LGND Shares Outstanding History — Ligand Pharmaceuticals Share Count Over Time

As of 5/5/2026 Ligand Pharmaceuticals has 20.04 million LGND shares outstanding. Investors often track the LGND shares outstanding history to compare shareholder return trends against the change in share count over time.

This page shows LGND share count trends over time, with 59 historical shares outstanding datapoints presented, dating back to 7/26/2010.

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LGND Shares Outstanding History



Below is a table of the LGND shares outstanding history going back to 7/26/2010:

Date LGND Shares Outstanding
7/26/2010199.39M
10/31/201031.44M
2/11/201131.45M
4/27/201131.48M
8/1/201131.54M
11/4/201131.54M
11/8/201131.54M
2/1/201231.55M
4/30/201231.63M
5/1/201231.63M
8/8/201231.96M
11/6/201232.00M
3/1/201332.39M
5/1/201332.44M
8/1/201332.77M
10/29/201332.72M
2/14/201433.05M
5/7/201433.22M
8/5/201433.31M
10/31/201432.10M
11/24/201431.88M
2/17/201531.38M
5/1/201531.53M
8/1/201531.83M
11/7/201531.94M
2/17/201633.30M
5/1/201633.38M
8/1/201633.43M
11/1/201633.50M
2/9/201733.53M
5/1/201733.66M
7/31/201733.75M
10/31/201733.83M
2/26/201833.99M
4/20/201834.15M
8/7/201833.83M
11/6/201834.07M
2/25/201932.77M
5/7/201931.42M
8/7/201930.48M
11/6/201928.15M
2/21/202026.46M
5/5/202025.73M
8/4/202025.77M
11/3/202025.79M
2/18/202126.63M
5/3/202126.69M
7/30/202126.73M
2/23/202227.01M
5/5/202227.03M
5/6/202417.96M
8/5/202418.27M
11/5/202418.90M
2/25/202519.26M
5/6/202519.29M
8/5/202519.60M
11/4/202519.68M
2/24/202619.94M
5/5/202620.04M

Also see: LGND Market Cap History
LGND YTD Return
LGND Historical Shares Outstanding:
-13.54% CAGR
LGND Historical Shares Outstanding: +-13.54% CAGR

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7/26/2010 ...5/5/2026
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company enabling scientific advancement through supporting the clinical development of medicines. Co. does this by providing financing, licensing its technologies or both. Its Captisol platform technology is a chemically modified cyclodextrin with a structure designed to optimize the solubility and stability of drugs. This technology has enabled several U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved products, including Gilead's Veklury, Amgen's Kyprolis, Baxter International's Nexterone, Melinta Therapeutics' Baxdela and Sage Therapeutics' Zulresso. We show 59 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of LGND's shares outstanding history.

Understanding the changing numbers of LGND shares outstanding — and comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like LGND versus peers — is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies. Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history. With this page we aim to empower investors researching LGND by allowing them to research LGND shares outstanding history as well as any other stock in our coverage universe.
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