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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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2025: 314 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 heldQ3 2025: $3.63B
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, Q3 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding LGND in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
SBI Securities Co., Ltd.1$1770.00%−1−50.0%Reduced
Abound Wealth Management1$1780.00%00.0%Unchanged
Huntington National Bank4$7080.00%00.0%Unchanged
Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors, LLC4$7090.00%00.0%Unchanged
Mather Group, LLC.4$7090.00%+4New
Binnacle Investments Inc5$8860.00%00.0%Unchanged
Avion Wealth9$1.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Covestor Ltd2$1.00K0.00%−2−50.0%Reduced
Montag A & Associates Inc6$1.06K0.00%+6New
Creative Financial Designs Inc10$1.77K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Advisory Services Network, LLC10$1.77K0.00%+10New
Private Wealth Management Group, LLC10$1.77K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Atlantic Trust, LLC11$1.95K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
WPG Advisers, LLC11$1.95K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Picton Mahoney Asset Management11$2.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc13$2.30K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Westfuller Advisors, LLC16$2.83K0.00%+16New
Bogart Wealth, LLC18$3.19K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Financial Network Wealth Advisors LLC24$4.25K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
IFP Advisors, Inc30$5.31K0.00%−5−14.3%Reduced
Scarborough Advisors, LLC33$5.85K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Red Tortoise LLC35$6.20K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co38$6.73K0.00%−25−39.7%Reduced
Bare Financial Services, Inc41$7.26K0.00%+31+310.0%Added
Parallel Advisors, LLC45$7.97K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Private Trust Co NA48$8.50K0.00%+48New
Larson Financial Group LLC49$8.68K0.00%+47+2,350.0%Added
LRI Investments, LLC57$10.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC57$10.1K0.01%−15−20.8%Reduced
Parkside Financial Bank & Trust59$10.5K0.00%+6+11.3%Added
Jones Financial Companies LLLP63$10.7K0.00%+25+65.8%Added
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.63$11.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Wealthspire Advisors, LLC64$11.3K0.00%+64New
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.66$11.7K0.00%+66New
GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC70$12.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC74$13.1K0.00%−2−2.6%Reduced
St Germain D J Co Inc75$13.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Umb Bank N A76$13.5K0.00%+15+24.6%Added
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.80$14.2K0.00%+80New
Rise Advisors, LLC84$14.9K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Optiver Holding B.V.84$14.9K0.00%+84New
Quest Partners LLC94$16.7K0.00%+94New
Danske Bank A/S100$17.7K0.00%−51−33.8%Reduced
Tortoise Investment Management, LLC102$18.1K0.00%+2+2.0%Added
Central Trust Co104$18.4K0.00%−62−37.3%Reduced
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC105$18.6K0.00%+44+72.1%Added
Assetmark, Inc123$21.8K0.00%+75+156.3%Added
Millstone Evans Group, LLC133$23.6K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Crewe Advisors LLC133$23.6K0.00%+133New
Massmutual Trust Co FSB144$25.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Fifth Third Bancorp145$25.7K0.00%+27+22.9%Added
Salomon & Ludwin, LLC145$26.2K0.00%+145New
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC149$26.4K0.00%+69+86.3%Added
Hantz Financial Services, Inc.165$29.0K0.00%+52+46.0%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.175$31.0K0.00%−8−4.4%Reduced
Richardson Financial Services Inc.210$37.2K0.02%+97+85.8%Added
Cheviot Value Management, LLC200$37.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Global Retirement Partners, LLC236$41.8K0.00%+37+18.6%Added
Versant Capital Management, Inc256$45.3K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Smartleaf Asset Management LLC271$46.9K0.00%+65+31.6%Added
First Horizon Corp268$47.5K0.00%+268New
Maseco LLP275$48.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Signaturefd, LLC283$50.1K0.00%−18−6.0%Reduced
JPL Wealth Management, LLC296$52.4K0.01%+296New
CWM, LLC333$59.0K0.00%+39+13.3%Added
Principal Securities, Inc.334$59.2K0.00%+58+21.0%Added
Group One Trading, L.P.340$60.2K0.00%+100+41.7%Added
Redwood Park Advisors LLC415$73.5K0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)422$74.8K0.00%−1,247−74.7%Reduced
GF Fund Management Co. Ltd.422$74.8K0.00%−62−12.8%Reduced
Rothschild Investment LLC433$76.7K0.00%+2+0.5%Added
Jackson, Grant Investment Advisers, Inc.500$88.6K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Allworth Financial LP543$96.2K0.00%+2+0.4%Added
GAMMA Investing LLC575$101.9K0.01%+63+12.3%Added
KBC Group NV660$117.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC679$120.3K0.00%+41+6.4%Added
Tripletail Wealth Management, LLC710$128.8K0.15%+710New
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.741$131.3K0.00%+741New
Bessemer Group Inc746$132.0K0.00%+679+1,013.4%Added
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.758$134.3K0.00%+13+1.7%Added
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC798$141.4K0.00%+24+3.1%Added
Bryn Mawr Trust Co1,082$191.7K0.00%−100−8.5%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc1,133$201.0K0.01%+1,133New
Mackenzie Financial Corp1,169$207.1K0.00%+1,169New
Sterling Capital Management LLC1,175$208.1K0.00%+714+154.9%Added
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC1,184$209.7K0.01%+1,184New
Brinker Capital Investments, LLC1,186$210.1K0.00%+1,186New
Longboard Asset Management, LP1,282$227.1K0.37%+1,282New
Bridgewater Associates, LP1,288$228.2K0.00%+1,288New
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC1,303$230.8K0.00%+1,303New
Neuberger Berman Group LLC1,322$234.2K0.00%+1,322New
Keybank National Association1,329$235.4K0.00%+1,329New
JustInvest LLC1,336$236.9K0.00%+1,336New
US Bancorp1,396$247.3K0.00%−2,377−63.0%Reduced
Bailard, Inc.1,400$248.0K0.01%+1,400New
Blue Barn Wealth, LLC1,423$252.1K0.11%+1,423New
Cim Investment Mangement Inc1,435$254.2K0.07%+1,435New
Summit Global Investments1,442$255.0K0.01%+1,442New
Cerity Partners LLC1,452$257.2K0.00%+1,452New
Quadrature Capital Ltd1,487$263.3K0.00%−1,569−51.3%Reduced