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.
13F holders, Q3 2025
Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Sep 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
- 314
- +49 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 20.5M
- +1.44M (+7.5%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $3.63B
- +$1.47B (+67.6%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 64
- 100 more added
- Sold out
- 15
- 103 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 416 | $7.15B |
| Q1 2026 | 359 | $4.15B |
| Q4 2025 | 351 | $3.89B |
| Q3 2025 | 314 | $3.63B |
| Q2 2025 | 271 | $2.18B |
| Q1 2025 | 262 | $1.97B |
| Q4 2024 | 259 | $1.96B |
| Q3 2024 | 243 | $1.81B |
| Q2 2024 | 235 | $1.45B |
| Q1 2024 | 222 | $1.21B |
| Q4 2023 | 211 | $1.15B |
| Q3 2023 | 197 | $946.5M |
| Q2 2023 | 204 | $1.12B |
| Q1 2023 | 213 | $1.10B |
| Q4 2022 | 198 | $983.5M |
| Q3 2022 | 205 | $1.28B |
| Q2 2022 | 198 | $1.33B |
| Q1 2022 | 207 | $1.76B |
| Q4 2021 | 221 | $2.51B |
| Q3 2021 | 208 | $2.29B |
| Q2 2021 | 212 | $2.09B |
| Q1 2021 | 228 | $2.35B |
Institutions, Q3 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,884,527 | $511.0M | 0.01% | −29,214−1.0% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 2,076,283 | $367.8M | 0.01% | −13,088−0.6% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,042,378 | $184.6M | 0.08% | −18,356−1.7% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 751,788 | $133.2M | 0.16% | −174,766−18.9% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 749,360 | $132.7M | 0.00% | −394−0.1% | Reduced |
| Congress Asset Management Co | 667,311 | $118.2M | 0.79% | +19,370+3.0% | Added |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 568,611 | $100.7M | 2.48% | −3,214−0.6% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 554,542 | $98.2M | 1.27% | −50,271−8.3% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 541,845 | $96.0M | 0.03% | +202,103+59.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 523,913 | $92.8M | 0.02% | −180,609−25.6% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 474,189 | $84.0M | 0.01% | −14,589−3.0% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 457,231 | $81.0M | 0.00% | +431,008+1,643.6% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 400,553 | $71.0M | 0.08% | −10,344−2.5% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 378,295 | $67.0M | 0.01% | +148,437+64.6% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 376,601 | $66.7M | 0.01% | −15,188−3.9% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 367,795 | $65.2M | 0.01% | +304,073+477.2% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 307,532 | $54.5M | 0.02% | −265−0.1% | Reduced |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 294,490 | $52.2M | 2.84% | −42,858−12.7% | Reduced |
| Villere St Denis J & Co LLC | 279,950 | $49.6M | 4.77% | −7,170−2.5% | Reduced |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 275,340 | $48.8M | 3.40% | −24,685−8.2% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 265,962 | $47.1M | 0.01% | −10,819−3.9% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 254,805 | $45.1M | 0.03% | +221,996+676.6% | Added |
| Ashford Capital Management Inc | 244,430 | $43.3M | 4.82% | −58,097−19.2% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 229,856 | $40.7M | 0.01% | +43,757+23.5% | Added |
| Private Capital Management, LLC | 227,158 | $40.2M | 3.72% | −2,095−0.9% | Reduced |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 200,208 | $35.5M | 0.21% | −60,000−23.1% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 189,748 | $33.6M | 0.05% | −39,482−17.2% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 188,701 | $33.4M | 0.00% | −13,708−6.8% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 182,315 | $32.3M | 0.01% | +6,251+3.6% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 162,801 | $28.8M | 0.21% | +1,639+1.0% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 136,130 | $24.1M | 0.03% | −9,403−6.5% | Reduced |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 127,689 | $22.6M | 0.09% | −35,121−21.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 127,499 | $22.6M | 0.00% | −607−0.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 125,769 | $22.3M | 0.01% | +120,043+2,096.5% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 122,409 | $21.7M | 0.00% | +6,601+5.7% | Added |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 121,363 | $21.5M | 0.10% | +121,363 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 115,177 | $20.4M | 0.00% | +101,936+769.9% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 111,986 | $19.8M | 0.00% | +78,476+234.2% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 108,424 | $19.4M | 0.03% | +32,379+42.6% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 108,926 | $19.3M | 0.01% | +2,860+2.7% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 108,370 | $19.2M | 0.00% | −9,963−8.4% | Reduced |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 107,282 | $19.0M | 1.46% | −13,102−10.9% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 103,493 | $18.3M | 0.00% | +94,033+994.0% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 101,243 | $17.9M | 0.00% | −8,450−7.7% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 100,742 | $17.8M | 0.02% | +94,882+1,619.1% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 94,602 | $16.8M | 0.01% | −7,210−7.1% | Reduced |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 91,167 | $16.1M | 0.