Ligand Pharmaceuticals LGND Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 34.5%+68.5pp | 15.3%+28.8pp | 7%— | -18.3%— | -34.1%— | |
| Net margin | 55.9%+129pp | 46.4%+48.8pp | 19.3%-10.3pp | -40.4%-72.0pp | -73.1%-155pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 46.6%+61.2pp | 27.9%+20.3pp | 20.6%-5.5pp | 0.3%-29.1pp | -14.6%-62.9pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 44.8%+16.8pp | 18.2%-38.7pp | 12.2%-37.0pp | 28.6%-6.1pp | 28.1%-0.2pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 17.1%+33.7pp | 13.5%+14.0pp | 5.4%-0.6pp | -9.5%-15.3pp | -16.6%-29.8pp | |
| Return on assets | 12.6%+27.2pp | 9.9%+10.4pp | 4%-1.3pp | -8.4%-13.5pp | -14.6%-25.8pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 9.6%+17.7pp | 4%+7.1pp | 2.2%+1.6pp | -4.5%-5.1pp | -8.2%-11.2pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 21.3×+16.0× | 22.2×+13.3× | 24.7×+12.2× | 5.5×-11.4× | 5.3×-15.4× | |
| Quick ratio | 21×+15.9× | 22×+13.4× | 24.3×+12.5× | 5.2×-10.6× | 5×-14.5× | |
| Cash ratio | 2.8×+2.0× | 4.7×+2.7× | 4.6×+2.0× | 1×+0.1× | 0.8×-2.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.9×— | -2.3×+2.9× | -2.6×-1.2× | -95.7×-95.4× | —— | |
| Interest coverage | 16.9×+33.3× | 8.7×+16.1× | 4.6×+2.7× | -9.4×-12.1× | -16.4×-54.7× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $50.16+21.0% | $50.12+10.4% | $46.06+0.9% | $41.52-3.4% | $41.46-6.8% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $3.98B+96.7% | $3.72B+83.8% | $3.45B+88.9% | $2.28B+50.7% | $2.02B+56.4% | |
| Enterprise value | $3.87B+95.4% | $3.55B+81.3% | $3.32B+87.3% | $2.22B+47.6% | $1.98B+58.4% | |
| Price / earnings | 25.9×— | 29.9×— | 71.1×+30.7× | —— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 14.5×+3.3× | 13.9×+1.8× | 13.7×+1.7× | 12.2×+0.8× | 11.2×+0.2× | |
| Price / book | 4×+1.4× | 3.7×+1.2× | 3.6×+1.5× | 2.8×+0.8× | 2.5×+0.9× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 30.3×— | 47.5×-108× | 64.2×+19.6× | 3,429.7×+3,392× | —— | |
| EV / sales | 14.1×+3.2× | 13.2×+1.5× | 13.2×+1.6× | 11.8×+0.6× | 10.9×+0.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.1%+0.6pp | 1.3%-3.4pp | 0.9%-3.2pp | 2.4%-0.7pp | 2.5%-0.1pp | |
| Earnings yield | 3.9%+10.4pp | 3.3%+3.5pp | 1.4%-1.1pp | -3.3%-6.1pp | -6.6%-14.0pp |
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- What are Ligand Pharmaceuticals's profit margins?
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) runs a 91.9% gross margin and a 34.5% operating margin, with a 55.9% net margin.
- Where do Ligand Pharmaceuticals's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Ligand Pharmaceuticals's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.