Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc LGND

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Price vs Fair Value

LGND is trading at a 600% premium.
Price
$97.56
Fair Value
$65.24
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$633.49
5-Star Price
$84.85
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
Day Range
52-Week Range
Bid/Ask
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Market Cap
Volume/Avg
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Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
20.85
Price/Sales
13.11
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.00%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.00%
Total Yield

Company Profile

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and acquiring technologies that aid in creating medicine. The company has partnerships and license agreements with various pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Ligand's business model is based on drug discovery, early-stage drug development, product reformulation, and partnerships. The company's revenue consists of three primary elements: royalties from commercialized products, license and milestone payments, and sale of its trademarked Captisol material.
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Biotechnology
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
58

Comparables

Valuation

Metric
LGND
CRNX
CORT
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
20.8554.23
Price/Book Value
2.274.857.69
Price/Sales
13.112,523.628.54
Price/Cash Flow
20.8535.76
Price/Earnings
LGND
CRNX
CORT

Financial Strength

Metric
LGND
CRNX
CORT
Quick Ratio
14.2415.965.23
Current Ratio
16.8216.095.57
Interest Coverage
29.70
Quick Ratio
LGND
CRNX
CORT

Profitability

Metric
LGND
CRNX
CORT
Return on Assets (Normalized)
0.97%−29.20%27.60%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
1.09%−33.39%33.89%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
0.30%−35.10%30.18%
Return on Assets
LGND
CRNX
CORT

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