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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc

LGND
201.660USD
+1.300+0.65%
Close 03/24, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
3.98BMarket Cap
32.88P/E TTM

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc

201.660
+1.300+0.65%
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: 2026-03-24

Key Insights

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc's fundamentals are relatively healthy, with an industry-leading ESG disclosure.and its growth potential is high.Its valuation is considered fairly valued, ranking 4 out of 157 in the Pharmaceuticals industry.Institutional ownership is very high.Over the past month, multiple analysts have rated it as Buy, with the highest price target at 244.50.In the medium term, the stock price is expected to remain stable.The company has been performing well in the stock market over the past month, which is supported by its 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
4 / 157
Overall Ranking
37 / 4547
Industry
Pharmaceuticals

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Media Coverage

Last 24 hours
Coverage Level

Very Low
Very High
Neutral

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company enabling scientific advancement through supporting the clinical development of medicines. It does this by financing, licensing its technologies or both. It operates two infrastructure-light royalty-generating IP platform technologies. 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 FDA-approved products, including Gilead’s Veklury, Amgen’s Kyprolis, Baxter’s Nexterone, and Acrotech Biopharma’s Evomela. Its NITRICIL platform technology facilitates tunable dosing, permitting an adjustable drug release profile to allow proprietary formulations that target a range of indications. Its technologies also include HepDirect, LTP and BEPro Technology Platform, and Pelican Expression Technology. It has multiple alliances, licenses and other business relationships with various pharmaceutical companies.
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 104.16% year-on-year.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 268.09M.
Turnaround to Profit
The company's performance has turned profitable, with the latest annual net income of USD .
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 32.88, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 20.48M shares, decreasing 1.52% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Ray Dalio
Star Investor Ray Dalio holds 4.21K shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 1.11.

Analyst Rating

Based on 9 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
244.500
Target Price
+19.38%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-03-24

The current financial score of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is 8.73, ranking 24 out of 157 in the Pharmaceuticals industry. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 59.67M, representing a year-over-year increase of 39.37%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 244.06%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.73
Change
0

Financials

7.58

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Quality of Earnings

8.40

Operational Efficiency

10.00

Growth Potential

10.00

Shareholder Returns

7.69

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-03-24

The current valuation score of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is 7.25, ranking 84 out of 157 in the Pharmaceuticals industry. Its current P/E ratio is 32.88, which is 165.72% below the recent high of 87.38 and 1786.11% 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 4/157
Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-03-24

The current earnings forecast score of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is 8.89, ranking 7 out of 157 in the Pharmaceuticals industry. The average price target is 232.50, with a high of 275.00 and a low of 220.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.75
Change
0.14

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Analyst Rating

Based on 9 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
244.500
Target Price
+19.38%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

174
Total
6
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc
LGND
9
Biogen Inc
BIIB
37
Amgen Inc
AMGN
37
Eli Lilly and Co
LLY
35
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
VRTX
34
Gilead Sciences Inc
GILD
33
1
2
3
...
35

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

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: 2026-03-24

The current price momentum score of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is 7.53, ranking 12 out of 157 in the Pharmaceuticals industry. Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 226.81 and the support level at 177.61, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.49
Change
0.04

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

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(2)
Neutral(3)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-2.265
Neutral
RSI(14)
49.067
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
24.800
Neutral
ATR(14)
11.651
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-153.329
Sell
Williams %R
80.875
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
0.329
Sell
StochRSI(14)
12.784
Oversold
Moving Average
Sell(3)
Neutral(0)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
205.368
Sell
MA10
208.126
Sell
MA20
205.575
Sell
MA50
197.759
Buy
MA100
197.029
Buy
MA200
173.521
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-03-24

The current institutional shareholding score of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is 10.00, ranking 1 out of 157 in the Pharmaceuticals industry. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 104.07%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 1.63%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 2.07M shares, representing 10.38% of shares outstanding, with 2.41% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
2.63M
-1.05%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
2.07M
-0.63%
Janus Henderson Investors
1.04M
-1.73%
State Street Investment Management (US)
749.36K
-0.05%
Nomura Investment Management Business Trust
751.79K
-18.86%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
457.23K
+1643.63%
Chicago Capital, LLC
568.61K
-0.56%
MFS Investment Management
541.85K
+59.49%
Stephens Investment Management Group, LLC
554.54K
-8.31%
Franklin Advisers, Inc.
229.42K
+23.58%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-03-24

The U.S. Dollar Index is currently in a neutral state, which has a neutral effect on the Pharmaceuticals domestic-focused industry. The Dollar Index (DXY) measures the value of the U.S. dollar against a basket of major currencies, including the euro, yen, pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc. The current risk assessment score of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is 7.80, ranking 34 out of 157 in the Pharmaceuticals industry. The company's beta value is 1.19. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc’s latest ESG disclosure leads the Pharmaceuticals industry, indicating outstanding, compliant performance across environmental management, social responsibility, and governance, which may help mitigate overall risk.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.80
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.19
VaR
+4.10%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+13.21%
240-Day Volatility
+44.58%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+4.22%
120 days
+9.37%
5 years
+19.86%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-8.72%
120 days
-8.72%
5 years
-19.63%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.42
120 days
+1.09
5 years
+0.46

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+13.21%
3 years
+37.25%
5 years
+55.07%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+8.22
3 years
+1.42
5 years
+0.59
Skewness
240 days
+0.19
3 years
+0.73
5 years
+0.12

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+44.58%
5 years
+46.07%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+3.02%
5 years
+1.88%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+166.07%
240 days
+166.07%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+27.73%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+40.94%

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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