Overview
LGND market data
Price History
LGND price chart
Valuation & Profitability
- P/E (TTM)
- 38.66 Trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio. Higher means the market is pricing in more growth. Negative or missing when earnings are negative.
- Forward P/E
- — P/E based on consensus forward EPS estimates. Lower versus trailing implies expected earnings growth.
- EPS (TTM)
- $6.13 Diluted earnings per share over the trailing twelve months.
- Beta
- 1.21 Volatility relative to the index. 1.00 equals market, above 1 amplifies the broad-market move, below 1 dampens it.
- Dividend Yield
- — Annual dividend per share divided by current price. Zero or blank when the company does not pay a dividend.
- Profit Margin
- 56.0% Net income divided by revenue. Comparable within a sector, less so across sectors.
- 52w range
- $149.00 – $326.63 Lowest and highest closing prices over the past 52 weeks.
- Analyst Target
- — Mean of sell-side analyst 12-month price targets. Use as a sentiment gauge; targets are biased upward in aggregate.
Display-only. Refreshed once per symbol per 24 hours · market cap $5.9B · P/B 3.66 · P/S 21.63.
Company News
Leerink Partners Initiates Coverage On Ligand Pharmaceuticals with Outperform Rating, Announces Price Target of $330Benzinga · Aug 14, 2026, 7:52 PM
RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Raises Price Target to $345Benzinga · Aug 7, 2026, 7:36 PM
HC Wainwright & Co. Maintains Buy on Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Raises Price Target to $358Benzinga · Aug 6, 2026, 6:49 PM
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Raises FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $8.50-$9.50 to $9.00-$9.50 vs $9.16 Est; Affirms FY2026 Sales Guidance of $270.000M-$310.000M vs $288.559M EstBenzinga · Aug 6, 2026, 11:05 AM
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Q2 Adj. EPS $2.37 Beats $1.84 Estimate, Sales $63.693M Beat $60.765M EstimateBenzinga · Aug 6, 2026, 11:02 AM
Oppenheimer Reiterates Outperform on Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Raises Price Target to $326Benzinga · Aug 3, 2026, 2:23 PM
Citigroup Reinstates Buy on Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Announces $387 Price TargetBenzinga · Jul 21, 2026, 7:00 PM
RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Raises Price Target to $340Benzinga · Jul 15, 2026, 3:57 PM
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