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.
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 | 417 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | 9,475 | $1.68M | 0.01% | +9,475 | New |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 9,551 | $1.69M | 0.00% | −470−4.7% | Reduced |
| Cookson Peirce & Co Inc | 9,763 | $1.73M | 0.07% | +181+1.9% | Added |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 9,821 | $1.74M | 0.02% | +780+8.6% | Added |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 10,892 | $1.93M | 0.02% | −586−5.1% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 11,185 | $1.93M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. | 10,927 | $1.94M | 0.06% | +7,162+190.2% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 11,093 | $1.97M | 0.01% | −294−2.6% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 11,383 | $2.02M | 0.00% | +295+2.7% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 11,722 | $2.08M | 0.01% | +8,637+280.0% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 12,563 | $2.23M | 0.00% | −526−4.0% | Reduced |
| NFJ Investment Group, LLC | 12,837 | $2.27M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 13,312 | $2.36M | 0.00% | −28,594−68.2% | Reduced |
| Acuitas Investments, LLC | 13,494 | $2.39M | 1.53% | −6,403−32.2% | Reduced |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 13,521 | $2.40M | 0.01% | +13,521 | New |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | 13,931 | $2.47M | 0.03% | +13,931 | New |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 14,138 | $2.50M | 0.00% | −49−0.3% | Reduced |
| Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC | 14,470 | $2.56M | 0.74% | −60.0% | Reduced |
| Caxton Associates LLP | 14,508 | $2.57M | 0.07% | +14,508 | New |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 15,009 | $2.66M | 0.01% | −600−3.8% | Reduced |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 16,297 | $2.89M | 0.31% | +4,695+40.5% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 16,700 | $2.96M | 0.01% | +16,700 | New |
| Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC | 16,806 | $2.98M | 0.30% | +14+0.1% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 17,514 | $3.10M | 0.00% | +10,363+144.9% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 17,897 | $3.17M | 0.01% | +17,897 | New |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 18,311 | $3.24M | 0.00% | −780−4.1% | Reduced |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 18,472 | $3.27M | 0.08% | −1,681−8.3% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 18,860 | $3.34M | 0.00% | −1,237−6.2% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 18,915 | $3.35M | 0.00% | +947+5.3% | Added |
| Woodstock Corp | 20,025 | $3.55M | 0.31% | −9,472−32.1% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 20,512 | $3.63M | 0.00% | +2,682+15.0% | Added |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 20,733 | $3.67M | 0.01% | +8,522+69.8% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 21,387 | $3.79M | 0.00% | −8,287−27.9% | Reduced |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 21,836 | $3.87M | 0.01% | −986−4.3% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 22,253 | $3.94M | 0.00% | +1,576+7.6% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 23,299 | $4.03M | 0.01% | +335+1.5% | Added |
| Granahan Investment Management Inc | 24,962 | $4.42M | 0.18% | +24,962 | New |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC | 25,884 | $4.59M | 0.87% | +25,884 | New |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 26,950 | $4.77M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SEI Investments Co | 27,424 | $4.86M | 0.01% | +6,012+28.1% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 29,027 | $5.14M | 0.01% | +660+2.3% | Added |
| Isthmus Partners, LLC | 29,498 | $5.23M | 1.16% | −7,775−20.9% | Reduced |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 29,677 | $5.26M | 1.29% | +19,002+178.0% | Added |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 30,175 | $5.26M | 0.60% | +30,175 | New |
| Barclays PLC | 30,283 | $5.36M | 0.00% | −8,698−22.3% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 31,915 | $5.65M | 0.00% | +4,538+16.6% | Added |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | 32,135 | $5.69M | 0.05% | −1,296−3.9% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 37,400 | $6.63M | 0.00% | +600+1.6% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 38,098 | $6.75M | 0.00% | −508−1.3% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 39,718 | $7.04M | 0.00% | +1,703+4.5% | Added |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. | 42,176 | $7.47M | 0.73% | −20,777−33.0% | Reduced |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 44,499 | $7.88M | 0.08% | +44,499 | New |
