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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, Q3 2023

Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Sep 30, 2023. 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
197
−6 vs. Q2 2023
Shares held
15.6M
+182.7K (+1.2%) vs. Q2 2023
Total value
$946.5M
−$168.6M (−15.1%) vs. Q2 2023
New holders
20
67 more added
Sold out
26
77 more reduced

1 institution that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2023: 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 holdersQ3 2023: 197 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 heldQ3 2023: $946.5M
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, Q3 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q2 2023.

Institutions holding LGND in Q3 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock Inc.2,841,084$170.2M0.00%−65,075−2.2%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc1,851,861$111.0M0.00%−1,492−0.1%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,341,873$80.4M0.05%−2,682−0.2%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd991,818$59.4M0.07%+154,648+18.5%Added
State Street Corp623,255$37.3M0.00%+10,643+1.7%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP614,392$36.8M0.01%+82,970+15.6%Added
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC467,564$28.0M0.46%+1,154+0.2%Added
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC438,161$26.3M2.24%−41,286−8.6%Reduced
Chicago Capital, LLC360,345$21.6M1.01%−63,674−15.0%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC352,621$21.1M0.00%+11,008+3.2%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc320,129$19.2M0.05%−68,671−17.7%Reduced
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC282,961$17.0M1.08%−5,198−1.8%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp219,881$13.2M0.00%+1,576+0.7%Added
Invesco Ltd.218,787$13.1M0.00%−3,196−1.4%Reduced
Cardinal Capital Management LLC206,399$12.4M0.53%−6,435−3.0%Reduced
Pacer Advisors, Inc.204,678$12.3M0.05%+67,928+49.7%Added
Morgan Stanley195,007$11.7M0.00%+26,741+15.9%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc184,320$11.0M0.05%+25,000+15.7%Added
William Blair Investment Management, LLC159,793$9.57M0.03%+4,887+3.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc157,187$9.42M0.00%+2,761+1.8%Added
Man Group plc–$8.83M0.03%––
Bank of New York Mellon Corp145,727$8.73M0.00%−6,142−4.0%Reduced
Norges Bank137,988$8.27M0.00%+32,511+30.8%Added
Deutsche Bank AG136,229$8.16M0.01%+40,958+43.0%Added
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc135,482$8.12M0.17%00.0%Unchanged
Ameriprise Financial Inc135,443$8.12M0.00%−10,651−7.3%Reduced
Ziegler Capital Management, LLC123,158$7.38M0.30%−14,546−10.6%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA122,803$7.36M0.01%+122,803New
Knott David M Jr115,000$6.89M2.72%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of America Corp107,161$6.42M0.00%+18,313+20.6%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.105,721$6.33M0.01%+54,347+105.8%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc94,078$5.64M0.00%−3,982−4.1%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB71,352$4.39M0.01%−796−1.1%Reduced
Prudential Financial Inc71,362$4.28M0.01%−5,470−7.1%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc69,841$4.18M0.00%−36,953−34.6%Reduced
Smith, Graham & Co., Investment Advisors, LP61,849$3.71M0.46%−587−0.9%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC61,187$3.67M0.01%+12,918+26.8%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co60,215$3.61M0.00%+24,481+68.5%Added
Rhumbline Advisers57,127$3.42M0.00%+1,628+2.9%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC55,700$3.34M0.01%+13,300+31.4%Added
American Century Companies Inc53,575$3.21M0.00%−12,896−19.4%Reduced
Federated Hermes, Inc.49,024$2.94M0.01%−245−0.5%Reduced
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.47,632$2.85M0.26%−6,100−11.4%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc45,605$2.73M0.00%−1,652−3.5%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc43,788$2.62M0.00%+5,916+15.6%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC42,665$2.56M0.00%−42,314−49.8%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.40,944$2.45M0.01%−2,422−5.6%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd40,254$2.41M0.01%+24,610+157.3%Added
Castleark Management LLC39,182$2.35M0.12%−820−2.0%Reduced
GW&K Investment Management, LLC37,430$2.24M0.02%−678−1.8%Reduced
Swiss National Bank36,100$2.16M0.00%+800+2.3%Added
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.35,699$2.14M0.05%+1,215+3.5%Added
Woodstock Corp34,160$2.05M0.26%−12,635−27.0%Reduced
Ami Asset Management Corp33,936$2.03M0.13%−11,360−25.1%Reduced
Fisher Asset Management, LLC33,262$1.99M0.00%−2,563−7.2%Reduced
Isthmus Partners, LLC32,817$1.97M0.28%+8,026+32.4%Added
Credit Suisse AG32,513$1.95M0.00%+1,936+6.3%Added
Martingale Asset Management L P32,124$1.92M0.04%+3,853+13.6%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC32,103$1.92M0.00%+29,241+1,021.7%Added
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP27,783$1.67M0.02%+6,473+30.4%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System27,350$1.64M0.00%−200−0.7%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC25,886$1.55M0.00%+25,886New
Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC24,900$1.49M0.18%+24,900New
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc24,332$1.46M0.01%+24,332New
Summit Global Investments22,082$1.32M0.09%+9,845+80.5%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.21,579$1.29M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA20,781$1.25M0.00%+15,069+263.8%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co20,635$1.23M0.00%+553+2.8%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board20,164$1.21M0.01%−8,963−30.8%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC18,701$1.12M0.00%−40,726−68.5%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System18,187$1.09M0.00%−1,634−8.2%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)18,000$1.08M0.01%+1,400+8.4%Added
First Trust Advisors LP17,955$1.08M0.00%+17,955New
ClariVest Asset Management LLC17,855$1.07M0.06%+50.0%Added
Barclays PLC17,769$1.06M0.00%+3,366+23.4%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc17,409$1.04M0.00%+7,652+78.4%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.17,317$1.04M0.00%−30,777−64.0%Reduced
Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC16,779$1.01M0.22%−29−0.2%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC16,417$983.7K0.00%+11,199+214.6%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc15,739$943.1K0.00%−2,912−15.6%Reduced
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans15,743$943.0K0.00%−774−4.7%Reduced
Court Place Advisors, LLC15,133$906.8K0.32%00.0%Unchanged
Capula Management Ltd14,900$892.8K0.06%+7,080+90.5%Added
SG Americas Securities, LLC14,690$880.0K0.01%+6,215+73.3%Added
Texas Permanent School Fund13,855$830.2K0.01%−593−4.1%Reduced
Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC13,657$818.0K0.35%−10−0.1%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc13,628$816.6K0.00%+4,191+44.4%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board13,300$796.9K0.00%−604−4.3%Reduced
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main12,859$770.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Royce & Associates LP12,711$761.6K0.01%+6,325+99.0%Added
State of Tennessee, Treasury Department11,550$692.1K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Price T Rowe Associates Inc11,522$692.0K0.00%+1,104+10.6%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale11,185$687.0K0.00%+1,185+11.9%Added
STRS Ohio11,300$677.0K0.00%+1,500+15.3%Added
Susquehanna International Group, LLP11,244$673.7K0.00%+4,357+63.3%Added
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys10,907$653.5K0.01%−7,642−41.2%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue10,158$608.0K0.01%−639−5.9%Reduced
Blair William & Co10,131$607.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund9,558$573.0K0.01%+9,558New
Spouting Rock Asset Management, LLC9,219$552.4K0.18%00.0%Unchanged