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) Gross margin

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 95.2%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (94.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 73.1% (fiscal 2022) to 97.5% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of 65.2% and above the Healthcare sector median of 53.9%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 94.6% 1.20
FY2024 93.4% 1.38
FY2023 92.0% 18.91
FY2022 73.1% (1.18)
FY2021 74.3% (7.14)
FY2020 81.4% (9.17)
FY2019 90.6% (6.91)
FY2018 97.5% 1.28
FY2017 96.2% 1.31
FY2016 94.9% 2.96

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 96.6% 1.68
Jun 2026 95.0% 1.28
Mar 2026 93.7% (1.32)
Dec 2025 95.0% (1.72)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 73.1% High 97.5%
Ten-year median 92.0%
Current reading's percentile 72

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 98.2%
LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 95.2%
PTCT PTC Therapeutics, Inc. compare 93.2%
MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare 81.7%
KOD Kodiak Sciences Inc. compare 0.00%
ORKA Oruka Therapeutics, Inc. compare 0.00%
IMVT Immunovant, Inc. compare 0.00%
CGON CG Oncology, Inc. compare −85.2%
BLTE Belite Bio, Inc. Sponsored ADR compare —
Biotechnology industry median 65.2%
Healthcare sector median 53.9%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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