Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) reported Operating Expenses of $34.4 million for Q1 2026, down 57.87% on a YoY basis from $81.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 25.03% sequentially from $45.8 million in Q4 2025.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $34.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 57.87% year-over-year to $34.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $179.9 million (down 26.06% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $227.1 million, up 19.68% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $34.4 million in Q1 2026, from $45.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $81.5 million in Q1 2025 to a low of $28.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $45.1 million and a median of $41.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses jumped 191.35% in 2025 and sank 57.87% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Tracing LGND's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $70.5 million in 2022, then slumped by 55.37% to $31.5 million in 2023, then soared by 66.72% to $52.4 million in 2024, then slipped by 12.63% to $45.8 million in 2025, then slipped by 25.03% to $34.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LGND's Operating Expenses at $34.4 million in Q1 2026, $45.8 million in Q4 2025, and $60.5 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Oculis Holding AG 68,785.72 Bn 68,785.72 Bn - -28.01 Mn
2 Nanobiotix 1,895.57 Bn 1,895.51 Bn - -
3 BeOne Medicines 471.35 Bn 466.56 Bn 1.35 Bn 1.10 Bn
4 NuCana 279.75 Bn 279.75 Bn - -3.78 Mn
5 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 120.24 Bn 113.00 Bn 2.59 Bn 1.85 Bn
6 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 67.80 Bn 59.04 Bn 3.31 Bn 2.96 Bn
7 Belite Bio 62.51 Bn 62.51 Bn - 32.68 Mn
8 Argenx Se 57.38 Bn 57.38 Bn 1.41 Bn 2.89 Bn
9 Revolution Medicines 37.78 Bn 37.78 Bn - 445.22 Mn
10 Ligand Pharmaceuticals 6.05 Bn 5.27 Bn 48.45 Mn 34.35 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 34.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 45.82 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 60.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 39.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 81.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 52.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 48.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 60.63 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 31.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 31.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 28.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 29.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 70.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 46.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 41.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 34.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 41.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 34.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 24.94 Mn