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, Q2 2026
Institutional positions in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Jun 30, 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
- 416
- +63 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 22.6M
- +2.83M (+14.3%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $7.15B
- +$3.20B (+80.9%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 97
- 150 more added
- Sold out
- 34
- 114 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2026: 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, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody National Bank Trust Division | 12,147 | $3.84M | 0.32% | +12,147 | New |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 12,493 | $3.95M | 0.00% | +12,493 | New |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 12,720 | $4.02M | 0.01% | −713−5.3% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 13,160 | $4.16M | 0.01% | +22+0.2% | Added |
| NFJ Investment Group, LLC | 13,733 | $4.34M | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Future Fund LLC | 14,704 | $4.65M | 1.33% | +864+6.2% | Added |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 15,569 | $4.92M | 0.41% | −6,809−30.4% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 15,974 | $5.04M | 0.01% | −30.0% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 16,417 | $5.19M | 0.00% | +9,714+144.9% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 27,095 | $5.41M | 0.00% | +2,800+11.5% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 17,228 | $5.45M | 0.08% | +10,280+148.0% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 17,562 | $5.55M | 0.13% | −200−1.1% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 17,869 | $5.65M | 0.00% | −389−2.1% | Reduced |
| Woodstock Corp | 18,345 | $5.80M | 0.48% | −775−4.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 18,659 | $5.90M | 0.00% | +1,227+7.0% | Added |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC | 18,747 | $5.93M | 1.30% | −19,865−51.4% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 18,825 | $5.95M | 0.00% | +18,825 | New |
| Palisade Capital Management LLC | 19,057 | $6.02M | 0.26% | −1,468−7.2% | Reduced |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 19,625 | $6.12M | 0.02% | +19,625 | New |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 19,498 | $6.16M | 0.55% | +19,498 | New |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 19,659 | $6.21M | 0.01% | +19,659 | New |
| Moran Wealth Management, LLC | 19,790 | $6.26M | 0.17% | +484+2.5% | Added |
| Isthmus Partners, LLC | 20,935 | $6.62M | 0.64% | −3,124−13.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 20,950 | $6.62M | 0.01% | −3,559−14.5% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 22,053 | $6.97M | 0.01% | −1,731−7.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 22,318 | $7.05M | 0.00% | −63,865−74.1% | Reduced |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 22,435 | $7.09M | 0.03% | +1,575+7.6% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 22,800 | $7.21M | 0.01% | +16,406+256.6% | Added |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. | 23,444 | $7.41M | 0.49% | +23,444 | New |
| Linden Advisors LP | 27,426 | $8.67M | 0.04% | +27,426 | New |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC | 28,160 | $8.90M | 1.60% | +13,485+91.9% | Added |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 32,948 | $10.4M | 0.06% | −57,258−63.5% | Reduced |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 33,353 | $10.5M | 0.19% | +33,353 | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 33,851 | $10.7M | 0.02% | +8,611+34.1% | Added |
| Uniplan Investment Counsel, Inc. | 34,249 | $10.8M | 1.02% | −5,936−14.8% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 34,607 | $10.9M | 0.02% | +4,707+15.7% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 36,833 | $11.6M | 0.01% | +3,816+11.6% | Added |
| Aristeia Capital LLC | 37,250 | $11.8M | 0.19% | +37,250 | New |
| Swiss National Bank | 39,000 | $12.3M | 0.01% | +100+0.3% | Added |
| Pembroke Management, LTD | 40,277 | $12.7M | 1.65% | +40,277 | New |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 40,350 | $12.8M | 0.00% | +5,774+16.7% | Added |
| Essex Investment Management Co LLC | 43,567 | $13.8M | 1.80% | −14,893−25.5% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 44,570 | $14.0M | 0.03% | −88−0.2% | Reduced |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 44,532 | $14.1M | 0.29% | −15,810−26.2% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna Advisors Group, Inc. | 44,600 | $14.1M | 0.39% | +44,600 | New |
| Context Capital Management, LLC | 46,000 | $14.5M | 0.29% | +46,000 | New |
| Nuveen, LLC | 46,647 | $14.7M | 0.00% | +3,958+9.3% | Added |
