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Insider Ownership Percentage: 10.40%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $206,900.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $1,803,364.40

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
12/16/2022	John L. Higgins	Director	Sell	10,000	$61.87	$618,700.00	422,984
11/17/2022	John L. Higgins	CEO	Sell	10,000	$78.32	$783,200.00	416,731
11/9/2022	Octavio Espinoza	CFO	Sell	1,696	$75.64	$128,285.44	8,857
9/15/2022	John L. Higgins	CEO	Sell	2,000	$90.00	$180,000.00	367,180
5/13/2022	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Buy	2,500	$82.76	$206,900.00	173,354
2/28/2022	John W Kozarich	Director	Sell	908	$102.62	$93,178.96
11/12/2021	John L. Higgins	CEO	Sell	3,000	$160.50	$481,500.00
11/11/2021	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	11,160	$163.02	$1,819,303.20
8/4/2021	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	8,840	$109.67	$969,482.80	173,195
2/10/2021	Todd C Davis	Director	Sell	5,083	$213.14	$1,083,390.62	47,678
2/4/2021	Charles S Berkman	SVP	Sell	18,097	$178.50	$3,230,314.50	47,003
2/4/2021	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	44,547	$176.86	$7,878,582.42	167,198
1/27/2021	John L. Higgins	CEO	Sell	40,000	$182.00	$7,280,000.00	285,310
1/25/2021	John L. Higgins	CEO	Sell	50,000	$159.00	$7,950,000.00	285,310
8/24/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	78	$110.89	$8,649.42	155,413
8/21/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	7,225	$112.88	$815,558.00	155,413
6/4/2020	Charles S Berkman	SVP	Sell	11,146	$118.59	$1,321,804.14	40,877
2/27/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Buy	7,225	$14.47	$104,545.75	160,968
2/27/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Buy	1,706	$21.92	$37,395.52	155,449
2/27/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	7,225	$110.00	$794,750.00	160,968
2/15/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	869	$97.23	$84,492.87	155,360
2/15/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	447	$97.23	$43,461.81	154,913
2/15/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	1,170	$97.23	$113,759.10	153,743
2/14/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Buy	7,225	$14.47	$104,545.75	163,454
2/14/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Sell	7,225	$95.84	$692,444.00	148,833
2/13/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Buy	496	$21.92	$10,872.32	148,833
2/13/2020	Matthew W. Foehr	COO	Buy	7,396	$0.00	$0.00	156,229

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND)

