Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

General ticker "LGND" information:

  • Sector: Health Care
  • Industry: Biotechnology
  • Capitalization: $3.6B (TTM average)

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 55.4%.

Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.1%: low 290.46$, high 302.73$

Factors to consider:

  • Total employees count: 47 (-30.9%) as of 2025
  • Top business risk factors: Supply chain disruptions, Regulatory and compliance, IP infringement, Market acceptance, Acquisition/divestiture risks
  • Current price 48.5% 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: [135.90$, 204.31$]
  • 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [131.05$, 199.76$]

Financial Metrics affecting the LGND estimates:

  • Negative: with PPE of 24.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
  • Positive: 7.57 < Operating profit margin, % of 15.29
  • Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
  • Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.39 > 6.02
  • Positive: -0.03 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 1.30
  • Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 65.18 > 64.23
  • Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.12 <= 0.74

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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)* $52.15MM $-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** $3.02 $-0.22 $6.44

* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.