LGNDLigand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

$287.86

Is it safe?

Can LGND take a bad year?

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated holds $231M more cash than debt, so a bad year is a question about profits, not about lenders.

$231M

Net cash

Net debt / EBITDA
net cash

Net debt / EBITDA · no net borrowings to measure against earnings

Altman Z-score
7.96

Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3

Interest cover
15.3×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over

Details
Total debtQ2 2026
$1.13B
Cash and short-term investments
$1.36B
Net cash
$231M
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$128M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$95M
Debt / equity
1.16×
Total debt / EBITDA
8.83×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
38%
Worst drawdown on file
−77%
Below its 52-week high
−9.0%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.