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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (LGND) trades at a price to free cash flow of 58.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2024) to 228× (October 2019); the current reading is higher than 87% of that period. That is above the Biotechnology industry median of 24.8× and above the Healthcare sector median of 21.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 60.0× 174.81%
FY2024 21.8× —
FY2023 0.0× —
FY2022 10.0× (62.26%)
FY2021 26.4× 13.06%
FY2020 23.3× —
FY2019 0.0× —
FY2018 10.7× (50.93%)
FY2017 21.8× (40.62%)
FY2016 36.7× 0.38%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 60.3× 36.36%
Jun 2026 44.2× 49.97%
Mar 2026 29.5× (50.86%)
Dec 2025 60.0× (54.60%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 228×
Ten-year median 33.6×
Current reading's percentile 87

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LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 58.0×
Biotechnology industry median 24.8×
Healthcare sector median 21.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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