LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS (LGND) Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis
USA - NASDAQ:LGND - US53220K5048 - Common Stock
LGND Key Statistics, Chart & Performance
The current stock price of LGND is 201.35 USD. In the past month the price increased by 7.82%. In the past year, price increased by 68.93%.
LGND Latest News, Press Relases and Analysis
LGND Competitors/Peers
Symbol | Company Name | TA | FA | PE | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLY | ELI LILLY & CO | 46.46 | 967.00B | ||
| JNJ | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 19.23 | 480.66B | ||
| MRK | MERCK & CO. INC. | 10.54 | 231.94B | ||
| PFE | PFIZER INC | 7.84 | 142.59B | ||
| BMY | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO | 7.14 | 95.28B | ||
| ZTS | ZOETIS INC | 18.74 | 52.65B | ||
| RPRX | ROYALTY PHARMA PLC- CL A | 9.53 | 22.84B | ||
| VTRS | VIATRIS INC | 4.58 | 12.43B | ||
| ELAN | ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC | 22.31 | 10.64B | ||
| CORT | CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC | 85.36 | 7.92B | ||
| AXSM | AXSOME THERAPEUTICS INC | N/A | 7.26B | ||
| BLTE | BELITE BIO INC - ADR | N/A | 4.08B |
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About LGND
Company Profile
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and acquisition of technologies that help pharmaceutical companies to discover and develop medicines. The company is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida and currently employs 68 full-time employees. The company does this by financing, licensing its technologies or both. The company operates two infrastructure-light royalty-generating IP platform technologies. Its Captisol platform technology is a chemically modified cyclodextrin with a structure designed to optimize the solubility and stability of drugs. This technology has enabled FDA-approved products, including Gilead’s Veklury, Amgen’s Kyprolis, Baxter’s Nexterone, and Acrotech Biopharma’s Evomela. Its NITRICIL platform technology facilitates tunable dosing, permitting an adjustable drug release profile to allow proprietary formulations that target a range of indications. Its technologies also include HepDirect, LTP and BEPro Technology Platform, and Pelican Expression Technology. The company has multiple alliances, licenses and other business relationships with various pharmaceutical companies.
Company Info
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS
555 Heritage Drive, Suite 200
Jupiter FLORIDA 92121 US
CEO: John L. Higgins
Employees: 68
Phone: 18585507500
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS / LGND FAQ
What does LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS do?
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and acquisition of technologies that help pharmaceutical companies to discover and develop medicines. The company is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida and currently employs 68 full-time employees. The company does this by financing, licensing its technologies or both. The company operates two infrastructure-light royalty-generating IP platform technologies. Its Captisol platform technology is a chemically modified cyclodextrin with a structure designed to optimize the solubility and stability of drugs. This technology has enabled FDA-approved products, including Gilead’s Veklury, Amgen’s Kyprolis, Baxter’s Nexterone, and Acrotech Biopharma’s Evomela. Its NITRICIL platform technology facilitates tunable dosing, permitting an adjustable drug release profile to allow proprietary formulations that target a range of indications. Its technologies also include HepDirect, LTP and BEPro Technology Platform, and Pelican Expression Technology. The company has multiple alliances, licenses and other business relationships with various pharmaceutical companies.
Can you provide the latest stock price for LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS?
The current stock price of LGND is 201.35 USD. The price increased by 0.24% in the last trading session.
Does LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS pay dividends?
LGND does not pay a dividend.
What is the ChartMill technical and fundamental rating of LGND stock?
LGND has a ChartMill Technical rating of 10 out of 10 and a ChartMill Fundamental rating of 5 out of 10.
Where is LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS (LGND) stock traded?
LGND stock is listed on the Nasdaq exchange.
What is the employee count for LGND stock?
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS (LGND) currently has 68 employees.
What is the market capitalization of LGND stock?
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS (LGND) has a market capitalization of 3.95B USD. This makes LGND a Mid Cap stock.
LGND Technical Analysis
ChartMill assigns a technical rating of 10 / 10 to LGND. When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, LGND is one of the better performing stocks in the market, outperforming 93.78% of all stocks.
LGND Fundamental Analysis
ChartMill assigns a fundamental rating of 5 / 10 to LGND. LGND is in great health and has no worries on liquidiy or solvency at all, but the profibility rating is only average.
LGND Financial Highlights
Over the last trailing twelve months LGND reported a non-GAAP Earnings per Share(EPS) of 7.29. The EPS increased by 25.26% compared to the year before.
| Industry Rank | Sector Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PM (TTM) | N/A | ||
| ROA | -8% | ||
| ROE | -9.16% | ||
| Debt/Equity | 0 |
LGND Forecast & Estimates
13 analysts have analysed LGND and the average price target is 186.79 USD. This implies a price decrease of -7.23% is expected in the next year compared to the current price of 201.35.
For the next year, analysts expect an EPS growth of 22.63% and a revenue growth 31.46% for LGND