| American Century Companies Inc | 45,602 | $8.08M | 0.00% | +1,023+2.3% | Added |
| F/M Investments LLC | 51,476 | $9.12M | 0.35% | −1,031−2.0% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 51,688 | $9.16M | 0.01% | +2,848+5.8% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 51,859 | $9.19M | 0.01% | +46,462+860.9% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 59,131 | $10.5M | 0.02% | +6,209+11.7% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 59,422 | $10.5M | 0.01% | −86−0.1% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 61,001 | $10.7M | 0.01% | +2,341+4.0% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 61,142 | $10.8M | 1.66% | +332+0.5% | Added |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 61,620 | $10.9M | 0.62% | −62,842−50.5% | Reduced |
| Castleark Management LLC | 64,676 | $11.5M | 0.32% | +64,676 | New |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 66,968 | $11.6M | 0.01% | −2,652−3.8% | Reduced |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 72,659 | $12.9M | 0.38% | −510−0.7% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 76,444 | $13.5M | 0.05% | +10,644+16.2% | Added |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 82,991 | $14.7M | 0.09% | +11,858+16.7% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 86,529 | $15.3M | 0.02% | −13,008−13.1% | Reduced |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 91,167 | $16.1M | 0.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 94,602 | $16.8M | 0.01% | −7,210−7.1% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 100,742 | $17.8M | 0.02% | +94,882+1,619.1% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 101,243 | $17.9M | 0.00% | −8,450−7.7% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 103,493 | $18.3M | 0.00% | +94,033+994.0% | Added |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 107,282 | $19.0M | 1.46% | −13,102−10.9% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 108,370 | $19.2M | 0.00% | −9,963−8.4% | Reduced |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 108,926 | $19.3M | 0.01% | +2,860+2.7% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 108,424 | $19.4M | 0.03% | +32,379+42.6% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 111,986 | $19.8M | 0.00% | +78,476+234.2% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 115,177 | $20.4M | 0.00% | +101,936+769.9% | Added |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 121,363 | $21.5M | 0.10% | +121,363 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 122,409 | $21.7M | 0.00% | +6,601+5.7% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 125,769 | $22.3M | 0.01% | +120,043+2,096.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 127,499 | $22.6M | 0.00% | −607−0.5% | Reduced |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 127,689 | $22.6M | 0.09% | −35,121−21.6% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 136,130 | $24.1M | 0.03% | −9,403−6.5% | Reduced |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 162,801 | $28.8M | 0.21% | +1,639+1.0% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 182,315 | $32.3M | 0.01% | +6,251+3.6% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 188,701 | $33.4M | 0.00% | −13,708−6.8% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 189,748 | $33.6M | 0.05% | −39,482−17.2% | Reduced |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 200,208 | $35.5M | 0.21% | −60,000−23.1% | Reduced |
| Private Capital Management, LLC | 227,158 | $40.2M | 3.72% | −2,095−0.9% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 229,856 | $40.7M | 0.01% | +43,757+23.5% | Added |
| Ashford Capital Management Inc | 244,430 | $43.3M | 4.82% | −58,097−19.2% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 254,805 | $45.1M | 0.03% | +221,996+676.6% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 265,962 | $47.1M | 0.01% | −10,819−3.9% | Reduced |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 275,340 | $48.8M | 3.40% | −24,685−8.2% | Reduced |
| Villere St Denis J & Co LLC | 279,950 | $49.6M | 4.77% | −7,170−2.5% | Reduced |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 294,490 | $52.2M | 2.84% | −42,858−12.7% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 307,532 | $54.5M | 0.02% | −265−0.1% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 367,795 | $65.2M | 0.01% | +304,073+477.2% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 376,601 | $66.7M | 0.01% | −15,188−3.9% | Reduced |