Ligand Pharmaceuticals Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGM:LGND Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Role	Shares	Max Price
22 Sep 23	BuyUS$237,529	Todd Davis	Individual		4,000	US$59.38
16 May 23	SellUS$343,081	John Kozarich	Individual		4,444	US$77.20

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of LGND?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Private Companies	3,848	0.0217%
State or Government	10,544	0.0594%
Individual Insiders	1,016,041	5.73%
Institutions	16,707,275	94.2%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 3.1%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 76.64% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
16.7%	BlackRock, Inc.	2,962,314	US$207.0m	4.27%	no data
10.6%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	1,876,514	US$131.1m	1.33%	no data
7.59%	Janus Henderson Group plc	1,343,154	US$93.9m	0.1%	0.04%
5.58%	Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust	987,354	US$69.0m	-0.45%	0.08%
3.77%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	668,284	US$46.7m	7.22%	no data
3.74%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	661,298	US$46.2m	7.63%	0.01%
3.72%	Stephens Investment Management Group, LLC	659,434	US$46.1m	41%	0.69%
2.42%	St. Denis J. Villere & Co., LLC	428,051	US$29.9m	-2.31%	2.69%
2.36%	John Higgins	417,695	US$29.2m	0%	no data
2.09%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	370,815	US$25.9m	5.16%	no data
1.84%	Pacer Advisors, Inc.	325,727	US$22.8m	59.1%	0.07%
1.64%	abrdn plc	290,418	US$20.3m	-9.28%	0.02%
1.56%	Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC	276,008	US$19.3m	-2.46%	1.24%
1.3%	Chicago Capital, LLC	229,596	US$16.0m	-0.83%	0.54%
1.29%	DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.	227,662	US$15.9m	28.1%	0.09%
1.25%	Cardinal Capital Management, L.L.C.	221,927	US$15.5m	7.52%	0.74%
1.24%	Northern Trust Global Investments	219,780	US$15.4m	-0.05%	no data
1.16%	Impax Asset Management Group Plc	205,208	US$14.3m	11.3%	0.04%
1.11%	William Blair Investment Management, LLC	196,498	US$13.7m	15.6%	0.02%
1.1%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	194,754	US$13.6m	-5.64%	0.01%
1.05%	Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management	185,630	US$13.0m	36.5%	0.01%
0.92%	Matthew Foehr	162,187	US$11.3m	0%	no data
0.91%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	161,480	US$11.3m	0%	no data
0.87%	BNY Mellon Asset Management	154,072	US$10.8m	7.02%	no data
0.81%	Numeric Investors LLC	143,752	US$10.0m	-2.41%	0.04%