Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc
LGND- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- SEC CIK
- 0000886163
In the last 90 days, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 6 sales; 416 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $7.16B in total; no superinvestor holds it.
13F holders, Q2 2026
Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Jun 30, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 416
- +63 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 22.7M
- +2.87M (+14.5%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $7.16B
- +$3.21B (+81.3%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 97
- 150 more added
- Sold out
- 34
- 114 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2026: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting LGND on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 416 | $7.16B |
| Q1 2026 | 359 | $4.15B |
| Q4 2025 | 351 | $3.89B |
| Q3 2025 | 314 | $3.64B |
| Q2 2025 | 271 | $2.18B |
| Q1 2025 | 262 | $1.97B |
| Q4 2024 | 259 | $1.96B |
| Q3 2024 | 243 | $1.82B |
| Q2 2024 | 235 | $1.46B |
| Q1 2024 | 222 | $1.25B |
| Q4 2023 | 211 | $1.17B |
| Q3 2023 | 197 | $946.5M |
| Q2 2023 | 204 | $1.12B |
| Q1 2023 | 213 | $1.10B |
| Q4 2022 | 198 | $983.5M |
| Q3 2022 | 205 | $1.39B |
| Q2 2022 | 198 | $1.33B |
| Q1 2022 | 207 | $1.76B |
| Q4 2021 | 221 | $2.53B |
| Q3 2021 | 208 | $2.29B |
| Q2 2021 | 212 | $2.09B |
| Q1 2021 | 228 | $2.35B |
Institutions, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 3,100,996 | $980.2M | 0.01% | +139,073+4.7% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,201,644 | $379.8M | 0.03% | +378,040+45.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 1,138,316 | $359.8M | 0.02% | +38,049+3.5% | Added |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | 1,040,578 | $328.9M | 0.13% | +1,040,578 | New |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 870,950 | $275.3M | 0.01% | +22,861+2.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 826,539 | $261.3M | 0.01% | +47,683+6.1% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 762,827 | $241.1M | 0.01% | +166,700+28.0% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 752,044 | $237.7M | 0.05% | +178,867+31.2% | Added |
| Congress Asset Management Co | 659,911 | $208.6M | 1.28% | +155,274+30.8% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 589,020 | $186.2M | 0.01% | +30,086+5.4% | Added |
| Nomura Asset Management International Inc. | 568,371 | $179.7M | 0.27% | −4,941−0.9% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 553,435 | $174.9M | 4.21% | −8,240−1.5% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 475,609 | $150.3M | 1.61% | −19,061−3.9% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 429,314 | $135.7M | 0.02% | +4,084+1.0% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 375,762 | $118.8M | 0.04% | −35,781−8.7% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 323,245 | $102.2M | 0.01% | −57,866−15.2% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 291,805 | $92.2M | 0.12% | −61,404−17.4% | Reduced |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 270,052 | $85.4M | 4.15% | −13,515−4.8% | Reduced |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 257,596 | $81.4M | 5.15% | −10,347−3.9% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 257,389 | $81.4M | 0.01% | +3,231+1.3% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 253,764 | $80.2M | 0.04% | −49,460−16.3% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 249,611 | $78.9M | 0.02% | −56,500−18.5% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 248,355 | $78.5M | 0.05% | +246,893+16,887.3% | Added |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | 246,883 | $78.0M | 0.61% | +97,382+65.1% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 210,427 | $66.5M | 0.01% | −2,461−1.2% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 200,699 | $63.4M | 0.00% | +33,470+20.0% | Added |
| Next Century Growth Investors LLC | 198,542 | $62.8M | 3.33% | +102,666+107.1% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 193,238 | $61.1M | 0.01% | +10,351+5.7% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 172,480 | $54.5M | 0.08% | +82,436+91.6% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 170,349 | $53.8M | 0.00% | +12,484+7.9% | Added |
| Ashford Capital Management Inc | 170,236 | $53.8M | 5.77% | −37,329−18.0% | Reduced |
| Private Capital Management, LLC | 166,016 | $52.5M | 4.76% | −35,365−17.6% | Reduced |
| Villere St Denis J & Co LLC | 155,506 | $49.2M | 5.87% | −33,368−17.7% | Reduced |
