Growth Metrics

Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) Return on Sales (2010 - 2026)

Ligand Pharmaceuticals recorded quarterly Return on Sales of 0.0% in Q1 2026, down 134.38% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01% in Q4 2025, and up 1.0% year-over-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals' Return on Sales history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.01% (up 1.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales came in at 0.0% for Q1 2026 at Ligand Pharmaceuticals, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.01% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Sales retreated 1 bps in 2024 and increased 1 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals' Return on Sales stood at 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 78 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then tumbled by 5627 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then surged by 203 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then plunged by 134 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods registered 0.0%, 0.01%, and 0.01% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

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1 Quantum Biopharma 961,148.99 Bn 961,148.98 Bn - -
2 Alterity Therapeutics 744,933.29 Bn 744,933.26 Bn - -
3 Legend Biotech 2,540.00 Bn 2,539.71 Bn 242.10 Mn 0.00%
4 Nanobiotix 2,199.85 Bn 2,199.78 Bn - -
5 Akari Therapeutics 1,635.88 Bn 1,635.88 Bn - -
6 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 111.32 Bn 104.07 Bn 2.59 Bn 0.00%
7 Evaxion A 62.56 Bn 62.54 Bn - 0.00%
8 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 62.55 Bn 53.79 Bn 3.31 Bn 0.00%
9 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 39.57 Bn 36.56 Bn 959.66 Mn 0.00%
10 Ligand Pharmaceuticals 4.55 Bn 3.77 Bn 48.45 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 0.00%
Jun 30, 2020 0.01%
Mar 31, 2020 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2019 0.00%
Sep 30, 2019 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2019 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2019 0.15%
Dec 31, 2018 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2018 0.01%
Jun 30, 2018 0.01%
Mar 31, 2018 0.01%
Dec 31, 2016 0.00%
Sep 30, 2016 0.00%
Jun 30, 2016 0.02%
Mar 31, 2016 0.00%
Dec 31, 2015 0.00%
Sep 30, 2015 0.11%
Mar 31, 2014 0.00%
Dec 31, 2013 0.00%
Sep 30, 2013 0.00%
Jun 30, 2013 0.00%
Mar 31, 2013 0.00%
Dec 31, 2012 0.00%
Sep 30, 2012 0.00%
Jun 30, 2012 0.00%
Mar 31, 2012 0.00%
Dec 31, 2011 0.00%
Sep 30, 2011 0.00%
Jun 30, 2011 0.00%
Mar 31, 2011 0.00%
Dec 31, 2010 0.01%
Sep 30, 2010 0.00%