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) Free cash flow margin

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 31.4%, up 13.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.5% (fiscal 2019) to 72.9% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.0% (32.74)
FY2024 50.8% 53.69
FY2023 −2.93% (64.09)
FY2022 61.2% 31.96
FY2021 29.2% (2.28)
FY2020 31.5% 57.99
FY2019 −26.5% (99.36)
FY2018 72.9% 6.61
FY2017 66.2% 28.44
FY2016 37.8% (14.49)

Against its own ten years

Low −26.5% High 72.9%
Ten-year median 37.8%
Current reading's percentile 27

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 31.4%
KOD Kodiak Sciences Inc. compare 0.00%
ORKA Oruka Therapeutics, Inc. compare 0.00%
IMVT Immunovant, Inc. compare 0.00%
BLTE Belite Bio, Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
PTCT PTC Therapeutics, Inc. compare −22.4%
MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare −46.0%
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare −64.9%
CGON CG Oncology, Inc. compare −2,879.6%
Biotechnology industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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