Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

LGND stock score: 65/100

$306.40 · +3.07% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
71
Fundamental
59
News
60

The reading

Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) scores 65 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 94% of Healthcare stocks and 90% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 71, fundamentals 59.

Among the fundamentals, Quick Ratio at 100 and Current Ratio at 100 score highest, while Price to Sales Ratio at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 67 and contrarian oscillators 48.

News sentiment is positive at 60; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 61 to 78, and it is down 13 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward LGND’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

59

Pulling it up

  • Quick Ratio100

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

  • Current Ratio100

    Current ratio measures ability to pay short-term liabilities with current assets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

Holding it back

  • Price to Sales Ratio1

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

  • Fair Value2

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • EV/EBITDA3

    EV/EBITDA compares the whole company's value, debt included, with its operating earnings before depreciation.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

66

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • SMA 20 Cross Up100

    SMA 20 Cross Up tracks when very short-term averages cross above the 20-period SMA.

  • 52-Week Change100

    The price change over the last 52 weeks.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)14

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • SPY SMA 1026

    SPY SMA 10 evaluates the S&P 500 (SPY) position relative to its 10-period simple moving average.

  • SMA 200 Cross Up31

    SMA 200 Cross Up tracks when faster moving averages cross above the 200-period SMA.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
60

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly551
Daily663
Weekly722
Monthly772
Quarterly782

Composite score, last 90 days

05010065Jul 25, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 78Jul 26, 2026: 78Jul 27, 2026: 77Jul 28, 2026: 77Jul 29, 2026: 76Jul 30, 2026: 76Jul 31, 2026: 66Aug 2, 2026: 64Aug 3, 2026: 61Aug 5, 2026: 61Aug 6, 2026: 61Aug 7, 2026: 64Aug 8, 2026: 63Aug 9, 2026: 63Aug 10, 2026: 63Aug 11, 2026: 62Aug 12, 2026: 64Aug 13, 2026: 63Aug 14, 2026: 63Aug 15, 2026: 64Aug 16, 2026: 63Aug 17, 2026: 64Aug 18, 2026: 63Aug 19, 2026: 64Aug 20, 2026: 63Aug 22, 2026: 62Aug 23, 2026: 62Aug 24, 2026: 61Aug 25, 2026: 62Aug 26, 2026: 62Aug 27, 2026: 61Aug 28, 2026: 62Aug 29, 2026: 61Aug 30, 2026: 61Aug 31, 2026: 62Sep 1, 2026: 63Sep 2, 2026: 64Sep 3, 2026: 65Sep 4, 2026: 64Sep 5, 2026: 63Sep 6, 2026: 63Sep 7, 2026: 63Sep 8, 2026: 65Sep 9, 2026: 64Sep 10, 2026: 64Sep 11, 2026: 62Sep 12, 2026: 63Sep 13, 2026: 63Sep 14, 2026: 61Sep 15, 2026: 61Sep 16, 2026: 61Sep 17, 2026: 63Sep 18, 2026: 63Sep 19, 2026: 63Sep 20, 2026: 63Sep 21, 2026: 65Sep 22, 2026: 66Sep 23, 2026: 66Sep 24, 2026: 66Sep 25, 2026: 65Sep 26, 2026: 66Sep 27, 2026: 65Sep 28, 2026: 66Sep 29, 2026: 65Sep 30, 2026: 65Oct 1, 2026: 64Oct 2, 2026: 65Oct 3, 2026: 65Oct 4, 2026: 64Oct 5, 2026: 65Oct 6, 2026: 64Oct 7, 2026: 63Oct 8, 2026: 63Oct 9, 2026: 65Oct 10, 2026: 65Oct 11, 2026: 65Oct 12, 2026: 66Oct 13, 2026: 65Oct 14, 2026: 63Oct 15, 2026: 64Oct 16, 2026: 63Oct 17, 2026: 63Oct 18, 2026: 63Oct 19, 2026: 64Oct 20, 2026: 65
Show the daily numbers
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Key facts

Market cap
$6.1B
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Biotechnology
Beta
1.01
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Questions

What is LGND's stock score today?

LGND scores 65/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 71, fundamental 59, and news sentiment 60, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is LGND a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 65 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the LGND score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Healthcare ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.