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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 $7.15B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Other share classesLGNDZLGNXZLGNYZLGNZZ

13F holders, Q4 2022

Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Dec 31, 2022. 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
198
−3 vs. Q3 2022
Shares held
14.7M
−133.2K (−0.9%) vs. Q3 2022
Total value
$983.5M
−$295.5M (−23.1%) vs. Q3 2022
New holders
31
71 more added
Sold out
34
60 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q3 2022 haven't filed for Q4 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2022: 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.

Institutional holdersQ4 2022: 198 institutions
Q1 2021: 228 institutionsQ2 2021: 212 institutionsQ3 2021: 208 institutionsQ4 2021: 221 institutionsQ1 2022: 207 institutionsQ2 2022: 198 institutionsQ3 2022: 205 institutionsQ4 2022: 198 institutionsQ1 2023: 213 institutionsQ2 2023: 204 institutionsQ3 2023: 197 institutionsQ4 2023: 211 institutionsQ1 2024: 222 institutionsQ2 2024: 235 institutionsQ3 2024: 243 institutionsQ4 2024: 259 institutionsQ1 2025: 262 institutionsQ2 2025: 271 institutionsQ3 2025: 314 institutionsQ4 2025: 351 institutionsQ1 2026: 359 institutionsQ2 2026: 416 institutions
Value heldQ4 2022: $983.5M
Q1 2021: $2.35BQ2 2021: $2.09BQ3 2021: $2.29BQ4 2021: $2.51BQ1 2022: $1.76BQ2 2022: $1.33BQ3 2022: $1.28BQ4 2022: $983.5MQ1 2023: $1.10BQ2 2023: $1.12BQ3 2023: $946.5MQ4 2023: $1.15BQ1 2024: $1.21BQ2 2024: $1.45BQ3 2024: $1.81BQ4 2024: $1.96BQ1 2025: $1.97BQ2 2025: $2.18BQ3 2025: $3.63BQ4 2025: $3.89BQ1 2026: $4.15BQ2 2026: $7.15B
Institutions holding LGND and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026416$7.15B
Q1 2026359$4.15B
Q4 2025351$3.89B
Q3 2025314$3.63B
Q2 2025271$2.18B
Q1 2025262$1.97B
Q4 2024259$1.96B
Q3 2024243$1.81B
Q2 2024235$1.45B
Q1 2024222$1.21B
Q4 2023211$1.15B
Q3 2023197$946.5M
Q2 2023204$1.12B
Q1 2023213$1.10B
Q4 2022198$983.5M
Q3 2022205$1.28B
Q2 2022198$1.33B
Q1 2022207$1.76B
Q4 2021221$2.51B
Q3 2021208$2.29B
Q2 2021212$2.09B
Q1 2021228$2.35B

Institutions, Q4 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q3 2022.

