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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Corp has a consensus price target of $567.61 based on the ratings of 38 analysts. The high is $1350 issued by HSBC on May 10, 2024<. The low is $100 issued by Deutsche Bank on August 5, 2024. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank on August 6, 2024, August 5, 2024, and August 5, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $118.33 between New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank, there's an implied 0.21% upside for Ligand Pharmaceuticals Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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05/09/2025 | Buy Now | — | Oppenheimer | Trevor Allred16% | $142 → $145 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
04/10/2025 | Buy Now | — | Stifel | Annabel Samimy36% | → $143 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
12/23/2024 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | $135 → $135 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
12/16/2024 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Balaji Prasad54% | $150 → $160 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
12/11/2024 | Buy Now | — | RBC Capital | Douglas Miehm35% | $141 → $143 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
12/11/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | — | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
11/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | RBC Capital | Douglas Miehm48% | $130 → $140 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
11/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | $110 → $135 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
11/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Balaji Prasad54% | $125 → $150 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
11/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | Oppenheimer | Leland Gershell43% | $135 → $147 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
11/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $157 → $157 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
10/31/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $157 → $157 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
10/28/2024 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Balaji Prasad54% | $110 → $125 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
10/21/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $144 → $157 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
10/03/2024 | Buy Now | — | Oppenheimer | Leland Gershell43% | → $135 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
08/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | $95 → $110 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
08/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | RBC Capital | Douglas Miehm48% | $130 → $130 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
08/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $144 → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
08/07/2024 | Buy Now | — | RBC Capital | Douglas Miehm48% | $130 → $130 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
07/30/2024 | Buy Now | — | RBC Capital | Douglas Miehm48% | → $130 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
07/09/2024 | Buy Now | — | Craig-Hallum | Matt Hewitt59% | $135 → $140 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
07/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $144 → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
06/28/2024 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | $95 → $95 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
06/27/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $144 → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
05/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $144 → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
04/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | $95 → $95 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
02/29/2024 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $144 → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
12/13/2023 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | $95 → $95 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
09/19/2023 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
08/23/2023 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | → $95 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
08/09/2023 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
07/25/2023 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Balaji Prasad54% | $120 → $110 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
06/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | HC Wainwright & Co. | Joseph Pantginis50% | $135 → $144 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
02/21/2023 | Buy Now | — | Benchmark | Robert Wasserman39% | → $95 | Reiterates | → Buy | Get Alert |
12/23/2022 | Buy Now | — | Roth Capital | Scott Henry55% | $85 → $90 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
11/21/2022 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Balaji Prasad54% | $150 → $120 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
10/25/2022 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Balaji Prasad54% | $157 → $150 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
09/02/2022 | Buy Now | — | Roth Capital | Scott Henry55% | $185 → $175 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
07/05/2022 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Balaji Prasad54% | $165 → $157 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) was reported by Oppenheimer on May 9, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $145.00 expecting LGND to rise to within 12 months (a possible 43.15% upside). 24 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) was provided by Oppenheimer, and Ligand Pharmaceuticals maintained their outperform rating.
There is no last upgrade for Ligand Pharmaceuticals
There is no last downgrade for Ligand Pharmaceuticals.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Ligand Pharmaceuticals was filed on May 9, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around May 9, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) rating was a maintained with a price target of $142.00 to $145.00. The current price Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) is trading at is $101.29, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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