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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, Q1 2025

Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
262
+5 vs. Q4 2024
Shares held
18.7M
+513.3K (+2.8%) vs. Q4 2024
Total value
$1.97B
+$20.0M (+1.0%) vs. Q4 2024
New holders
32
102 more added
Sold out
27
87 more reduced

2 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2025: 262 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 heldQ1 2025: $1.97B
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, Q1 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q4 2024.

Institutions holding LGND in Q1 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock, Inc.2,920,235$307.0M0.01%−25,849−0.9%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc2,055,732$216.1M0.00%−29,895−1.4%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,027,549$110.6M0.06%+12,526+1.2%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd906,227$95.3M0.12%+21,847+2.5%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP744,930$78.3M0.02%+21,911+3.0%Added
State Street Corp727,125$76.4M0.00%−16,507−2.2%Reduced
Congress Asset Management Co642,712$67.6M0.51%+21,230+3.4%Added
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC607,222$63.8M0.92%−5,560−0.9%Reduced
Chicago Capital, LLC554,517$58.3M1.65%+2,929+0.5%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC464,452$48.8M0.00%+26,011+5.9%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P420,834$44.2M0.06%+23,134+5.8%Added
Ashford Capital Management Inc298,035$31.3M4.04%−12,629−4.1%Reduced
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC297,221$31.2M1.84%−7,704−2.5%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp293,808$30.9M0.00%+10,851+3.8%Added
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC288,827$30.4M2.93%+1,783+0.6%Added
Deutsche Bank AG287,965$30.3M0.01%−1,087−0.4%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc280,208$29.5M0.18%00.0%Unchanged
Massachusetts Financial Services Co277,791$29.2M0.01%+1,060+0.4%Added
Morgan Stanley239,092$25.1M0.00%+31,230+15.0%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc216,241$22.7M0.04%+39,481+22.3%Added
Invesco Ltd.202,828$21.3M0.00%+8,473+4.4%Added
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.190,090$20.0M1.43%+107,885+131.2%Added
Franklin Resources Inc186,357$19.6M0.01%+955+0.5%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc168,874$17.8M0.00%−1,545−0.9%Reduced
Driehaus Capital Management LLC162,170$17.1M0.16%−601−0.4%Reduced
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc157,181$16.5M0.07%+157,181New
Private Capital Management, LLC148,125$15.5M1.74%+14,435+10.8%Added
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc135,482$14.2M0.29%00.0%Unchanged
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.135,365$14.2M0.02%+39,765+41.6%Added
Granite Investment Partners, LLC133,129$14.0M0.71%+17,591+15.2%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc127,031$13.4M0.00%+31,327+32.7%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp126,571$13.3M0.00%−3,421−2.6%Reduced
Penn Capital Management Co Inc120,839$12.7M1.24%+16,409+15.7%Added
Fisher Asset Management, LLC107,506$11.3M0.00%+6,868+6.8%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc102,874$10.8M0.01%+3,284+3.3%Added
Legal & General Group Plc102,162$10.7M0.00%+44,324+76.6%Added
Bank of America Corp100,487$10.6M0.00%−6,952−6.5%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund99,537$10.5M0.02%+7,119+7.7%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC96,419$10.1M0.02%−3,643−3.6%Reduced
Congress Wealth Management LLC96,314$10.1M0.12%+1,979+2.1%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc84,855$8.92M0.00%−25,754−23.3%Reduced
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.74,314$7.81M0.28%−1,915−2.5%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA72,456$7.79M0.01%−6,670−8.4%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Inc.73,614$7.74M0.02%−8,794−10.7%Reduced
Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc.68,792$7.23M0.70%+637+0.9%Added
CenterBook Partners LP68,299$7.18M0.46%+44,760+190.2%Added
Castleark Management LLC66,463$6.99M0.24%+1,350+2.1%Added
Essex Investment Management Co LLC61,702$6.49M1.35%−3,545−5.4%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board59,878$6.30M0.03%+12,783+27.1%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB58,632$6.17M0.01%+60+0.1%Added
Rhumbline Advisers57,456$6.04M0.01%−1,989−3.3%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc55,327$5.82M0.00%+4,926+9.8%Added
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC52,575$5.53M1.64%+13,565+34.8%Added
F/M Investments LLC52,245$5.49M0.22%−638−1.2%Reduced
Nuveen, LLC44,296$4.66M0.00%+44,296New
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.44,054$4.63M0.03%+6,777+18.2%Added
Prudential Financial Inc40,955$4.31M0.01%−62,040−60.2%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc40,456$4.25M0.00%+3,219+8.6%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co40,412$4.25M0.00%+2,651+7.0%Added
Isthmus Partners, LLC37,675$3.96M0.50%−420−1.1%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC36,922$3.88M0.01%+23,553+176.2%Added
TownSquare Capital, LLC36,774$3.87M0.04%+2,235+6.5%Added
Swiss National Bank36,600$3.85M0.00%+600+1.7%Added
GW&K Investment Management, LLC34,858$3.67M0.03%−326−0.9%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP32,270$3.39M0.00%−1,056−3.2%Reduced
UBS Group AG30,436$3.20M0.00%+3,331+12.3%Added
Citigroup Inc29,690$3.12M0.00%+1,702+6.1%Added
Woodstock Corp29,397$3.09M0.31%−140.0%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc27,678$2.91M0.00%+13,456+94.6%Added
Acuitas Investments, LLC27,512$2.89M2.46%00.0%Unchanged
New York State Teachers Retirement System27,050$2.84M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Envestnet Asset Management Inc26,608$2.80M0.00%−60,587−69.5%Reduced
FMR LLC24,933$2.62M0.00%+6,102+32.4%Added
Barclays PLC24,850$2.61M0.00%−15,122−37.8%Reduced
Norges Bank23,094$2.43M0.00%−23,196−50.1%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP22,765$2.39M0.00%+15,151+199.0%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co22,183$2.33M0.00%−1,997−8.3%Reduced
Advisor Resource Council22,425$2.24M0.18%+22,425New
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH21,086$2.22M0.00%+21,086New
Alliancebernstein L.P.20,677$2.17M0.00%+31+0.2%Added
SEI Investments Co20,377$2.14M0.00%−7,105−25.9%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Inc20,137$2.12M0.00%−1,693−7.8%Reduced
Calamos Advisors LLC19,934$2.10M0.01%+5,519+38.3%Added
Legato Capital Management LLC19,558$2.06M0.28%+1,500+8.3%Added
Martingale Asset Management L P19,052$2.00M0.05%+960+5.3%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System18,797$1.98M0.00%+1,783+10.5%Added
Stifel Financial Corp17,740$1.87M0.00%+927+5.5%Added
Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC16,959$1.78M0.23%−49−0.3%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc16,308$1.72M0.00%+790+5.1%Added
Burney Co14,861$1.56M0.06%+1,341+9.9%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans14,383$1.51M0.00%−726−4.8%Reduced
Danske Bank A/S13,930$1.46M0.00%+887+6.8%Added
NFJ Investment Group, LLC12,917$1.36M0.05%+1,070+9.0%Added
Wells Fargo & Company12,805$1.35M0.00%+1,585+14.1%Added
Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC12,425$1.31M0.42%−4,522−26.7%Reduced
Captrust Financial Advisors11,842$1.25M0.00%−192−1.6%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.11,637$1.22M0.00%−65,570−84.9%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale11,185$1.19M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
State of Wisconsin Investment Board11,292$1.19M0.00%+276+2.5%Added
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC11,167$1.17M0.02%+11,167New