| Granahan Investment Management Inc | 147,231 | $46.5M | 1.66% | +123,066+509.3% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 142,926 | $45.2M | 0.01% | +15,027+11.7% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 141,449 | $44.7M | 0.06% | +33,590+31.1% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 137,258 | $43.4M | 0.05% | +17,419+14.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 131,068 | $41.4M | 0.01% | +11,665+9.8% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 130,000 | $41.1M | 0.27% | −22,444−14.7% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 127,071 | $40.2M | 0.03% | +123,715+3,686.4% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 124,674 | $39.4M | 0.01% | +20,094+19.2% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 121,440 | $38.4M | 0.01% | −6,554−5.1% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 120,304 | $38.0M | 0.03% | −847−0.7% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 119,073 | $37.6M | 0.01% | +7,530+6.8% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 118,497 | $37.5M | 0.22% | +328+0.3% | Added |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 100,337 | $31.7M | 2.01% | +4,881+5.1% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 98,746 | $31.2M | 0.01% | +1,086+1.1% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 97,971 | $31.0M | 0.02% | +2,255+2.4% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 94,072 | $29.7M | 0.02% | +59,157+169.4% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 91,478 | $28.9M | 0.00% | +67,577+282.7% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 90,893 | $28.7M | 0.02% | +10,492+13.0% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 90,236 | $28.5M | 0.03% | +32,086+55.2% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 89,672 | $28.3M | 0.03% | +14,484+19.3% | Added |
| Pembroke Management, LTD | 80,554 | $25.5M | 1.80% | +80,554 | New |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 77,348 | $24.4M | 0.09% | −57,964−42.8% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 76,197 | $24.1M | 0.00% | −1,076−1.4% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 73,052 | $23.2M | 0.00% | −13,222−15.3% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 68,888 | $21.8M | 0.06% | −1,490−2.1% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 66,639 | $21.1M | 0.01% | +45,045+208.6% | Added |
| Castleark Management LLC | 62,043 | $19.6M | 0.53% | +13,347+27.4% | Added |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 61,938 | $19.6M | 0.08% | −52,417−45.8% | Reduced |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 57,520 | $18.2M | 0.47% | −11,714−16.9% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 57,288 | $18.1M | 0.00% | −27,613−32.5% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 56,515 | $17.9M | 0.01% | −21,913−27.9% | Reduced |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 54,623 | $17.3M | 0.02% | −9,510−14.8% | Reduced |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 54,128 | $17.1M | 0.88% | −270.0% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 51,948 | $16.2M | 0.02% | −704−1.3% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 49,943 | $15.9M | 0.01% | −993−1.9% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 50,125 | $15.8M | 0.01% | −6,675−11.8% | Reduced |
| Emerald Investment Advisers, LLC | 46,921 | $14.8M | 0.99% | +2,695+6.1% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 46,647 | $14.7M | 0.00% | +3,958+9.3% | Added |
| Context Capital Management, LLC | 46,000 | $14.5M | 0.29% | +46,000 | New |
| Susquehanna Advisors Group, Inc. | 44,600 | $14.1M | 0.39% | +44,600 | New |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 44,532 | $14.1M | 0.29% | −15,810−26.2% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 44,570 | $14.0M | 0.03% | −88−0.2% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 43,567 | $13.8M | 1.80% | −14,893−25.5% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 40,350 | $12.8M | 0.00% | +5,774+16.7% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 39,000 | $12.3M | 0.01% | +100+0.3% | Added |
| Aristeia Capital LLC | 37,250 | $11.8M | 0.19% | +37,250 | New |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 36,833 | $11.6M | 0.01% | +3,816+11.6% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 34,607 | $10.9M | 0.02% | +4,707+15.7% | Added |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. | 34,249 | $10.8M | 1.02% | −5,936−14.8% | Reduced |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 33,851 | $10.7M | 0.02% | +8,611+34.1% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 33,353 | $10.5M | 0.19% | +33,353 | New |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 32,948 | $10.4M | 0.06% | −57,258−63.5% | Reduced |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC | 28,160 | $8.90M | 1.60% | +13,485+91.9% | Added |
| Linden Advisors LP | 27,426 | $8.67M | 0.04% | +27,426 | New |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. | 23,444 | $7.41M | 0.49% | +23,444 | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 22,800 | $7.21M | 0.01% | +16,406+256.6% | Added |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 22,435 | $7.09M | 0.03% | +1,575+7.6% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 22,318 | $7.05M | 0.00% | −63,865−74.1% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 22,053 | $6.97M | 0.01% | −1,731−7.3% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 20,950 | $6.62M | 0.01% | −3,559−14.5% | Reduced |
| Isthmus Partners, LLC | 20,935 | $6.62M | 0.64% | −3,124−13.0% | Reduced |
| Moran Wealth Management, LLC | 19,790 | $6.26M | 0.17% | +484+2.5% | Added |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 19,659 | $6.21M | 0.01% | +19,659 | New |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 19,498 | $6.16M | 0.55% | +19,498 | New |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 19,625 | $6.12M | 0.02% | +19,625 | New |
| Palisade Capital Management LLC | 19,057 | $6.02M | 0.26% | −1,468−7.2% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 18,825 | $5.95M | 0.00% | +18,825 | New |