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How Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated stacks up
LGND · against 197 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Growth
90/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #24 of 198 · scores higher than 87% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score27 peers with a growth score of 90–100, including LGND · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 90?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its revenue growth, earnings per share growth and 3-year revenue growth, which are stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- faster revenue growth over three years: stronger than 77% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: 17.3% vs peer median 5.8%
- Earnings per share turned from a loss to a profit. Earnings per share growth: — vs peer median 9.8%
- faster revenue growth over the last year: stronger than 91% of peers. Revenue growth: 54.9% vs peer median 6.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LGND, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LGND | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 198 reported | 54.9% | 8.1% | 90% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 141 reported | Not reported | 9.8% | — | — | 33% |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 190 reported | 17.3% | 9.0% | 77% | 33% |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LGND| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B EUR (≈$3.4B) | 100 | 100 | |
| 2 | 8.8B USD | 99 | 31 | |
| 3 | 37.3B HKD (≈$4.8B) | 98 | 90 | |
| 3 | 3.8B USD | 98 | 71 | |
| 3 | 9.3B USD | 98 | 64 | |
| 20 | 41.9B SEK (≈$4.2B) | 91 | 53 | |
| 20 | 6.0B USD | 91 | 32 | |
| 20 | 3.9B USD | 91 | 52 | |
| 20 | 4.0B USD | 91 | 72 | |
| 24 | 6.3B USD | 90 | 78 | |
| 24 | 5.7B USD | 90 | 30 | |
| 24 | 7.4B USD | 90 | 67 | |
| 24 | 3.8B USD | 90 | 48 | |
| 28 | 68.9B HKD (≈$8.8B) | 89 | 67 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score