Institutions holding LGND in Q4 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock Inc.2,789,764$186.4M0.01%+124,146+4.7%Added
Vanguard Group Inc1,843,115$123.1M0.00%+49,701+2.8%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,255,273$83.9M0.06%−7,060−0.6%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd800,596$53.5M0.06%+6,975+0.9%Added
State Street Corp649,914$43.4M0.00%−301,404−31.7%Reduced
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC483,347$32.3M2.52%−7,760−1.6%Reduced
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC454,416$30.7M0.56%+2,678+0.6%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP457,923$30.6M0.01%+8,805+2.0%Added
Chicago Capital, LLC319,054$21.3M1.18%−140,261−30.5%Reduced
Standard Life Aberdeen plc308,979$20.6M0.06%−133,380−30.2%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC300,670$20.1M0.00%+10,560+3.6%Added
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC285,634$19.1M1.09%−11,044−3.7%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc234,320$15.7M0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.226,886$15.2M0.00%+35,815+18.7%Added
Millennium Management LLC209,607$14.0M0.02%+43,390+26.1%Added
Northern Trust Corp203,277$13.6M0.00%+30,164+17.4%Added
Morgan Stanley184,570$12.3M0.00%+64,106+53.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc168,626$11.3M0.00%+8,049+5.0%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp156,833$10.5M0.00%−5,712−3.5%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC152,928$10.2M0.01%+130,960+596.1%Added
Norges Bank145,067$9.69M0.00%+17,800+14.0%Added
William Blair Investment Management, LLC141,128$9.43M0.04%−275,947−66.2%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc135,077$9.02M0.00%−8,936−6.2%Reduced
Knott David M Jr115,000$7.68M3.32%00.0%Unchanged
Man Group plc113,079$7.55M0.03%+11,279+11.1%Added
Pacer Advisors, Inc.112,105$7.49M0.04%+112,105New
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc106,752$7.13M0.14%−18,940−15.1%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc103,569$6.92M0.01%+1,245+1.2%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP92,863$6.20M0.02%+52,980+132.8%Added
Bank of America Corp74,267$4.96M0.00%−23,591−24.1%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB73,873$4.88M0.01%+3,933+5.6%Added
American Century Companies Inc68,099$4.55M0.00%+24,969+57.9%Added
Smith, Graham & Co., Investment Advisors, LP65,372$4.37M0.53%−20,485−23.9%Reduced
Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC62,327$4.16M1.23%+2,743+4.6%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc61,745$4.12M0.00%+25,987+72.7%Added
Woodstock Corp55,014$3.67M0.49%−6,680−10.8%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.51,301$3.43M0.01%+51,301New
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC51,154$3.42M0.03%+41,232+415.6%Added
Rhumbline Advisers50,699$3.39M0.00%+2,192+4.5%Added
Deutsche Bank AG50,527$3.38M0.00%+1,919+3.9%Added
Legal & General Group Plc46,732$3.12M0.00%+1,045+2.3%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC44,994$3.01M0.00%−6,904−13.3%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP40,765$2.72M0.01%+36,889+951.7%Added
Swiss National Bank40,700$2.72M0.00%+700+1.8%Added
Fisher Asset Management, LLC39,658$2.65M0.00%+11,368+40.2%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co38,833$2.59M0.00%−1,272−3.2%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.37,877$2.53M0.01%+28,869+320.5%Added
SG Americas Securities, LLC37,838$2.53M0.04%+37,838New
Barclays PLC37,323$2.49M0.00%+9,550+34.4%Added
HRT Financial LP31,420$2.10M0.03%+18,115+136.2%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC31,108$2.05M0.00%+2,469+8.6%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc30,511$2.04M0.00%+322+1.1%Added
GW&K Investment Management, LLC30,094$2.01M0.02%−310−1.0%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board29,198$1.95M0.02%−202−0.7%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC28,982$1.94M0.00%+26,316+987.1%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System28,050$1.87M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Federated Hermes, Inc.27,567$1.84M0.01%+27,556+250,509.1%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.25,324$1.69M0.00%+16+0.1%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC24,500$1.64M0.00%+7,800+46.7%Added
Trexquant Investment LP23,529$1.57M0.04%+7,795+49.5%Added
Credit Suisse AG23,501$1.57M0.00%+1,381+6.2%Added
Ami Asset Management Corp20,877$1.40M0.10%−7,442−26.3%Reduced
Gsa Capital Partners LLP20,835$1.39M0.17%+20,835New
California State Teachers Retirement System20,727$1.38M0.00%+246+1.2%Added
ClariVest Asset Management LLC20,533$1.37M0.07%−65−0.3%Reduced
Isthmus Partners, LLC19,830$1.32M0.20%−59−0.3%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co19,624$1.31M0.00%−946−4.6%Reduced
Prudential Financial Inc18,321$1.22M0.00%+2,000+12.3%Added
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP18,063$1.21M0.02%+12,421+220.2%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc17,621$1.18M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys17,176$1.15M0.01%+2,563+17.5%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans16,463$1.10M0.00%−117−0.7%Reduced
State of Wisconsin Investment Board16,405$1.10M0.00%−535−3.2%Reduced
Calamos Advisors LLC15,922$1.06M0.01%+15,922New
Court Place Advisors, LLC15,533$1.04M0.38%00.0%Unchanged
Engineers Gate Manager LP14,351$958.6K0.06%+11,814+465.7%Added
Cornerstone Capital, Inc.13,670$913.2K0.12%−1,775−11.5%Reduced
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.13,546$904.8K0.01%+13,546New
Citigroup Inc12,968$866.3K0.00%−29,394−69.4%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP12,819$856.3K0.00%−2,905−18.5%Reduced
Jump Financial, LLC12,637$844.2K0.04%+12,637New
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC12,628$843.5K0.00%+12,628New
Aquatic Capital Management LLC11,700$781.0K0.06%+2,900+33.0%Added
State of Tennessee, Treasury Department11,684$780.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Capula Management Ltd11,640$777.6K0.08%+11,640New
Two Sigma Advisers, LP11,500$768.2K0.00%+8,900+342.3%Added
Walleye Capital LLC11,417$762.7K0.02%+7,751+211.4%Added
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.11,247$751.3K0.02%−13−0.1%Reduced
Mirabella Financial Services LLP11,234$750.4K0.07%+11,234New
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue11,175$746.0K0.01%+70+0.6%Added
STRS Ohio11,000$734.0K0.00%+3,500+46.7%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund10,800$721.4K0.00%−137−1.3%Reduced
Texas Permanent School Fund10,790$721.0K0.01%−749−6.5%Reduced
Yousif Capital Management, LLC10,313$688.9K0.01%−3,360−24.6%Reduced
Blair William & Co10,231$683.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Algert Global LLC10,213$682.2K0.04%+10,213New
Comerica Bank9,587$680.0K0.01%−2,680−21.8%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale10,000$670.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al9,944$664.0K0.02%+9,944New
Ergoteles LLC9,876$659.7K0.02%+3,881+64.7%Added