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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 2024

Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Sep 30, 2024. 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
243
+10 vs. Q2 2024
Shares held
18.1M
+3.74M (+26.0%) vs. Q2 2024
Total value
$1.81B
+$602.3M (+49.7%) vs. Q2 2024
New holders
38
97 more added
Sold out
28
53 more reduced

2 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2024: 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 2024: 243 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 2024: $1.81B
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q2 2024.

Institutions holding LGND in Q3 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock, Inc.2,999,632$300.2M0.01%+2,999,632New
Vanguard Group Inc1,970,622$197.2M0.00%+43,748+2.3%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,009,094$101.0M0.05%+3610.0%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd887,275$88.8M0.10%−79,277−8.2%Reduced
State Street Corp707,414$70.8M0.00%+18,642+2.7%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP707,016$70.8M0.02%−1,608−0.2%Reduced
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC618,696$61.9M0.84%−33,304−5.1%Reduced
Congress Asset Management Co604,038$60.5M0.41%+17,414+3.0%Added
Chicago Capital, LLC545,821$54.6M1.52%+30,875+6.0%Added
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC474,858$47.5M3.88%−9,055−1.9%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC428,270$42.9M0.00%+22,495+5.5%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P372,779$37.3M0.05%+114,436+44.3%Added
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC312,879$31.3M1.69%+20,404+7.0%Added
Ashford Capital Management Inc310,407$31.1M3.88%−11,800−3.7%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc280,208$28.0M0.11%00.0%Unchanged
Deutsche Bank AG273,892$27.4M0.01%+3,668+1.4%Added
Northern Trust Corp262,750$26.3M0.00%+57,847+28.2%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc249,269$24.9M0.05%−20,874−7.7%Reduced
Morgan Stanley237,013$23.7M0.00%+42,675+22.0%Added
William Blair Investment Management, LLC205,689$20.6M0.05%+2,847+1.4%Added
Invesco Ltd.188,728$18.9M0.00%+15,917+9.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc163,924$16.4M0.00%+8,584+5.5%Added
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc135,482$13.6M0.25%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of New York Mellon Corp134,839$13.5M0.00%−11,151−7.6%Reduced
F/M Investments LLC134,299$13.4M0.46%−411−0.3%Reduced
Private Capital Management, LLC133,880$13.4M1.47%−625−0.5%Reduced
Granite Investment Partners, LLC118,001$11.8M0.51%+118,001New
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.116,254$11.6M0.02%+24,790+27.1%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC115,480$11.6M0.02%+16,446+16.6%Added
Bank of America Corp104,906$10.5M0.00%+2,456+2.4%Added
Prudential Financial Inc101,635$10.2M0.01%+83,715+467.2%Added
Penn Capital Management Co Inc100,218$10.0M0.92%+100,218New
Franklin Resources Inc94,659$9.79M0.00%+78,973+503.5%Added
Driehaus Capital Management LLC95,738$9.58M0.08%+95,738New
Goldman Sachs Group Inc95,253$9.53M0.00%+30,656+47.5%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc93,945$9.40M0.00%−6,096−6.1%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc93,208$9.33M0.01%+4,439+5.0%Added
Congress Wealth Management LLC90,321$9.04M0.12%+2,071+2.3%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund86,295$8.64M0.01%+78,953+1,075.4%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc86,285$8.64M0.00%+6,673+8.4%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.84,127$8.42M0.02%+84,127New
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.83,965$8.40M0.54%+15,570+22.8%Added
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.80,602$8.07M0.27%−9,454−10.5%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA77,486$7.55M0.01%+9,116+13.3%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.71,064$7.11M0.01%+14,287+25.2%Added
Essex Investment Management Co LLC69,148$6.92M1.21%−1,632−2.3%Reduced
Castleark Management LLC67,923$6.80M0.28%+6,560+10.7%Added
Rhumbline Advisers60,020$6.01M0.01%−1,312−2.1%Reduced
Fisher Asset Management, LLC59,574$5.96M0.00%+6,555+12.4%Added
Norges Bank57,050$5.71M0.00%−18,144−24.1%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co56,451$5.65M0.00%−7,321−11.5%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc55,180$5.52M0.00%+8,045+17.1%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB55,602$5.48M0.01%−3,097−5.3%Reduced
Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc.53,104$5.32M0.46%+3,487+7.0%Added
CenterBook Partners LP50,976$5.10M0.31%−2,403−4.5%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC44,296$4.43M0.00%+481+1.1%Added
Barclays PLC43,456$4.35M0.00%+7,247+20.0%Added
Acuitas Investments, LLC40,261$4.03M1.80%−14,421−26.4%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc39,838$3.99M0.00%−6,031−13.1%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board38,747$3.88M0.02%+1,500+4.0%Added
Isthmus Partners, LLC38,554$3.86M0.46%−9,622−20.0%Reduced
GW&K Investment Management, LLC37,761$3.78M0.03%−1,257−3.2%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP35,337$3.54M0.00%+3,502+11.0%Added
Swiss National Bank35,100$3.51M0.00%+2,000+6.0%Added
American Century Companies Inc34,856$3.49M0.00%+5,689+19.5%Added
Edgestream Partners, L.P.34,069$3.41M0.15%+34,069New
TownSquare Capital, LLC29,813$2.98M0.04%+3,140+11.8%Added
Woodstock Corp29,211$2.92M0.28%+100+0.3%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board28,550$2.86M0.01%−6,182−17.8%Reduced
New York State Teachers Retirement System27,050$2.71M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.26,963$2.70M0.01%+9,667+55.9%Added
SEI Investments Co26,805$2.68M0.00%−21,260−44.2%Reduced
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.25,821$2.58M0.02%+25,821New
Citigroup Inc25,580$2.56M0.00%+11,107+76.7%Added
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC24,785$2.48M0.63%+24,785New
Citadel Advisors LLC23,814$2.38M0.00%−21,996−48.0%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co23,698$2.37M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Alliancebernstein L.P.22,106$2.21M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Martingale Asset Management L P17,822$1.78M0.04%−2,200−11.0%Reduced
Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC17,476$1.75M0.52%+3,876+28.5%Added
Susquehanna International Group, LLP17,392$1.74M0.00%+5,393+44.9%Added
Legato Capital Management LLC17,305$1.73M0.21%+3,185+22.6%Added
Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC17,028$1.70M0.23%−84−0.5%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System16,927$1.69M0.00%+497+3.0%Added
Stifel Financial Corp15,949$1.60M0.00%+2,288+16.7%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans15,084$1.51M0.00%+329+2.2%Added
Calamos Advisors LLC14,464$1.45M0.01%+3,617+33.3%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC14,452$1.45M0.00%−7,790−35.0%Reduced
ClariVest Asset Management LLC16,768$1.41M0.14%00.0%Unchanged
Victory Capital Management Inc14,022$1.40M0.00%+6,206+79.4%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc13,737$1.38M0.00%+146+1.1%Added
Court Place Advisors, LLC13,483$1.35M0.39%−725−5.1%Reduced
FMR LLC12,749$1.28M0.00%+10,789+550.5%Added
Captrust Financial Advisors12,222$1.22M0.00%−407−3.2%Reduced
UBS Group AG11,497$1.15M0.00%−27,289−70.4%Reduced
Burney Co11,121$1.11M0.04%+7,650+220.4%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale11,185$1.08M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue10,425$1.04M0.01%+510+5.1%Added
MetLife Investment Management9,940$994.9K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Corebridge Financial, Inc.9,819$982.8K0.01%−48−0.5%Reduced