R&D expense · 2011–2025

Ligand Pharmaceuticals R&D expense

$81.2M+278.9% · FY2025

Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) reported $81.2M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +278.9% year on year.

$10.3M2011$10.8M2012$9.3M2013$9.7M2014$11.0M2015$21.2M2016$26.9M2017$27.9M2018$55.9M2019$40.5M2020$32.1M2021$36.1M2022$24.5M2023$21.4M2024$81.2M2025
Ligand Pharmaceuticals — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$81.2M+278.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$21.4M−12.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$24.5M−32.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$36.1M+12.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$32.1M−20.7%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$40.5M−27.6%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$55.9M+100.7%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$27.9M+3.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$26.9M+26.7%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$21.2M+92.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$11.0M+12.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$9.7M+5.1%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$9.3M−14.1%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$10.8M+4.8%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$10.3M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +15.9%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Ligand Pharmaceuticals R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000886163-26-000006 · February 27, 2026

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