Ligand PharmaceuticalsLGND
About: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and acquiring technologies that aid in creating medicine. The company has partnerships and license agreements with various pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Ligand's business model is based on drug discovery, early-stage drug development, product reformulation, and partnerships. The company's revenue consists of three primary elements: royalties from commercialized products, license and milestone payments, and sale of its trademarked Captisol material.
Employees: 58
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
535% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.91M | Put options by funds: $931K
79% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 95 | Existing positions reduced: 53
23% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.47B [Q2] → $1.81B (+$336M) [Q3]
19% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 37 | Existing positions closed: 31
3.36% more ownership
Funds ownership: 97.16% [Q2] → 100.52% (+3.36%) [Q3]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 233 [Q2] → 239 (+6) [Q3]
50% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q2] → 2 (-2) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
Barclays Balaji Prasad 48% 1-year accuracy 21 / 44 met price target | 40%upside $160 | Overweight Maintained | 16 Dec 2024 |
RBC Capital Douglas Miehm 78% 1-year accuracy 14 / 18 met price target | 25%upside $143 | Outperform Maintained | 11 Dec 2024 |
Benchmark Robert Wasserman 55% 1-year accuracy 27 / 49 met price target | 18%upside $135 | Buy Maintained | 8 Nov 2024 |
Oppenheimer Leland Gershell 54% 1-year accuracy 31 / 57 met price target | 28%upside $147 | Outperform Maintained | 8 Nov 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about LGND published over the past 30 days