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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc

LGND
190.750USD
-0.560-0.29%
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3.70BMarket Cap
LossP/E TTM

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc

190.750
-0.560-0.29%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
2 / 159
Overall Ranking
16 / 4618
Industry
Pharmaceuticals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 7 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
183.125
Target Price
-4.28%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company enabling scientific advancement through supporting the clinical development of medicines. The Company does this by providing financing, licensing its technologies or both. Its Captisol platform technology is a chemically modified cyclodextrin with a structure designed to optimize the solubility and stability of drugs. This technology has enabled several United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved products, including Gilead's Veklury, Amgen's Kyprolis, Baxter International's Nexterone, Melinta Therapeutics' Baxdela and Sage Therapeutics' Zulresso. Its technologies also include HepDirect, LTP and BEPro Technology Platform, SUREtechnology Platform (owned by Selexis), and Pelican Expression Technology. It has established multiple alliances, licenses and other business relationships with various pharmaceutical companies including Amgen, Merck, Pfizer, Jazz, Takeda, Gilead Sciences and Baxter International.
Turnaround to Loss
The company's performance has turned to a loss, with the latest annual loss of USD .
Undervalued
The company’s latest PE is -46.81, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 19.64M shares, decreasing 2.90% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Private Capital
Star Investor Private Capital holds 229.25K shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 1.11.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 9.11, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 7.76. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 47.63M, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.68%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 109.34%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.11
Change
0

Financials

8.16

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

10.00

Operational Efficiency

10.00

Growth Potential

9.73

Shareholder Returns

7.65

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 7.25, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 7.21. Its current P/E ratio is -46.81, which is -227.04% below the recent high of 59.46 and -1084.59% above the recent low of -554.46.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.25
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 2/159
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.57, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 7.78. The average price target for Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is 180.00, with a high of 206.00 and a low of 164.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.57
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 7 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
183.125
Target Price
-4.28%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

169
Total
6
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc
LGND
7
Biogen Inc
BIIB
36
Amgen Inc
AMGN
34
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
VRTX
33
Eli Lilly and Co
LLY
32
AbbVie Inc
ABBV
31
1
2
3
...
34

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 9.11, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 7.02. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 198.05 and the support level at 180.96, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.38
Change
1.73

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(3)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.467
Neutral
RSI(14)
66.818
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
66.750
Neutral
ATR(14)
5.942
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
123.083
Buy
Williams %R
18.765
Overbought
TRIX(12,20)
0.348
Sell
StochRSI(14)
66.391
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(0)
Neutral(0)
Buy(6)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
188.346
Buy
MA10
187.293
Buy
MA20
184.488
Buy
MA50
174.276
Buy
MA100
152.354
Buy
MA200
130.887
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 5.81. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 100.24%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 1.85%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 2.08M shares, representing 10.64% of shares outstanding, with 3.43% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
2.65M
-0.72%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
2.08M
+1.62%
Janus Henderson Investors
1.06M
+3.23%
Macquarie Investment Management
926.55K
+2.24%
State Street Investment Management (US)
749.75K
+3.11%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
704.52K
-5.42%
Congress Asset Management Company, LLP
647.94K
+0.81%
Chicago Capital, LLC
571.83K
+3.12%
Stephens Investment Management Group, LLC
604.81K
-0.40%
MFS Investment Management
339.74K
+22.30%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 7.60, which is higher than the Pharmaceuticals industry's average of 5.15. The company's beta value is 0.96. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.60
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.96
VaR
+4.43%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+22.56%
240-Day Volatility
+44.35%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+3.86%
120 days
+6.32%
5 years
+19.86%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-2.52%
120 days
-6.14%
5 years
-19.63%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+5.62
120 days
+4.34
5 years
+0.39

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+22.56%
3 years
+37.51%
5 years
+65.47%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+2.91
3 years
+1.82
5 years
+0.35
Skewness
240 days
-0.24
3 years
+0.59
5 years
+0.22

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+44.35%
5 years
+49.23%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.48%
5 years
+1.89%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+759.76%
240 days
+759.76%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+19.78%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+23.17%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.09%
120 days
+0.87%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+110.83%
60 days
+48.04%
120 days
+16.96%

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