Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorpor (LGND) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $2.37
- Estimate
- $1.95
- Surprise
- +21.5%
- Score today
- 6.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorpor (LGND) beat the $1.95 estimate with diluted EPS of $2.37 — a large 21.5% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates LGND Buy (Wait) at 6.5/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +21.5% surprise compares with a +26.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.1 in RISK_OFF)
- Sector modifier (Healthcare): +0.5
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: Hovione
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.2): -0.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $289.75
- Entry target
- $272.63
- Price target
- $298.25
- Stop
- $255.55
- Upside to target
- +2.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.5:1
The stock trades at 29.2× trailing but 24.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-03 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
LGND at TrendMatrix's latest read
Healthcare earnings trade on pipeline and payer dynamics as much as the quarter itself; a beat or miss is weighed against trial and reimbursement news.
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Market cap
- $5.72B
- P/E (fwd)
- 24.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 29.2
- 52-week range
- $161.82–$326.63
- Off 52-week high
- 11.3%
- RSI (14)
- 45
- Volume vs avg
- 0.90×
- Score today
- 6.5/10