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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 5 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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ1 2026: 359 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 heldQ1 2026: $4.15B
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, Q1 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q4 2025.

Institutions holding LGND in Q1 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Alps Advisors Inc2,440$487.1K0.00%+2,440New
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc.2,392$477.6K0.01%+128+5.7%Added
BTC Capital Management, Inc.2,390$477.2K0.03%+247+11.5%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.2,342$467.6K0.00%+102+4.6%Added
Fiduciary Trust Co2,327$464.6K0.01%+184+8.6%Added
Evergreen Capital Management LLC2,276$454.4K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Mutual of America Capital Management LLC2,252$449.6K0.01%+2+0.1%Added
Cornerstone Investment Partners, LLC2,205$440.2K0.02%+507+29.9%Added
Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC2,194$438.0K0.01%+91+4.3%Added
JustInvest LLC2,162$431.6K0.00%+771+55.4%Added
Cynosure Management, LLC2,085$416.3K0.05%+2,085New
Virtu Financial LLC2,049$409.0K0.02%+2,049New
Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd2,046$408.5K0.00%+223+12.2%Added
Contravisory Investment Management, Inc.2,020$403.3K0.08%−16−0.8%Reduced
F/M Investments LLC2,001$398.7K0.03%−44,129−95.7%Reduced
1492 Capital Management LLC1,958$390.9K0.15%+82+4.4%Added
Truist Financial Corp1,945$388.3K0.00%+266+15.8%Added
Summit Global Investments1,937$387.0K0.02%−480−19.9%Reduced
Profund Advisors LLC1,880$375.3K0.01%−354−15.8%Reduced
Keybank National Association1,874$374.1K0.00%+397+26.9%Added
Xponance, Inc.1,839$367.2K0.00%+303+19.7%Added
Commerce Bank1,802$359.8K0.00%+494+37.8%Added
City Center Advisors, LLC1,795$358.4K0.33%+1,795New
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC1,694$338.2K0.01%+1,694New
Group One Trading, L.P.1,669$333.2K0.01%−1,284−43.5%Reduced
Stephens Inc1,625$324.4K0.00%−31−1.9%Reduced
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.1,594$318.2K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
RSM US Wealth Management LLC1,570$313.5K0.00%+166+11.8%Added
Steigerwald, Gordon & Koch Inc.1,566$312.7K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.1,540$307.5K0.01%+1,500+3,750.0%Added
Sowell Financial Services LLC1,516$302.7K0.01%+188+14.2%Added
Graham Capital Management, L.P.1,506$300.7K0.01%+1,506New
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al1,500$299.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cim Investment Mangement Inc1,484$296.3K0.08%+49+3.4%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC1,462$291.9K0.00%+191+15.0%Added
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)1,418$283.1K0.01%+661+87.3%Added
SG Americas Securities, LLC1,416$283.0K0.00%−9,401−86.9%Reduced
Blackstone Group Inc.1,412$281.9K0.00%+1,412New
Bailard, Inc.1,400$279.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
M&T Bank Corp1,340$267.4K0.00%+1,340New
Pacer Advisors, Inc.1,317$263.0K0.00%+1,317New
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.1,284$256.4K0.00%+101+8.5%Added
Norden Group LLC1,259$251.4K0.02%−62−4.7%Reduced
XTX Topco Ltd1,237$247.0K0.00%−6,480−84.0%Reduced
Pathstone Holdings, LLC1,218$243.3K0.00%+1,218New
US Bancorp1,211$241.8K0.00%−25−2.0%Reduced
Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC1,204$240.4K0.00%+1,204New
Argent Trust Co1,200$239.6K0.01%+1,200New
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC1,185$236.6K0.00%+80+7.2%Added
Scotia Capital Inc.1,164$232.4K0.00%+1,164New
Inspire Advisors, LLC1,161$231.8K0.02%+1,161New
CIBC Bancorp USA Inc.1,133$226.2K0.00%+1,133New
Abel Hall, LLC1,112$222.0K0.05%+1,112New
Jones Financial Companies LLLP1,134$221.7K0.00%+1,071+1,700.0%Added
DnB Asset Management AS1,107$221.0K0.00%+1,107New
Wedbush Securities Inc1,083$216.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Syon Capital LLC1,067$213.0K0.01%+1,067New
BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC1,049$209.4K0.02%+1,049New
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.1,040$207.6K0.00%+84+8.8%Added
Advisor Resource Council1,012$202.0K0.08%+1,012New
Principal Securities, Inc.1,010$201.6K0.00%−117−10.4%Reduced
Quarry LP1,010$201.6K0.04%+1,010New
CWM Advisors, LLC909$181.4K0.01%+909Added
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC736$146.9K0.00%+6+0.8%Added
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC718$143.3K0.00%+73+11.3%Added
Huntington National Bank701$140.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.694$139.0K0.01%+694New
KBC Group NV660$132.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
RiverPark Advisors, LLC659$131.6K0.05%+659New
GAMMA Investing LLC644$128.6K0.01%+17+2.7%Added
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC639$127.6K0.00%+510+395.3%Added
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.608$121.4K0.00%−119−16.4%Reduced
Sterling Capital Management LLC583$116.4K0.00%−421−41.9%Reduced
First Horizon Corp562$112.2K0.00%−12−2.1%Reduced
Jackson, Grant Investment Advisers, Inc.500$99.8K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
GF Fund Management Co. Ltd.443$88.4K0.00%+57+14.8%Added
Rothschild Investment LLC434$86.6K0.00%+1+0.2%Added
Redwood Park Advisors LLC415$82.9K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services, Inc.396$79.1K0.01%+31+8.5%Added
CWM, LLC379$75.7K0.00%+37+10.8%Added
Larson Financial Group LLC345$68.9K0.00%+296+604.1%Added
IFP Advisors, Inc341$68.1K0.00%−1−0.3%Reduced
Hantz Financial Services, Inc.336$67.0K0.00%−18−5.1%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.321$64.1K0.00%+63+24.4%Added
Signaturefd, LLC282$56.3K0.00%+3+1.1%Added
Versant Capital Management, Inc261$52.1K0.01%+5+2.0%Added
Covestor Ltd254$51.0K0.04%−89−25.9%Reduced
JPL Wealth Management, LLC246$49.1K0.01%+246New
Opal Wealth Advisors, LLC241$48.1K0.01%+241New
Richardson Financial Services Inc.238$47.5K0.03%+10+4.4%Added
USA Financial Portformulas Corp216$43.1K0.01%−11−4.8%Reduced
Allworth Financial LP204$40.7K0.00%−347−63.0%Reduced
Cheviot Value Management, LLC200$39.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Salomon & Ludwin, LLC200$39.9K0.00%+56+38.9%Added
Crewe Advisors LLC181$36.1K0.00%+39+27.5%Added
Bryn Mawr Trust Co170$33.9K0.00%−20−10.5%Reduced
Kemnay Advisory Services Inc.161$32.1K0.01%+117+265.9%Added
Millstone Evans Group, LLC133$26.6K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Mather Group, LLC.130$26.0K0.00%+130New
Merrithew & Thorsten Inc129$25.0K0.02%00.0%Unchanged