available history | +79% | +43.2M shares |
ACTG has 98M diluted shares, up 1.2% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | $13M |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
| Q1 2023 | — |
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | $11.5M |
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over ACTG on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
ACTG Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -15.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -12.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -222.7x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -4.3x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -4.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -4.9x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.5x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -246.8x | Net Cash |
ACTG has the edge over VRT on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has more cash than debt.
ACTG Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 41.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 22.5 | Neutral |
ACTG's weekly RSI is 42 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 23 (neutral).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
ACTG PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ACTG | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
ACTG has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
ACTG Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $4.26 | 2.3% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.44 | 6.3% below |
| 50 week MA | $4.41 | 5.7% below |
| 100 week MA | $4.04 | 3% above |
| 200 week MA | $4.19 | 0.7% below |
ACTG's trend is mixed: it's above one of its five weekly moving averages, and 0.7% below its 200-week average.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has the edge over ACTG on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ACTG Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.67 | $4.10 | +54% |
| 2021 | $4.10 | $5.23 | +28% |
| 2022 | $5.23 | $3.98 | -24% |
| 2023 | $3.98 | $3.92 | -1.5% |
| 2024 | $3.92 | $4.37 | +11% |
| 2025 | $4.37 | $3.73 | -15% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.73 | $4.16 | +12% |
ACTG has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's up 12% so far in 2026.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT has the edge over ACTG on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.