LGND - Ligand Pharmaceuticals - Stock Forecast

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LGND is currently covered by 5 analysts with an average price target of $278.44. This is a potential upside of $29.9 (-7.43%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $300.79.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals's activity chart (see below) currently has 123 price targets and 112 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of LGND is 100% BUY.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 96.74% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 391.88 days.

Highest price target for LGND is $340, Lowest price target is $220, average price target is $278.44.

Most recent stock forecast was given by DOUGLAS MIEHM from RBC on 15-Jul-2026. First documented stock forecast 12-Feb-2014.

Best performing analysts who are covering LGND - Ligand Pharmaceuticals:

Joseph Pantginis Matt Hewitt Trevor Allred Scott Henry Balaji Prasad Leland Gershell

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of LGND, 20 are a BUY (100%).

Analyst name

Rating

Current price target

Potential Upside

Previous price target

Date of last PT

Price targets met ratio

Average potential upside

Average Days to Hit Target

Performance score

Buy Since 30-Jul-2024

$340

$52.46 (18.24%)

$262

21 days ago
(15-Jul-2026)

11/12 (91.67%)

$43.74 (14.76%)

211

Buy Since 10-Apr-2025

$332

$44.46 (15.46%)

28 days ago
(08-Jul-2026)

4/5 (80%)

$17.12 (5.44%)

99

Buy Since 12-Feb-2014

$289

$1.46 (0.51%)

$243

3 months 6 days ago
(30-Apr-2026)

46/46 (100%)

$59.55 (25.95%)

756

Buy Since 11-Dec-2024

$277

$-10.54 (-3.67%)

$250

5 months 9 days ago
(27-Feb-2026)

7/7 (100%)

$78.69 (39.68%)

113

Buy Since 06-Feb-2020

$220

$-67.54 (-23.49%)

$175

8 months 29 days ago
(07-Nov-2025)

13/13 (100%)

$17.52 (8.65%)

438

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What is LGND (Ligand Pharmaceuticals) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 391.88 days on average for the stock forecasts to be realized with a an average price target met ratio 96.74

Which analyst has the current highest performing score on LGND (Ligand Pharmaceuticals) with a proven track record?

JOSEPH PANTGINIS

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on LGND (Ligand Pharmaceuticals)?

Joseph Pantginis has 39 price targets and 35 ratings on LGND

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on LGND (Ligand Pharmaceuticals)?

Douglas Miehm with highest potential upside - $52.46

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on LGND (Ligand Pharmaceuticals)?

Matt Hewitt with lowest potential downside - -$163.59

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