87.16% of Ligand Pharmaceuticals stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
2/7/2023	Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd.	2,377	$0.16M	0.0%	+6.7%	0.014%
2/7/2023	Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.	3,562	$0.24M	0.0%	N/A	0.021%
2/6/2023	Pacer Advisors Inc.	112,105	$7.49M	0.0%	N/A	0.664%
2/3/2023	Fisher Asset Management LLC	39,658	$2.65M	0.0%	+40.2%	0.235%
2/2/2023	SG Americas Securities LLC	37,838	$2.53M	0.0%	N/A	0.224%
2/2/2023	Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP	65,372	$4.37M	0.5%	-23.9%	0.387%
2/2/2023	Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS	106,752	$7.13M	0.1%	-15.1%	0.632%
2/2/2023	ProShare Advisors LLC	3,811	$0.26M	0.0%	+8.1%	0.023%
2/2/2023	Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC	62,327	$4.16M	1.2%	+4.6%	0.369%
2/1/2023	Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank	1,835	$0.12M	0.0%	-21.3%	0.011%
1/27/2023	Rice Hall James & Associates LLC	285,634	$19.08M	1.1%	-3.7%	1.691%
1/26/2023	Comerica Bank	9,587	$0.68M	0.0%	-21.8%	0.057%
1/26/2023	Stephens Investment Management Group LLC	454,416	$30.71M	0.6%	+0.6%	2.690%
1/26/2023	Strs Ohio	11,000	$0.73M	0.0%	+46.7%	0.065%
1/26/2023	Calamos Advisors LLC	15,922	$1.06M	0.0%	N/A	0.094%
1/23/2023	Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC	28,982	$1.94M	0.0%	+987.1%	0.172%
1/20/2023	Chicago Capital LLC	319,054	$21.31M	1.2%	-30.5%	1.889%
1/18/2023	Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC	483,347	$32.29M	2.5%	-1.6%	2.861%
1/18/2023	Maryland State Retirement & Pension System	6,631	$0.44M	0.0%	N/A	0.039%
1/17/2023	AMI Asset Management Corp	20,877	$1.40M	0.1%	-26.3%	0.124%
1/10/2023	Woodstock Corp	55,014	$3.68M	0.5%	-10.8%	0.326%
1/9/2023	Yousif Capital Management LLC	10,313	$0.69M	0.0%	-24.6%	0.061%
12/8/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	162,545	$14M	0.0%	-1.3%	0.962%
11/22/2022	Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky	5,489	$0.47M	0.0%	N/A	0.032%
11/21/2022	California State Teachers Retirement System	20,481	$1.76M	0.0%	-1.3%	0.121%
11/16/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC	16,874	$1.45M	0.0%	+294.2%	0.100%
11/15/2022	State Street Corp	951,318	$81.92M	0.0%	-12.2%	5.631%
11/15/2022	Two Sigma Investments LP	3,876	$0.33M	0.0%	-80.6%	0.023%
11/15/2022	Trexquant Investment LP	15,734	$1.36M	0.0%	+236.6%	0.093%
11/15/2022	Vanguard Group Inc.	1,793,414	$154.43M	0.0%	+1.1%	10.616%
11/15/2022	Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD	8,277	$0.71M	0.0%	+18.4%	0.049%
11/15/2022	Engineers Gate Manager LP	2,537	$0.22M	0.0%	N/A	0.015%
11/15/2022	First Trust Advisors LP	10,999	$0.95M	0.0%	-20.5%	0.065%
11/15/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	162,545	$14M	0.0%	-1.3%	0.962%
11/15/2022	BlackRock Inc.	2,665,618	$229.54M	0.0%	-1.5%	15.782%
11/14/2022	Macquarie Group Ltd.	793,621	$68.35M	0.1%	+1.2%	4.698%
11/14/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	2,114	$0.18M	0.0%	+12.4%	0.013%
11/14/2022	Point72 Hong Kong Ltd	680	$59K	0.0%	N/A	0.004%
11/14/2022	Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC	9,922	$0.85M	0.0%	-44.2%	0.059%
11/14/2022	Guggenheim Capital LLC	5,861	$0.51M	0.0%	+115.8%	0.035%
11/14/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	16,700	$1.44M	0.0%	-7.2%	0.099%
11/14/2022	Lazard Asset Management LLC	7,269	$0.63M	0.0%	+720.4%	0.043%
11/14/2022	Ergoteles LLC	5,995	$0.52M	0.0%	N/A	0.035%
11/14/2022	Nuveen Asset Management LLC	51,898	$4.47M	0.0%	-2.7%	0.307%
11/14/2022	Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY	868	$75K	0.0%	-12.9%	0.005%
11/14/2022	Hsbc Holdings PLC	2,532	$0.23M	0.0%	-30.3%	0.015%
11/14/2022	E Fund Management Co. Ltd.	2,503	$0.22M	0.0%	-22.3%	0.015%
11/10/2022	Envestnet Asset Management Inc.	30,189	$2.60M	0.0%	+13.4%	0.179%
11/10/2022	Stonepine Capital Management LLC	99,562	$8.57M	3.9%	-0.7%	0.590%
11/10/2022	ExodusPoint Capital Management LP	5,642	$0.49M	0.0%	N/A	0.033%
11/10/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	449,118	$38.67M	0.0%	+1.4%	2.661%
11/10/2022	Tower Research Capital LLC TRC	3,492	$0.30M	0.0%	-37.7%	0.021%
11/10/2022	UBS Group AG	360	$31K	0.0%	-46.3%	0.002%
11/9/2022	Amalgamated Bank	7,200	$0.62M	0.0%	-2.9%	0.043%
11/9/2022	Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC	9,625	$0.83M	0.4%	N/A	0.057%
11/8/2022	Advisors Asset Management Inc.	7,528	$0.65M	0.0%	-4.8%	0.045%
11/8/2022	Spouting Rock Asset Management LLC	2,646	$0.23M	0.2%	N/A	0.016%
11/8/2022	Fisher Asset Management LLC	28,290	$2.44M	0.0%	+280.7%	0.168%
11/8/2022	State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System	3,990	$0.34M	0.0%	-30.4%	0.024%
11/8/2022	Mutual of America Capital Management LLC	3,191	$0.28M	0.0%	+12.7%	0.019%
11/8/2022	Impax Asset Management Group plc	234,320	$20.18M	0.1%	+27.1%	1.388%
11/7/2022	Stephens Investment Management Group LLC	451,738	$38.90M	0.7%	-0.4%	2.676%
11/7/2022	Investment Management of Virginia LLC	28,674	$2.47M	0.5%	+2.5%	0.170%
11/4/2022	Yousif Capital Management LLC	13,673	$1.18M	0.0%	-5.6%	0.081%
11/4/2022	Prudential Financial Inc.	16,321	$1.41M	0.0%	-4.7%	0.097%
11/4/2022	First Republic Investment Management Inc.	3,777	$0.33M	0.0%	+6.5%	0.022%
11/3/2022	Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS	125,692	$10.82M	0.2%	-43.0%	0.744%
11/3/2022	Teacher Retirement System of Texas	5,528	$0.48M	0.0%	+107.7%	0.033%
11/3/2022	Barclays PLC	27,773	$2.39M	0.0%	+393.7%	0.165%
11/2/2022	Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.	572	$49K	0.0%	+155.4%	0.003%
11/2/2022	DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale	10,000	$0.85M	0.0%	+120.3%	0.059%
11/2/2022	Victory Capital Management Inc.	27,345	$2.35M	0.0%	-10.7%	0.162%
11/2/2022	Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund	5,326	$0.46M	0.0%	-3.8%	0.032%
11/1/2022	Rice Hall James & Associates LLC	296,678	$25.55M	1.5%	-11.3%	1.757%
11/1/2022	Great West Life Assurance Co. Can	20,570	$1.77M	0.0%	N/A	0.122%
11/1/2022	Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd.	2,227	$0.19M	0.0%	+7.2%	0.013%
10/31/2022	Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC	59,584	$5.13M	1.5%	+28.0%	0.353%
10/31/2022	Welch & Forbes LLC	3,150	$0.27M	0.0%	-19.7%	0.019%
10/28/2022	State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D	23,336	$2.01M	0.0%	N/A	0.138%
10/28/2022	Comerica Bank	12,267	$1.07M	0.0%	-14.4%	0.073%
10/26/2022	Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC	2,666	$0.23M	0.0%	+37.3%	0.016%
10/25/2022	Texas Permanent School Fund	11,539	$0.99M	0.0%	-5.3%	0.068%
10/25/2022	Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc.	2,325	$0.20M	0.0%	N/A	0.014%
10/24/2022	AMI Asset Management Corp	28,319	$2.44M	0.2%	-32.3%	0.168%
10/20/2022	State of Alaska Department of Revenue	11,105	$0.96M	0.0%	-12.9%	0.066%
10/19/2022	Louisiana State Employees Retirement System	7,700	$0.66M	0.0%	N/A	0.046%
10/19/2022	Nordea Investment Management AB	69,940	$6.10M	0.0%	-0.3%	0.414%
10/17/2022	Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC	491,107	$42.29M	3.4%	-1.0%	2.909%
10/17/2022	BTC Capital Management Inc.	2,690	$0.23M	0.0%	+19.1%	0.016%
10/14/2022	Chicago Capital LLC	459,315	$39.55M	2.3%	+2.4%	2.721%
10/11/2022	Woodstock Corp	61,694	$5.31M	0.8%	-3.5%	0.365%
8/22/2022	Legal & General Group Plc	48,495	$4.33M	0.0%	+4.1%	0.287%
8/19/2022	Walleye Capital LLC	4,811	$0.43M	0.0%	N/A	0.029%
8/18/2022	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	43,546	$3.89M	0.0%	-19.1%	0.258%
8/17/2022	Nomura Holdings Inc.	6,268	$0.57M	0.0%	+166.7%	0.037%
8/16/2022	First Republic Investment Management Inc.	3,548	$0.32M	0.0%	-4.0%	0.021%
8/16/2022	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	16,566	$1.48M	0.0%	+21.8%	0.098%
8/16/2022	Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD	6,993	$0.62M	0.0%	-14.0%	0.041%
8/16/2022	Prudential Financial Inc.	17,126	$1.53M	0.0%	-1.5%	0.101%
8/15/2022	AQR Capital Management LLC	17,613	$1.53M	0.0%	+130.2%	0.104%

