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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 2023

Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Dec 31, 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
211
+16 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
16.1M
+506.7K (+3.2%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$1.15B
+$207.1M (+21.9%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
33
72 more added
Sold out
17
71 more reduced

2 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2023: 211 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 2023: $1.15B
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 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding LGND in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock Inc.2,962,314$211.6M0.01%+121,230+4.3%Added
Vanguard Group Inc1,876,514$134.0M0.00%+24,653+1.3%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,343,154$95.9M0.06%+1,281+0.1%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd987,354$70.5M0.08%−4,464−0.5%Reduced
State Street Corp668,284$47.7M0.00%+45,029+7.2%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP661,298$47.2M0.01%+46,906+7.6%Added
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC659,434$47.1M0.69%+191,870+41.0%Added
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC428,051$30.6M2.52%−10,110−2.3%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC370,815$26.5M0.00%+18,194+5.2%Added
Pacer Advisors, Inc.325,727$23.3M0.07%+121,049+59.1%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc290,418$20.7M0.04%−29,711−9.3%Reduced
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC276,008$19.7M1.14%−6,953−2.5%Reduced
Chicago Capital, LLC231,511$16.5M0.60%−128,834−35.8%Reduced
Cardinal Capital Management LLC221,927$15.9M0.73%+15,528+7.5%Added
Northern Trust Corp219,780$15.7M0.00%−1010.0%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.214,901$15.3M0.00%−3,886−1.8%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc205,208$14.7M0.06%+20,888+11.3%Added
Morgan Stanley199,194$14.2M0.00%+4,187+2.1%Added
William Blair Investment Management, LLC187,342$13.4M0.04%+27,549+17.2%Added
Deutsche Bank AG185,897$13.3M0.01%+49,668+36.5%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc161,480$11.5M0.00%+4,293+2.7%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp155,559$11.1M0.00%+9,832+6.7%Added
Man Group plc144,437$10.3M0.03%––
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc135,482$9.68M0.19%00.0%Unchanged
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA129,547$9.25M0.01%+6,744+5.5%Added
Knott David M Jr115,000$8.21M3.14%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of America Corp112,700$8.05M0.00%+5,539+5.2%Added
Norges Bank107,188$7.66M0.00%−30,800−22.3%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc106,575$7.61M0.00%−28,868−21.3%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc92,810$6.63M0.00%−1,268−1.3%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.87,909$6.28M0.01%−17,812−16.8%Reduced
Smith, Graham & Co., Investment Advisors, LP83,121$5.94M0.68%+21,272+34.4%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB68,971$4.93M0.01%−2,381−3.3%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC66,300$4.74M0.01%+10,600+19.0%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc63,876$4.56M0.00%−5,965−8.5%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co62,879$4.49M0.00%+2,664+4.4%Added
Castleark Management LLC62,702$4.48M0.20%+23,520+60.0%Added
Rhumbline Advisers59,525$4.25M0.00%+2,398+4.2%Added
GW&K Investment Management, LLC55,335$3.95M0.04%+17,905+47.8%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC53,126$3.79M0.01%−8,061−13.2%Reduced
Ziegler Capital Management, LLC50,423$3.60M0.16%−72,735−59.1%Reduced
Fisher Asset Management, LLC49,297$3.52M0.00%+16,035+48.2%Added
Acuitas Investments, LLC47,703$3.41M1.79%+47,703New
Legal & General Group Plc47,474$3.39M0.00%+1,869+4.1%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc45,120$3.22M0.00%+1,332+3.0%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC43,037$3.07M0.00%+372+0.9%Added
Ami Asset Management Corp42,619$3.04M0.17%+8,683+25.6%Added
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.41,532$2.97M0.24%−6,100−12.8%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.39,475$2.82M0.01%−1,469−3.6%Reduced
Federated Hermes, Inc.38,964$2.78M0.01%−10,060−20.5%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC37,173$2.65M0.00%+18,472+98.8%Added
Isthmus Partners, LLC34,347$2.45M0.32%+1,530+4.7%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board34,018$2.43M0.02%+13,854+68.7%Added
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.33,853$2.42M0.05%−1,846−5.2%Reduced
Barclays PLC33,785$2.41M0.00%+16,016+90.1%Added
Credit Suisse AG33,365$2.38M0.00%+852+2.6%Added
Swiss National Bank32,500$2.32M0.00%−3,600−10.0%Reduced
Martingale Asset Management L P31,959$2.28M0.05%−165−0.5%Reduced
Woodstock Corp30,111$2.15M0.25%−4,049−11.9%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.28,662$2.05M0.00%+11,345+65.5%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System27,250$1.95M0.00%−100−0.4%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.21,559$1.54M0.00%−20−0.1%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc21,385$1.53M0.00%+3,976+22.8%Added
First Trust Advisors LP21,217$1.52M0.00%+3,262+18.2%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co20,664$1.47M0.00%+29+0.1%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc20,279$1.45M0.01%−4,053−16.7%Reduced
Royce & Associates LP20,161$1.44M0.01%+7,450+58.6%Added
Summit Global Investments19,397$1.39M0.09%−2,685−12.2%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc19,055$1.36M0.00%−34,520−64.4%Reduced
UBS Group AG19,027$1.36M0.00%+12,111+175.1%Added
Prudential Financial Inc18,955$1.35M0.00%−52,407−73.4%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA18,482$1.32M0.00%−2,299−11.1%Reduced
Caxton Associates LP18,250$1.30M0.07%+18,250New
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)18,000$1.29M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
California State Teachers Retirement System17,515$1.25M0.00%−672−3.7%Reduced
ClariVest Asset Management LLC16,845$1.20M0.07%−1,010−5.7%Reduced
Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC16,393$1.17M0.22%−386−2.3%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC16,210$1.16M0.00%−9,676−37.4%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc15,739$1.12M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans15,384$1.10M0.00%−359−2.3%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP15,276$1.09M0.00%+4,032+35.9%Added
Court Place Advisors, LLC15,033$1.07M0.35%−100−0.7%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP14,687$1.05M0.00%+14,687New
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd14,659$1.05M0.00%−25,595−63.6%Reduced
Texas Permanent School Fund14,159$1.01M0.01%+304+2.2%Added
Franklin Resources Inc14,066$1.00M0.00%+438+3.2%Added
Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC13,653$975.0K0.37%−40.0%Reduced
State of Wisconsin Investment Board13,190$942.0K0.00%−110−0.8%Reduced
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main12,859$918.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Citigroup Inc12,446$888.9K0.00%+3,669+41.8%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc12,382$885.0K0.00%+860+7.5%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale11,185$797.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
SEI Investments Co11,057$789.7K0.00%+3,619+48.7%Added
STRS Ohio11,000$785.0K0.00%−300−2.7%Reduced
State of Tennessee, Treasury Department10,544$753.1K0.00%−1,006−8.7%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue10,084$720.0K0.01%−74−0.7%Reduced
Allianz Asset Management GmbH10,000$714.2K0.00%+2,900+40.8%Added
FMR LLC9,993$713.7K0.00%+9,655+2,856.5%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC9,802$700.1K0.00%−22,301−69.5%Reduced
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund9,368$669.0K0.01%−190−2.0%Reduced