Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
General ticker "LGND" information:
- Sector: Health Care
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Capitalization: $3.2B (TTM average)
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 62.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.5%: low 229.23$, high 236.04$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 68 (+17.2%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Operational and conduct risks, Supply chain disruptions, Partner failures, Economic downturns and volatility, Regulatory and compliance
- Current price 15.1% above estimated high
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [135.59$, 203.71$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [130.62$, 199.03$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LGND estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 24.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 15.29
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.12 <= 0.73
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 65.18 > 64.29
- Negative: negative Industry operating income (median)
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -9.98 <= -4.41
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.39 > 6.06
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $133.44MM | $167.13MM | $268.09MM |
| Operating Expenses | $121.49MM | $189.74MM | $227.09MM |
| Operating Income | $11.94MM | $-22.61MM | $41.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $51.72MM | $25.12MM | $117.96MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.66MM | $3.04MM | $4.71MM |
| R&D Expense | $24.54MM | $21.43MM | $81.18MM |
| Income(Loss) | $63.66MM | $2.52MM | $158.96MM |
| Taxes | $9.84MM | $6.55MM | $34.51MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $-1.67MM | $0.00MM | $0.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $50.49MM | $-4.03MM | $124.45MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $700.91MM | $830.44MM | $1,017.21MM |
| Inventory | $23.97MM | $14.11MM | $9.13MM |
| Assets | $787.22MM | $941.77MM | $1,560.64MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $49.58MM | $97.05MM | $49.36MM |
| Capital expenditure | $53.85MM | $19.64MM | $0.45MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-11.68MM | $-143.66MM | $-377.32MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-59.95MM | $97.14MM | $428.22MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.92 | $-0.22 | $6.44 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.