| Emerald Investment Advisers, LLC | 46,921 | $14.8M | 0.99% | +2,695+6.1% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 50,125 | $15.8M | 0.01% | −6,675−11.8% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 49,943 | $15.9M | 0.01% | −993−1.9% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 51,948 | $16.2M | 0.02% | −704−1.3% | Reduced |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 54,128 | $17.1M | 0.88% | −270.0% | Reduced |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 54,623 | $17.3M | 0.02% | −9,510−14.8% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 56,515 | $17.9M | 0.01% | −21,913−27.9% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 57,288 | $18.1M | 0.00% | −27,613−32.5% | Reduced |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 57,520 | $18.2M | 0.47% | −11,714−16.9% | Reduced |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 61,938 | $19.6M | 0.08% | −52,417−45.8% | Reduced |
| Castleark Management LLC | 62,043 | $19.6M | 0.53% | +13,347+27.4% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 66,639 | $21.1M | 0.01% | +45,045+208.6% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 68,888 | $21.8M | 0.06% | −1,490−2.1% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 73,052 | $23.2M | 0.00% | −13,222−15.3% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 76,197 | $24.1M | 0.00% | −1,076−1.4% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 77,348 | $24.4M | 0.09% | −57,964−42.8% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 89,672 | $28.3M | 0.03% | +14,484+19.3% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 90,236 | $28.5M | 0.03% | +32,086+55.2% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 90,893 | $28.7M | 0.02% | +10,492+13.0% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 91,478 | $28.9M | 0.00% | +67,577+282.7% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 94,072 | $29.7M | 0.02% | +59,157+169.4% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 97,971 | $31.0M | 0.02% | +2,255+2.4% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 98,746 | $31.2M | 0.01% | +1,086+1.1% | Added |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 100,337 | $31.7M | 2.01% | +4,881+5.1% | Added |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 118,497 | $37.5M | 0.22% | +328+0.3% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 119,073 | $37.6M | 0.01% | +7,530+6.8% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 120,304 | $38.0M | 0.03% | −847−0.7% | Reduced |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 121,440 | $38.4M | 0.01% | −6,554−5.1% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 124,674 | $39.4M | 0.01% | +20,094+19.2% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 127,071 | $40.2M | 0.03% | +123,715+3,686.4% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 130,000 | $41.1M | 0.27% | −22,444−14.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 131,068 | $41.4M | 0.01% | +11,665+9.8% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 137,258 | $43.4M | 0.05% | +17,419+14.5% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 141,449 | $44.7M | 0.06% | +33,590+31.1% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 142,926 | $45.2M | 0.01% | +15,027+11.7% | Added |
| Granahan Investment Management Inc | 147,231 | $46.5M | 1.66% | +123,066+509.3% | Added |
| Villere St Denis J & Co LLC | 155,506 | $49.2M | 5.87% | −33,368−17.7% | Reduced |
| Private Capital Management, LLC | 166,016 | $52.5M | 4.76% | −35,365−17.6% | Reduced |
| Ashford Capital Management Inc | 170,236 | $53.8M | 5.77% | −37,329−18.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 170,349 | $53.8M | 0.00% | +12,484+7.9% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 172,480 | $54.5M | 0.08% | +82,436+91.6% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 193,238 | $61.1M | 0.01% | +10,351+5.7% | Added |
| Next Century Growth Investors LLC | 198,542 | $62.8M | 3.33% | +102,666+107.1% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 200,699 | $63.4M | 0.00% | +33,470+20.0% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 210,427 | $66.5M | 0.01% | −2,461−1.2% | Reduced |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | 246,883 | $78.0M | 0.61% | +97,382+65.1% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 248,355 | $78.5M | 0.05% | +246,893+16,887.3% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 249,611 | $78.9M | 0.02% | −56,500−18.5% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 253,764 | $80.2M | 0.04% | −49,460−16.3% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 257,389 | $81.4M | 0.01% | +3,231+1.3% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 257,596 | $81.4M | 5.15% | −10,347−3.9% | Reduced |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | 270,052 | $85.4M | 4.15% | −13,515−4.8% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 291,805 | $92.2M | 0.12% | −61,404−17.4% | Reduced |