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, Q1 2026
Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 359
- +15 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 20.8M
- +2.33M (+12.6%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $4.15B
- +$659.8M (+18.9%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 58
- 135 more added
- Sold out
- 43
- 114 more reduced
7 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 60,342 | $12.0M | 0.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 64,133 | $12.8M | 0.02% | +18,497+40.5% | Added |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 69,234 | $13.8M | 0.41% | −162−0.2% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 70,378 | $14.1M | 0.04% | +2,264+3.3% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 75,188 | $15.0M | 0.01% | +28,820+62.2% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 77,273 | $15.4M | 0.00% | −20,991−21.4% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 78,428 | $15.7M | 0.01% | +41,877+114.6% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 80,401 | $16.1M | 0.01% | +11,181+16.2% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 86,274 | $16.6M | 0.00% | +29,684+52.5% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 84,901 | $17.0M | 0.00% | −47,735−36.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 86,183 | $17.2M | 0.01% | −39,880−31.6% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 90,044 | $18.0M | 0.03% | −29,265−24.5% | Reduced |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 90,206 | $18.0M | 0.11% | +10,428+13.1% | Added |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 95,456 | $19.1M | 1.48% | −3,392−3.4% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 95,716 | $19.1M | 0.01% | +1,886+2.0% | Added |
| Next Century Growth Investors LLC | 95,876 | $19.1M | 1.39% | +95,876 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 97,660 | $19.5M | 0.00% | −10,723−9.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 104,580 | $20.9M | 0.00% | −38,487−26.9% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 107,859 | $21.5M | 0.03% | +84,349+358.8% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 111,543 | $22.3M | 0.00% | +2,747+2.5% | Added |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 114,355 | $22.8M | 0.19% | −2,062−1.8% | Reduced |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 118,169 | $23.6M | 0.17% | −4,157−3.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 119,403 | $23.8M | 0.00% | −2,862−2.3% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 119,839 | $23.9M | 0.03% | +12,309+11.4% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 121,151 | $24.2M | 0.03% | −17,313−12.5% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 127,899 | $25.5M | 0.01% | +127,899 | New |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 127,994 | $25.6M | 0.01% | −2,864−2.2% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 135,312 | $27.0M | 0.09% | +4,076+3.1% | Added |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | 149,501 | $29.8M | 0.26% | +32,069+27.3% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 152,444 | $30.4M | 0.21% | −12,764−7.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 157,865 | $31.5M | 0.00% | +37,696+31.4% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 167,229 | $33.4M | 0.00% | −26,173−13.5% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 182,887 | $36.5M | 0.01% | −1,397−0.8% | Reduced |
| Villere St Denis J & Co LLC | 188,874 | $37.7M | 4.16% | −13,578−6.7% | Reduced |
| Private Capital Management, LLC | 201,381 | $40.2M | 4.09% | −7,510−3.6% | Reduced |
| Ashford Capital Management Inc | 207,565 | $41.4M | 5.12% | −6,213−2.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 212,888 | $42.5M | 0.01% | −150,696−41.4% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 254,158 | $50.7M | 0.01% | +3,518+1.4% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 267,943 | $53.5M | 3.87% | −2,040−0.8% | Reduced |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 283,567 | $56.6M | 3.15% | +3,940+1.4% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 303,224 | $60.5M | 0.04% | +46,814+18.3% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 306,111 | $61.1M | 0.02% | −1,760−0.6% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 353,209 | $70.5M | 0.09% | −29,468−7.7% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 381,111 | $76.1M | 0.01% | −47,893−11.2% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 411,543 | $82.2M | 0.03% | −95,476−18.8% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 425,230 | $84.9M | 0.02% | −7,762−1.8% | Reduced |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 494,670 | $98.8M | 1.35% | −6,370−1.3% | Reduced |
| Congress Asset Management Co | 504,637 | $100.8M | 0.72% | +24,574+5.1% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 558,934 | $111.6M | 0.01% | +65,345+13.2% | Added |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 561,675 | $112.1M | 3.02% | +2520.0% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 573,177 | $114.4M | 0.03% | +77,017+15.5% | Added |
| Nomura Asset Management International Inc. | 573,312 | $114.5M | 0.20% | −70,781−11.0% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 596,127 | $119.0M | 0.01% | +16,972+2.9% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 778,856 | $155.5M | 0.01% | +27,651+3.7% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 823,604 | $164.4M | 0.02% | +307,140+59.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 848,089 | $169.3M | 0.00% | +848,089 | New |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,009,891 | $201.6M | 0.10% | +14,491+1.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 1,100,267 | $219.7M | 0.01% | +1,100,267 | New |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,961,923 | $591.3M | 0.01% | +21,692+0.7% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25,630−100.0% | Sold out |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,092−100.0% | Sold out |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,550−100.0% | Sold out |
| OP Asset Management Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,212−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ellsworth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,565−100.0% | Sold out |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,257−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,644−100.0% | Sold out |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,185−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,207−100.0% | Sold out |
| Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,635−100.0% | Sold out |
| Diadema Partners LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,987−100.0% | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,055−100.0% | Sold out |
| FORA Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,922−100.0% | Sold out |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,531−100.0% | Sold out |
| Alpine Global Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,500−100.0% | Sold out |
| Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,407−100.0% | Sold out |
| Park Avenue Securities LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,402−100.0% | Sold out |
| Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust of NJ | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,290−100.0% | Sold out |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,270−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,195−100.0% | Sold out |
| Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,184−100.0% | Sold out |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,130−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,080−100.0% | Sold out |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −933−100.0% | Sold out |
| State of Wyoming | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −894−100.0% | Sold out |
| Persistent Asset Partners Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −791−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tripletail Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −710−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bayforest Capital Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −385−100.0% | Sold out |
| Maseco LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −275−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −166−100.0% | Sold out |
| Danske Bank A/S | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −100−100.0% | Sold out |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −58−100.0% | Sold out |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −50−100.0% | Sold out |
| Garton & Associates Financial Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19−100.0% | Sold out |
| Greenline Wealth Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8−100.0% | Sold out |
| American Capital Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4−100.0% | Sold out |
| Optima Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3−100.0% | Sold out |
| TD Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1−100.0% | Sold out |