Data available starting January 2016

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and acquisition of technologies that help pharmaceutical companies to discover and develop medicines. Its products include evomela, IV voriconazole, duavee, viviant/conbriza, nexterone, and noxafil-IV. The company was founded by Ronald M. Evans in 1987 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Today's Range

Now: $72.07

$70.81

$72.81

50 Day Range

MA: $68.20

$62.15

$76.61

52 Week Range

Now: $72.07

$57.77

$128.51

Volume

54,420 shs

Average Volume

104,337 shs

Market Capitalization

$1.22 billion

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

1.07

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Ligand Pharmaceuticals?: Ligand Pharmaceuticals' top insider investors include:
John L Higgins (Director)
John L Higgins (CEO)
Matthew W Foehr (COO)
Todd C Davis (Director)
Octavio Espinoza (CFO)
John W Kozarich (Director)
Learn More about top insider investors at Ligand Pharmaceuticals.
Who are the major institutional investors of Ligand Pharmaceuticals?: Ligand Pharmaceuticals' top institutional investors include:
Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC — 2.86%
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC — 2.69%
Chicago Capital LLC — 1.89%
Rice Hall James & Associates LLC — 1.69%
Pacer Advisors Inc. — 0.66%
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS — 0.63%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Ligand Pharmaceuticals stock.
Which institutional investors are selling Ligand Pharmaceuticals stock?: In the previous quarter, LGND stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Chicago Capital LLC
Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS
Rice Hall James & Associates LLC
Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC
AMI Asset Management Corp
Woodstock Corp
Yousif Capital Management LLC
During the previous year, company insiders that have sold Ligand Pharmaceuticals company stock include:
John L Higgins (Director)
John L Higgins (CEO)
Matthew W Foehr (COO)
Todd C Davis (Director)
Learn More investors selling Ligand Pharmaceuticals stock.
Which institutional investors are buying Ligand Pharmaceuticals stock?: During the previous quarter, LGND stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
Pacer Advisors Inc.
SG Americas Securities LLC
Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC
Calamos Advisors LLC
Fisher Asset Management LLC
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.
Strs Ohio