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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; 417 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: 417 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 2026417$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
Isthmus Partners, LLC38,095$4.08M0.50%−459−1.2%Reduced
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC39,010$4.18M1.01%+14,225+57.4%Added
Barclays PLC39,972$4.28M0.00%−3,484−8.0%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC44,296$4.75M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Norges Bank46,290$4.96M0.00%−10,760−18.9%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board47,095$5.05M0.02%+8,348+21.5%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc50,401$5.40M0.00%+10,563+26.5%Added
F/M Investments LLC52,883$5.67M0.21%−81,416−60.6%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc57,838$6.20M0.00%+2,658+4.8%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB58,572$6.25M0.01%+2,970+5.3%Added
Rhumbline Advisers59,445$6.37M0.01%−575−1.0%Reduced
Castleark Management LLC65,113$6.98M0.24%−2,810−4.1%Reduced
Essex Investment Management Co LLC65,247$6.99M1.26%−3,901−5.6%Reduced
Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc.68,155$7.30M0.68%+15,051+28.3%Added
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.76,229$8.17M0.27%−4,373−5.4%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.77,207$8.27M0.02%+6,143+8.6%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA79,126$8.48M0.01%+1,640+2.1%Added
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.82,205$8.81M0.56%−1,760−2.1%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Inc.82,408$8.83M0.02%−1,719−2.0%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc87,195$9.34M0.00%+910+1.1%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund92,418$9.90M0.01%+6,123+7.1%Added
Congress Wealth Management LLC94,335$10.1M0.14%+4,014+4.4%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.95,600$10.2M0.01%−20,654−17.8%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc95,704$10.3M0.00%+1,759+1.9%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc99,590$10.7M0.01%+6,382+6.8%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC100,062$10.7M0.02%−15,418−13.4%Reduced
Fisher Asset Management, LLC100,638$10.8M0.00%+41,064+68.9%Added
Prudential Financial Inc102,995$11.0M0.02%+1,360+1.3%Added
Penn Capital Management Co Inc104,430$11.2M1.10%+4,212+4.2%Added
Bank of America Corp107,439$11.5M0.00%+2,533+2.4%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc110,609$11.9M0.00%+15,356+16.1%Added
Granite Investment Partners, LLC115,538$12.4M0.54%−2,463−2.1%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp129,992$13.9M0.00%−4,847−3.6%Reduced
Private Capital Management, LLC133,690$14.3M1.53%−190−0.1%Reduced
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc135,482$14.5M0.28%00.0%Unchanged
Driehaus Capital Management LLC162,771$17.4M0.14%+67,033+70.0%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc170,419$18.3M0.00%+6,495+4.0%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc176,760$18.9M0.04%−72,509−29.1%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc185,402$19.9M0.01%+90,743+95.9%Added
Invesco Ltd.194,355$20.8M0.00%+5,627+3.0%Added
Morgan Stanley207,862$22.3M0.00%−29,151−12.3%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co276,731$29.7M0.01%+276,731New
Impax Asset Management Group plc280,208$30.0M0.14%00.0%Unchanged
Northern Trust Corp282,957$30.3M0.00%+20,207+7.7%Added
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC287,044$30.8M2.78%−187,814−39.6%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG289,052$31.0M0.01%+15,160+5.5%Added
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC304,925$32.7M1.79%−7,954−2.5%Reduced
Ashford Capital Management Inc310,664$33.3M3.93%+257+0.1%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P397,700$42.6M0.05%+24,921+6.7%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC438,441$47.0M0.00%+10,171+2.4%Added
Chicago Capital, LLC551,588$59.1M1.57%+5,767+1.1%Added
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC612,782$65.7M0.88%−5,914−1.0%Reduced
Congress Asset Management Co621,482$66.6M0.45%+17,444+2.9%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP723,019$77.5M0.02%+16,003+2.3%Added
State Street Corp743,632$79.7M0.00%+36,218+5.1%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd884,380$94.8M0.11%−2,895−0.3%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,015,023$108.8M0.06%+5,929+0.6%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,085,627$223.5M0.00%+115,005+5.8%Added
BlackRock, Inc.2,946,084$315.7M0.01%−53,548−1.8%Reduced
William Blair Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−205,689−100.0%Sold out
Edgestream Partners, L.P.0$00.00%−34,069−100.0%Sold out
Citadel Advisors LLC0$00.00%−23,814−100.0%Sold out
Petrus Trust Company, LTA0$00.00%−4,559−100.0%Sold out
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC0$00.00%−3,690−100.0%Sold out
Baldwin Brothers Inc0$00.00%−3,595−100.0%Sold out
LPL Financial LLC0$00.00%−3,075−100.0%Sold out
Waters Parkerson & Co., LLC0$00.00%−3,040−100.0%Sold out
Renaissance Technologies LLC0$00.00%−3,000−100.0%Sold out
Everence Capital Management Inc0$00.00%−2,760−100.0%Sold out
Acadian Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−587−100.0%Sold out
Dynamic Wealth Strategies, LLC0$00.00%−84−100.0%Sold out
Golden State Equity Partners0$00.00%−54−100.0%Sold out
Ronald Blue Trust, Inc.0$00.00%−56−100.0%Sold out
Claris Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−32−100.0%Sold out
Financial Network Wealth Advisors LLC0$00.00%−25−100.0%Sold out
Capital Performance Advisors LLP0$00.00%−17−100.0%Sold out
Parkside Financial Bank & Trust0$00.00%−10−100.0%Sold out
Voisard Asset Management Group, Inc.0$00.00%−5−100.0%Sold out
CGC Financial Services, LLC0$00.00%−3−100.0%Sold out
Mendota Financial Group, LLC0$00.00%−1−100.0%Sold out
Avion Wealth0$00.00%−9−100.0%Sold out
ClariVest Asset Management LLC––––Not filed
Raymond James & Associates––––Not filed
M&R Capital Management Inc––––Not filed
Naples Money Management LLC––––Not filed