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 86,529 | $15.3M | 0.02% | −13,008−13.1% | Reduced |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 82,991 | $14.7M | 0.09% | +11,858+16.7% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 76,444 | $13.5M | 0.05% | +10,644+16.2% | Added |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 72,659 | $12.9M | 0.38% | −510−0.7% | Reduced |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 66,968 | $11.6M | 0.01% | −2,652−3.8% | Reduced |
| Castleark Management LLC | 64,676 | $11.5M | 0.32% | +64,676 | New |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 61,620 | $10.9M | 0.62% | −62,842−50.5% | Reduced |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 61,142 | $10.8M | 1.66% | +332+0.5% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 61,001 | $10.7M | 0.01% | +2,341+4.0% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 59,422 | $10.5M | 0.01% | −86−0.1% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 59,131 | $10.5M | 0.02% | +6,209+11.7% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 51,859 | $9.19M | 0.01% | +46,462+860.9% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 51,688 | $9.16M | 0.01% | +2,848+5.8% | Added |
| F/M Investments LLC | 51,476 | $9.12M | 0.35% | −1,031−2.0% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 45,602 | $8.08M | 0.00% | +1,023+2.3% | Added |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 44,499 | $7.88M | 0.08% | +44,499 | New |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. | 42,176 | $7.47M | 0.73% | −20,777−33.0% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 39,718 | $7.04M | 0.00% | +1,703+4.5% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 38,098 | $6.75M | 0.00% | −508−1.3% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 37,400 | $6.63M | 0.00% | +600+1.6% | Added |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | 32,135 | $5.69M | 0.05% | −1,296−3.9% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 31,915 | $5.65M | 0.00% | +4,538+16.6% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 30,283 | $5.36M | 0.00% | −8,698−22.3% | Reduced |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 30,175 | $5.26M | 0.60% | +30,175 | New |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 29,677 | $5.26M | 1.29% | +19,002+178.0% | Added |
| Isthmus Partners, LLC | 29,498 | $5.23M | 1.16% | −7,775−20.9% | Reduced |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 29,027 | $5.14M | 0.01% | +660+2.3% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 27,424 | $4.86M | 0.01% | +6,012+28.1% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 26,950 | $4.77M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC | 25,884 | $4.59M | 0.87% | +25,884 | New |
| Granahan Investment Management Inc | 24,962 | $4.42M | 0.18% | +24,962 | New |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 23,299 | $4.03M | 0.01% | +335+1.5% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 22,253 | $3.94M | 0.00% | +1,576+7.6% | Added |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 21,836 | $3.87M | 0.01% | −986−4.3% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 21,387 | $3.79M | 0.00% | −8,287−27.9% | Reduced |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 20,733 | $3.67M | 0.01% | +8,522+69.8% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 20,512 | $3.63M | 0.00% | +2,682+15.0% | Added |
| Woodstock Corp | 20,025 | $3.55M | 0.31% | −9,472−32.1% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 18,915 | $3.35M | 0.00% | +947+5.3% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 18,860 | $3.34M | 0.00% | −1,237−6.2% | Reduced |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 18,472 | $3.27M | 0.08% | −1,681−8.3% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 18,311 | $3.24M | 0.00% | −780−4.1% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 17,897 | $3.17M | 0.01% | +17,897 | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 17,514 | $3.10M | 0.00% | +10,363+144.9% | Added |
| Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC | 16,806 | $2.98M | 0.30% | +14+0.1% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 16,700 | $2.96M | 0.01% | +16,700 | New |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 16,297 | $2.89M | 0.31% | +4,695+40.5% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 15,009 | $2.66M | 0.01% | −600−3.8% | Reduced |
| Caxton Associates LLP | 14,508 | $2.57M | 0.07% | +14,508 | New |
| Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC | 14,470 | $2.56M | 0.74% | −60.0% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 14,138 | $2.50M | 0.00% | −49−0.3% | Reduced |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | 13,931 | $2.47M | 0.03% | +13,931 | New |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 13,521 | $2.40M | 0.01% | +13,521 | New |