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Ligand Pharmaceuticals

biopharmaceutical company based out of La Jolla, California
Organization business Q22079533
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 17 annual filings
Revenue
$268.09M
▲ 60.4% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$124.45M
▲ 3186.6% YoY FY2025
Assets
$1.56B
▲ 65.7% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$6.13
▲ 2886.4% YoY FY2025
$0.00$73.72M$147.45M$221.17M$294.90M FY2009: $38.94M · NI -$1.95M (-5.0% margin)FY2010: $23.54M · NI -$10.37M (-44.1% margin)FY2011: $30.04M · NI $9.71M (32.3% margin)FY2012: $31.39M · NI -$527.0K (-1.7% margin)FY2013: $48.97M · NI $11.42M (23.3% margin)FY2014: $64.54M · NI $12.02M (18.6% margin)FY2015: $71.91M · NI $229.82M (319.6% margin)FY2016: $108.97M · NI -$1.64M (-1.5% margin)FY2017: $141.10M · NI $12.56M (8.9% margin)FY2018: $251.45M · NI $143.32M (57.0% margin)FY2019: $120.28M · NI $629.30M (523.2% margin)FY2020: $163.56M · NI -$2.98M (-1.8% margin)FY2021: $241.54M · NI $57.14M (23.7% margin)FY2022: $196.25M · NI -$33.36M (-17.0% margin)FY2023: $131.31M · NI $52.15M (39.7% margin)FY2024: $167.13M · NI -$4.03M (-2.4% margin)FY2025: $268.09M · NI $124.45M (46.4% margin) '09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
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Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000886163-26-000006

Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Summary

Ligand Pharmaceuticals is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals is in the country of United States[3].
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals is in the country of US[4].
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals's headquarters location is recorded as San Diego[6].
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[7].
  • September 1987 marks the founding of Ligand Pharmaceuticals[8].
  • 1987-09-28 marks the founding of Ligand Pharmaceuticals[9].
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals's official website is recorded as http://www.ligand.com[10].
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[11].

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Founding

Recorded inception include September 1987[8] and 1987-09-28[9].

Operations

Ligand Pharmaceuticals's headquarters location is recorded as San Diego[6].

Industry

Ligand Pharmaceuticals's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[7].

Why It Matters

Ligand Pharmaceuticals ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

business United States

References

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  1. [3] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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