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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 2024

Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Dec 31, 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
259
+20 vs. Q3 2024
Shares held
18.3M
+150.6K (+0.8%) vs. Q3 2024
Total value
$1.96B
+$144.0M (+7.9%) vs. Q3 2024
New holders
42
108 more added
Sold out
22
62 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2024: 259 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 2024: $1.96B
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding LGND in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock, Inc.2,946,084$315.7M0.01%−53,548−1.8%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc2,085,627$223.5M0.00%+115,005+5.8%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,015,023$108.8M0.06%+5,929+0.6%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd884,380$94.8M0.11%−2,895−0.3%Reduced
State Street Corp743,632$79.7M0.00%+36,218+5.1%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP723,019$77.5M0.02%+16,003+2.3%Added
Congress Asset Management Co621,482$66.6M0.45%+17,444+2.9%Added
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC612,782$65.7M0.88%−5,914−1.0%Reduced
Chicago Capital, LLC551,588$59.1M1.57%+5,767+1.1%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC438,441$47.0M0.00%+10,171+2.4%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P397,700$42.6M0.05%+24,921+6.7%Added
Ashford Capital Management Inc310,664$33.3M3.93%+257+0.1%Added
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC304,925$32.7M1.79%−7,954−2.5%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG289,052$31.0M0.01%+15,160+5.5%Added
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC287,044$30.8M2.78%−187,814−39.6%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp282,957$30.3M0.00%+20,207+7.7%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc280,208$30.0M0.14%00.0%Unchanged
Massachusetts Financial Services Co276,731$29.7M0.01%+276,731New
Morgan Stanley207,862$22.3M0.00%−29,151−12.3%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.194,355$20.8M0.00%+5,627+3.0%Added
Franklin Resources Inc185,402$19.9M0.01%+90,743+95.9%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc176,760$18.9M0.04%−72,509−29.1%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc170,419$18.3M0.00%+6,495+4.0%Added
Driehaus Capital Management LLC162,771$17.4M0.14%+67,033+70.0%Added
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc135,482$14.5M0.28%00.0%Unchanged
Private Capital Management, LLC133,690$14.3M1.53%−190−0.1%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp129,992$13.9M0.00%−4,847−3.6%Reduced
Granite Investment Partners, LLC115,538$12.4M0.54%−2,463−2.1%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc110,609$11.9M0.00%+15,356+16.1%Added
Bank of America Corp107,439$11.5M0.00%+2,533+2.4%Added
Penn Capital Management Co Inc104,430$11.2M1.10%+4,212+4.2%Added
Prudential Financial Inc102,995$11.0M0.02%+1,360+1.3%Added
Fisher Asset Management, LLC100,638$10.8M0.00%+41,064+68.9%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC100,062$10.7M0.02%−15,418−13.4%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc99,590$10.7M0.01%+6,382+6.8%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc95,704$10.3M0.00%+1,759+1.9%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.95,600$10.2M0.01%−20,654−17.8%Reduced
Congress Wealth Management LLC94,335$10.1M0.14%+4,014+4.4%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund92,418$9.90M0.01%+6,123+7.1%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc87,195$9.34M0.00%+910+1.1%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.82,408$8.83M0.02%−1,719−2.0%Reduced
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.82,205$8.81M0.56%−1,760−2.1%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA79,126$8.48M0.01%+1,640+2.1%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.77,207$8.27M0.02%+6,143+8.6%Added
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.76,229$8.17M0.27%−4,373−5.4%Reduced
Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc.68,155$7.30M0.68%+15,051+28.3%Added
Essex Investment Management Co LLC65,247$6.99M1.26%−3,901−5.6%Reduced
Castleark Management LLC65,113$6.98M0.24%−2,810−4.1%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers59,445$6.37M0.01%−575−1.0%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB58,572$6.25M0.01%+2,970+5.3%Added
Legal & General Group Plc57,838$6.20M0.00%+2,658+4.8%Added
F/M Investments LLC52,883$5.67M0.21%−81,416−60.6%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc50,401$5.40M0.00%+10,563+26.5%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board47,095$5.05M0.02%+8,348+21.5%Added
Norges Bank46,290$4.96M0.00%−10,760−18.9%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC44,296$4.75M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Barclays PLC39,972$4.28M0.00%−3,484−8.0%Reduced
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC39,010$4.18M1.01%+14,225+57.4%Added
Isthmus Partners, LLC38,095$4.08M0.50%−459−1.2%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co37,761$4.05M0.00%−18,690−33.1%Reduced
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.37,277$3.99M0.03%+11,456+44.4%Added
American Century Companies Inc37,237$3.99M0.00%+2,381+6.8%Added
Swiss National Bank36,000$3.86M0.00%+900+2.6%Added
GW&K Investment Management, LLC35,184$3.77M0.03%−2,577−6.8%Reduced
TownSquare Capital, LLC34,539$3.70M0.04%+4,726+15.9%Added
First Trust Advisors LP33,326$3.57M0.00%−2,011−5.7%Reduced
Woodstock Corp29,411$3.15M0.30%+200+0.7%Added
Citigroup Inc27,988$3.00M0.00%+2,408+9.4%Added
Acuitas Investments, LLC27,512$2.95M2.42%−12,749−31.7%Reduced
SEI Investments Co27,482$2.94M0.00%+677+2.5%Added
UBS Group AG27,105$2.90M0.00%+15,608+135.8%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System27,050$2.90M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Great West Life Assurance Co24,180$2.58M0.00%+482+2.0%Added
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.23,763$2.55M0.01%−3,200−11.9%Reduced
CenterBook Partners LP23,539$2.52M0.15%−27,437−53.8%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Inc21,830$2.34M0.00%+21,830New
Alliancebernstein L.P.20,646$2.21M0.00%−1,460−6.6%Reduced
FMR LLC18,831$2.02M0.00%+6,082+47.7%Added
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D18,776$2.01M0.01%+18,776New
Martingale Asset Management L P18,092$1.94M0.05%+270+1.5%Added
Legato Capital Management LLC18,058$1.93M0.25%+753+4.4%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System17,014$1.82M0.00%+87+0.5%Added
Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC17,008$1.82M0.23%−20−0.1%Reduced
Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC16,947$1.82M0.55%−529−3.0%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp16,813$1.80M0.00%+864+5.4%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC16,799$1.80M0.00%+16,799New
Price T Rowe Associates Inc15,518$1.66M0.00%+1,781+13.0%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans15,109$1.62M0.00%+25+0.2%Added
Calamos Advisors LLC14,415$1.54M0.01%−49−0.3%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc14,222$1.52M0.00%+200+1.4%Added
Burney Co13,520$1.45M0.05%+2,399+21.6%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC13,369$1.43M0.00%−1,083−7.5%Reduced
Danske Bank A/S13,043$1.40M0.00%+4,297+49.1%Added
Captrust Financial Advisors12,034$1.29M0.00%−188−1.5%Reduced
NFJ Investment Group, LLC11,847$1.27M0.04%+11,847New
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale11,185$1.21M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Wells Fargo & Company11,220$1.20M0.00%+2,570+29.7%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board11,016$1.18M0.00%−17,534−61.4%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue10,739$1.15M0.01%+314+3.0%Added
MetLife Investment Management10,482$1.12M0.01%+542+5.5%Added