Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026)
Ligand Pharmaceuticals' (LGND) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 93.67% in Q1 2026, up 437.0% year-on-year from 17.44% in Q1 2025, and down 1.38% quarter-over-quarter from 94.99% in Q4 2025.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has disclosed Gross Margin across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 93.67% for Q1 2026.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 93.67%, up 437.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 95.27% (up 246.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 94.57%, up 120.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin came in at 93.67% for Q1 2026 at Ligand Pharmaceuticals, down from 94.99% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 96.71% in Q3 2025 to a low of 57.1% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 93.0% (2024), against an average of 88.55%.
- Across the five-year window, Gross Margin slumped 2165 bps in 2022 and soared 3706 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals' Gross Margin stood at 57.1% in 2022, then soared by 65 bps to 94.16% in 2023, then slipped by 1 bps to 93.37% in 2024, then increased by 2 bps to 94.99% in 2025, then retreated by 1 bps to 93.67% in 2026.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 93.67% (Q1 2026), 94.99% (Q4 2025), and 96.71% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alterity Therapeutics | 925,601.88 Bn | 925,601.85 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Belite Bio | 58,560.00 Bn | 58,560.00 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Quantum Biopharma | 17,284.41 Bn | 17,284.40 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Legend Biotech | 2,809.00 Bn | 2,808.71 Bn | 242.10 Mn | 79.04% |
| 5 | Evaxion A | 1,334.43 Bn | 1,334.42 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Akari Therapeutics | 1,312.27 Bn | 1,312.26 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Psyence Biomedical | 212.16 Bn | 212.16 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 114.83 Bn | 107.58 Bn | 2.59 Bn | 86.85% |
| 9 | Abivax | 91.96 Bn | 91.96 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Ligand Pharmaceuticals | 5.47 Bn | 4.69 Bn | 48.45 Mn | 93.67% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 93.67% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 94.99% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 96.71% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 93.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 89.30% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 93.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 95.27% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 93.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 90.70% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 94.16% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 89.40% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 93.67% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 91.55% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 57.10% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 76.10% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 75.34% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 87.13% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 78.75% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 80.83% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 61.20% |