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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 33.7%, EPS grew 868.0% and free cash flow grew 35.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

295.54 2.96 −0.99%
Market cap
$6.0B
P/E
29.5×
Fwd P/E
54.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.45
Beneish M
−4.02
Dividend safety
n/a

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (LGND) EV/Sales

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As of 16 October 2026, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (LGND) trades at a EV/Sales of 19.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8× (September 2019) to 22.7× (April 2016); the current reading is higher than 96% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of 9.2× and above the Healthcare sector median of 3.4×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 12.8× 20.13%
FY2024 10.6× 19.98%
FY2023 8.9× 75.85%
FY2022 5.0× (23.18%)
FY2021 6.6× 2.82%
FY2020 6.4× (4.80%)
FY2019 6.7× 1.88%
FY2018 6.6× (50.13%)
FY2017 13.2× 0.25%
FY2016 13.2× (31.46%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 21.3× 57.57%
Mar 2026 13.5× 5.63%
Dec 2025 12.8× (3.19%)
Sep 2025 13.2× 21.58%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.8× High 22.7×
Ten-year median 10.8×
Current reading's percentile 95

EV/Sales against peers

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LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 19.8×
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Biotechnology industry median 9.2×
Healthcare sector median 3.4×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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