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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, Q2 2025

Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Jun 30, 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
271
+10 vs. Q1 2025
Shares held
19.2M
+472.6K (+2.5%) vs. Q1 2025
Total value
$2.18B
+$211.1M (+10.7%) vs. Q1 2025
New holders
33
111 more added
Sold out
23
86 more reduced

1 institution that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2025: 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 holdersQ2 2025: 271 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 heldQ2 2025: $2.18B
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, Q2 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q1 2025.

Institutions holding LGND in Q2 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock, Inc.2,913,741$331.2M0.01%−6,494−0.2%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc2,089,371$237.5M0.00%+33,639+1.6%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,060,734$120.6M0.06%+33,185+3.2%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd926,554$105.3M0.13%+20,327+2.2%Added
State Street Corp749,754$85.2M0.00%+22,629+3.1%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP704,522$80.1M0.02%−40,408−5.4%Reduced
Congress Asset Management Co647,941$73.7M0.51%+5,229+0.8%Added
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC604,813$68.8M0.91%−2,409−0.4%Reduced
Chicago Capital, LLC571,825$65.0M1.60%+17,308+3.1%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC488,778$55.6M0.00%+24,326+5.2%Added
Loomis Sayles & Co L P410,897$46.7M0.06%−9,937−2.4%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc391,789$44.5M0.01%+336,462+608.1%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co339,742$38.6M0.01%+61,951+22.3%Added
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC337,348$38.3M2.07%+40,127+13.5%Added
Deutsche Bank AG307,797$35.0M0.01%+19,832+6.9%Added
Ashford Capital Management Inc302,527$34.4M4.04%+4,492+1.5%Added
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.300,025$34.1M2.38%+109,935+57.8%Added
Villere St Denis J & Co LLC287,120$32.6M3.14%−1,707−0.6%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp276,781$31.5M0.00%−17,027−5.8%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc260,208$29.6M0.17%−20,000−7.1%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.229,858$26.1M0.00%+27,030+13.3%Added
Private Capital Management, LLC229,253$26.1M2.64%+81,128+54.8%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc229,230$26.1M0.04%+12,989+6.0%Added
Morgan Stanley202,409$23.0M0.00%−36,683−15.3%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc186,099$21.2M0.01%−258−0.1%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc176,064$20.0M0.00%+7,190+4.3%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc162,810$18.5M0.07%+5,629+3.6%Added
Driehaus Capital Management LLC161,162$18.3M0.15%−1,008−0.6%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.145,533$16.5M0.02%+10,168+7.5%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp128,106$14.6M0.00%+1,535+1.2%Added
Granite Investment Partners, LLC124,462$14.1M0.69%−8,667−6.5%Reduced
Penn Capital Management Co Inc120,384$13.7M1.18%−455−0.4%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc118,333$13.5M0.00%+16,171+15.8%Added
Bank of America Corp115,808$13.2M0.00%+15,321+15.2%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc109,693$12.5M0.00%−17,338−13.6%Reduced
Fisher Asset Management, LLC106,066$12.1M0.00%−1,440−1.3%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc101,812$11.6M0.01%−1,062−1.0%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund99,537$11.3M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Congress Wealth Management LLC94,417$10.7M0.10%−1,897−2.0%Reduced
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc91,167$10.4M0.21%−44,315−32.7%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC76,045$8.64M0.01%−20,374−21.1%Reduced
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.73,169$8.32M0.28%−1,145−1.5%Reduced
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.71,133$8.09M0.06%+27,079+61.5%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA69,620$7.95M0.01%−2,836−3.9%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board65,800$7.48M0.03%+5,922+9.9%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc63,722$7.24M0.00%−21,133−24.9%Reduced
Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc.62,953$7.16M0.72%−5,839−8.5%Reduced
Essex Investment Management Co LLC60,810$6.91M1.26%−892−1.4%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers59,508$6.76M0.01%+2,052+3.6%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB58,660$6.72M0.01%+280.0%Added
CIBC World Markets Inc.52,922$6.02M0.01%−20,692−28.1%Reduced
F/M Investments LLC52,507$5.97M0.22%+262+0.5%Added
First Trust Advisors LP48,840$5.55M0.00%+16,570+51.3%Added
American Century Companies Inc44,579$5.07M0.00%+4,123+10.2%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC41,906$4.76M0.00%+41,906New
Barclays PLC38,981$4.43M0.00%+14,131+56.9%Added
Nuveen, LLC38,606$4.39M0.00%−5,690−12.8%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co38,015$4.32M0.00%−2,397−5.9%Reduced
Isthmus Partners, LLC37,273$4.24M0.49%−402−1.1%Reduced
Swiss National Bank36,800$4.18M0.00%+200+0.5%Added
UBS Group AG33,510$3.81M0.00%+3,074+10.1%Added
GW&K Investment Management, LLC33,431$3.80M0.03%−1,427−4.1%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc32,809$3.73M0.00%+5,131+18.5%Added
Citigroup Inc29,674$3.37M0.00%−16−0.1%Reduced
Woodstock Corp29,497$3.35M0.31%+100+0.3%Added
Susquehanna International Group, LLP29,060$3.30M0.01%+6,295+27.7%Added
Prudential Financial Inc28,367$3.22M0.00%−12,588−30.7%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc27,377$3.11M0.00%+769+2.9%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System26,950$3.06M0.01%−100−0.4%Reduced
FMR LLC26,223$2.98M0.00%+1,290+5.2%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co22,964$2.61M0.00%+781+3.5%Added
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH22,822$2.59M0.00%+1,736+8.2%Added
SEI Investments Co21,412$2.43M0.00%+1,035+5.1%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.20,677$2.35M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Martingale Asset Management L P20,153$2.29M0.06%+1,101+5.8%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc20,097$2.28M0.00%−40−0.2%Reduced
Acuitas Investments, LLC19,897$2.26M1.80%−7,615−27.7%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System19,091$2.17M0.00%+294+1.6%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd18,085$2.06M0.00%+13,035+258.1%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc17,968$2.04M0.00%+1,660+10.2%Added
Stifel Financial Corp17,830$2.03M0.00%+90+0.5%Added
Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC16,792$1.91M0.21%−167−1.0%Reduced
Captrust Financial Advisors15,609$1.77M0.00%+3,767+31.8%Added
Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC15,372$1.75M0.01%+15,372New
Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC14,476$1.65M0.44%+2,051+16.5%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans14,187$1.61M0.00%−196−1.4%Reduced
Verition Fund Management LLC14,169$1.61M0.01%+14,169New
Norges Bank14,073$1.60M0.00%−9,021−39.1%Reduced
CenterBook Partners LP13,467$1.53M0.09%−54,832−80.3%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company13,241$1.51M0.00%+436+3.4%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.13,089$1.49M0.00%+1,452+12.5%Added
NFJ Investment Group, LLC12,837$1.46M0.05%−80−0.6%Reduced
Calamos Advisors LLC12,211$1.39M0.01%−7,723−38.7%Reduced
Legato Capital Management LLC11,602$1.32M0.16%−7,956−40.7%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue11,478$1.30M0.01%+1,008+9.6%Added
MetLife Investment Management11,387$1.29M0.01%+1,095+10.6%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale11,185$1.27M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
State of Wisconsin Investment Board11,088$1.26M0.00%−204−1.8%Reduced
Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC10,675$1.21M0.34%−41,900−79.7%Reduced
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.10,456$1.19M0.00%−204−1.9%Reduced