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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, 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: 417 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 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, 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
TownSquare Capital, LLC36,774$3.87M0.04%+2,235+6.5%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC36,922$3.88M0.01%+23,553+176.2%Added
Isthmus Partners, LLC37,675$3.96M0.50%−420−1.1%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co40,412$4.25M0.00%+2,651+7.0%Added
American Century Companies Inc40,456$4.25M0.00%+3,219+8.6%Added
Prudential Financial Inc40,955$4.31M0.01%−62,040−60.2%Reduced
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.44,054$4.63M0.03%+6,777+18.2%Added
Nuveen, LLC44,296$4.66M0.00%+44,296New
F/M Investments LLC52,245$5.49M0.22%−638−1.2%Reduced
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC52,575$5.53M1.64%+13,565+34.8%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc55,327$5.82M0.00%+4,926+9.8%Added
Rhumbline Advisers57,456$6.04M0.01%−1,989−3.3%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB58,632$6.17M0.01%+60+0.1%Added
Public Sector Pension Investment Board59,878$6.30M0.03%+12,783+27.1%Added
Essex Investment Management Co LLC61,702$6.49M1.35%−3,545−5.4%Reduced
Castleark Management LLC66,463$6.99M0.24%+1,350+2.1%Added
CenterBook Partners LP68,299$7.18M0.46%+44,760+190.2%Added
Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc.68,792$7.23M0.70%+637+0.9%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.73,614$7.74M0.02%−8,794−10.7%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA72,456$7.79M0.01%−6,670−8.4%Reduced
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.74,314$7.81M0.28%−1,915−2.5%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc84,855$8.92M0.00%−25,754−23.3%Reduced
Congress Wealth Management LLC96,314$10.1M0.12%+1,979+2.1%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC96,419$10.1M0.02%−3,643−3.6%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund99,537$10.5M0.02%+7,119+7.7%Added
Bank of America Corp100,487$10.6M0.00%−6,952−6.5%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc102,162$10.7M0.00%+44,324+76.6%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc102,874$10.8M0.01%+3,284+3.3%Added
Fisher Asset Management, LLC107,506$11.3M0.00%+6,868+6.8%Added
Penn Capital Management Co Inc120,839$12.7M1.24%+16,409+15.7%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp126,571$13.3M0.00%−3,421−2.6%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc127,031$13.4M0.00%+31,327+32.7%Added
Granite Investment Partners, LLC133,129$14.0M0.71%+17,591+15.2%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.135,365$14.2M0.02%+39,765+41.6%Added
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc135,482$14.2M0.29%00.0%Unchanged
Private Capital Management, LLC148,125$15.5M1.74%+14,435+10.8%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc157,181$16.5M0.07%+157,181New
Driehaus Capital Management LLC162,170$17.1M0.16%−601−0.4%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc168,874$17.8M0.00%−1,545−0.9%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc186,357$19.6M0.01%+955+0.5%Added
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.190,090$20.0M1.43%+107,885+131.2%Added
Invesco Ltd.202,828$21.3M0.00%+8,473+4.4%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc216,241$22.7M0.04%+39,481+22.3%Added
Morgan Stanley239,092$25.1M0.00%+31,230+15.0%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co277,791$29.2M0.01%+1,060+0.4%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc280,208$29.5M0.18%00.0%Unchanged
Deutsche Bank AG287,965$30.3M0.01%−1,087−0.4%Reduced
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC288,827$30.4M2.93%+1,783+0.6%Added
Northern Trust Corp293,808$30.9M0.00%+10,851+3.8%Added
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC297,221$31.2M1.84%−7,704−2.5%Reduced
Ashford Capital Management Inc298,035$31.3M4.04%−12,629−4.1%Reduced
Loomis Sayles & Co L P420,834$44.2M0.06%+23,134+5.8%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC464,452$48.8M0.00%+26,011+5.9%Added
Chicago Capital, LLC554,517$58.3M1.65%+2,929+0.5%Added
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC607,222$63.8M0.92%−5,560−0.9%Reduced
Congress Asset Management Co642,712$67.6M0.51%+21,230+3.4%Added
State Street Corp727,125$76.4M0.00%−16,507−2.2%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP744,930$78.3M0.02%+21,911+3.0%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd906,227$95.3M0.12%+21,847+2.5%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,027,549$110.6M0.06%+12,526+1.2%Added
Vanguard Group Inc2,055,732$216.1M0.00%−29,895−1.4%Reduced
BlackRock, Inc.2,920,235$307.0M0.01%−25,849−0.9%Reduced
Proequities, Inc.0$00.00%−72−100.0%Sold out
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D0$00.00%−18,776−100.0%Sold out
Gsa Capital Partners LLP0$00.00%−8,170−100.0%Sold out
Verition Fund Management LLC0$00.00%−5,876−100.0%Sold out
Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC0$00.00%−4,433−100.0%Sold out
HSBC Holdings PLC0$00.00%−3,764−100.0%Sold out
Virtu Financial LLC0$00.00%−3,155−100.0%Sold out
Virtus ETF Advisers LLC0$00.00%−3,080−100.0%Sold out
XTX Topco Ltd0$00.00%−3,067−100.0%Sold out
Royce & Associates LP0$00.00%−2,897−100.0%Sold out
Mariner, LLC0$00.00%−2,574−100.0%Sold out
Old National Bancorp0$00.00%−2,335−100.0%Sold out
Cornerstone Investment Partners, LLC0$00.00%−1,984−100.0%Sold out
Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust of NJ0$00.00%−1,900−100.0%Sold out
Northeast Financial Consultants Inc0$00.00%−1,876−100.0%Sold out
Headlands Technologies LLC0$00.00%−828−100.0%Sold out
Aquatic Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−703−100.0%Sold out
Simplex Trading, LLC0$00.00%−542−100.0%Sold out
Walleye Capital LLC0$00.00%−209−100.0%Sold out
Natixis0$00.00%−200−100.0%Sold out
C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd0$00.00%−52−100.0%Sold out
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co0$00.00%−48−100.0%Sold out
Venturi Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−43−100.0%Sold out
Raleigh Capital Management Inc.0$00.00%−25−100.0%Sold out
LGT Financial Advisors LLC0$00.00%−22−100.0%Sold out
Park Square Financial Group, LLC0$00.00%−20−100.0%Sold out
Concord Wealth Partners0$00.00%−12−100.0%Sold out
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC––––Not filed
Global Retirement Partners, LLC––––Not filed