Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated‘s stocks are currently a part of 136 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 59.53% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 10.01M shares of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -35.37% or -5.48M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 26.47% (36) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 40.44% (55) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 13.24% (18) closed the holdings completely. 15 hedge funds are new holders of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock in Q2 2022, it is 11.03% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q3 2017 288
Q4 2017 294
Q1 2018 321
Q2 2018 340
Q3 2018 380
Q4 2018 354
Q1 2019 324
Q2 2019 302
Q3 2019 272
Q4 2019 261
Q1 2020 257
Q2 2020 257
Q3 2020 248
Q4 2020 233
Q1 2021 224
Q2 2021 206
Q3 2021 200
Q4 2021 212
Q1 2022 194
Q2 2022 136

Hedge funds changes in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated positions (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in positions
Q3 2017 50114811924
Q4 2017 3812395308
Q1 2018 60941292612
Q2 2018 411231292027
Q3 2018 681011662421
Q4 2018 591579185-38
Q1 2019 4511812371-33
Q2 2019 329213649-7
Q3 2019 207413051-3
Q4 2019 29591303310
Q1 2020 446810944-8
Q2 2020 388011335-9
Q3 2020 30909738-7
Q4 2020 29809045-11
Q1 2021 385510544-18
Q2 2021 187176356
Q3 2021 1771712318
Q4 2021 2970811418
Q1 2022 18667736-3
Q2 2022 1536551812

Hedge funds changes in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stock options (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q3 2017 11,246,000 19,253,000
Q4 2017 7,109,000 18,170,000
Q1 2018 9,607,000 12,756,000
Q2 2018 27,459,000 19,392,000
Q3 2018 59,936,000 28,822,000
Q4 2018 106,233,000 146,795,000
Q1 2019 61,657,000 121,962,000
Q2 2019 53,360,000 83,875,000
Q3 2019 36,573,000 199,937,000
Q4 2019 75,577,000 140,308,000
Q1 2020 47,392,000 80,465,000
Q2 2020 39,069,000 139,452,000
Q3 2020 12,698,000 119,594,000
Q4 2020 33,086,000 173,145,000
Q1 2021 54,239,000 107,648,000
Q2 2021 33,448,000 13,302,000
Q3 2021 3,220,000,023,333,000 285,000,008,119,000
Q4 2021 24,898,000 6,476,000
Q1 2022 7,210,000 3,442,000
Q2 2022 1,347,000 80,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 229.53M 2.66M 0.008%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 154.43M 1.79M 0.004%
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 108.7M 1.26M 0.081%
STATE STREET CORP 81.91M 951.31K 0.005%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 68.34M 793.62K 0.084%
VILLERE ST DENIS J & CO LLC 42.28M 491.10K 3.366%
CHICAGO CAPITAL, LLC 39.55M 459.31K 2.288%
STEPHENS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 38.89M 451.73K 0.737%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 38.67M 449.11K 0.015%
ABRDN PLC 38.09M 442.35K 0.113%
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 35.91M 417.07K 0.142%
RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 25.54M 296.67K 1.481%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 24.98M 290.11K 0.004%
IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP PLC 20.17M 234.32K 0.104%
INVESCO LTD. 16.45M 191.06K 0.005%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 14.90M 173.11K 0.003%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 14.84M 172.4K 0.003%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 14.31M 166.21K 0.009%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 13.99M 162.54K 0.003%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 13.82M 160.57K 0.005%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 12.40M 144.01K 0.005%
KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 10.82M 125.69K 0.232%
MORGAN STANLEY 10.37M 120.46K 0.001%
KNOTT DAVID M JR 9.90M 115K 4.167%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 8.81M 102.32K 0.007%
MAN GROUP PLC Ian Livingston 8.76M 101.8K 0.041%
STONEPINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 8.57M 99.56K 3.854%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 8.42M 97.85K 0.001%
SMITH, GRAHAM & CO., INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LP 7.39M 85.85K 0.983%
ORCHARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 6.50M 75.49K 2.431%
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 6.10M 69.94K 0.010%
WOODSTOCK CORP 5.31M 61.69K 0.790%
MONARCH PARTNERS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 5.13M 59.58K 1.542%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 4.97M 57.8K 0.001%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 4.46M 51.89K 0.002%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 4.18M 48.60K 0.003%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 4.17M 48.50K 0.006%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 3.93M 45.68K 0.002%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 3.71M 43.13K 0.003%
CITIGROUP INC 3.64M 42.36K 0.003%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.45M 40.10K 0.001%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 3.44M 40K 0.003%
MARSHALL WACE, LLP Paul Marshall 3.43M 39.88K 0.007%
RAFFERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.12M 36.33K 0.033%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 3.07M 35.75K 0.001%
GW&K INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.61M 30.40K 0.029%
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 2.6M 30.18K 0.002%
PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD 2.53M 29.4K 0.022%
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT OF VIRGINIA LLC 2.46M 28.67K 0.534%
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Cliff Asness 2.46M 28.63K 0.006%