Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $268.1 million, up 60.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−31.8%
EPS
−123.9%
Free cash flow
−268.5%
Total debt
+52.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

306.43 7.43 +2.48%
Market cap
$6.0B
P/E
116×
Fwd P/E
88.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.45
Beneish M
−4.02
Dividend safety
n/a

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (LGND) Debt to equity

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.7×, up 0.3× from fiscal 2025 (0.4×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (fiscal 2024) to 1.1× (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of 0.0× and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.0×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.4× —
FY2024 0.0× —
FY2023 0.0× —
FY2022 0.1× (62.97%)
FY2021 0.4× (38.26%)
FY2020 0.6× (23.92%)
FY2019 0.8× (26.47%)
FY2018 1.1× 86.33%
FY2017 0.6× (14.31%)
FY2016 0.7× (30.23%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.7× (39.29%)
Jun 2026 1.2× 159.85%
Mar 2026 0.4× 2.17%
Dec 2025 0.4× (6.46%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 1.1×
Ten-year median 0.6×
Current reading's percentile 45

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
PTCT PTC Therapeutics, Inc. compare −14.9×
MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare −13.5×
BLTE Belite Bio, Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 0.0×
IMVT Immunovant, Inc. compare 0.0×
ORKA Oruka Therapeutics, Inc. compare 0.0×
KOD Kodiak Sciences Inc. compare 0.0×
CGON CG Oncology, Inc. compare 0.0×
LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 0.7×
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 3.1×
Biotechnology industry median 0.0×
Healthcare sector median 0.0×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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