Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) insider trading
Recent insider transactions reported to the SEC on Form 4 — directors and officers buying or selling their own company’s stock. Sourced directly from public SEC filings, latest filed Oct 6, 2026.
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- Filings shown
- 10
- Open-market buys
- 0
- Open-market sells
- 32
Counts cover the 10 most recent Form 4 filings Tradune holds for LGND (filed Jul 6 – Oct 6, 2026); the score below covers only the trailing 90 days (0 buys, 24 sells). No completed check of LGND's Form 4 list on SEC EDGAR is on record yet; the latest LGND filing Tradune holds was filed Oct 6, 2026. This is not guaranteed to be the complete record — see LGND's full Form 4 filing history on SEC EDGAR.
Open-market activity, last 90 days
Purchases (Form 4 code P) and sales (code S) on the 7 filings Tradune holds for LGND filed Aug 4 – Oct 6, 2026. Grants, exercises, tax withholding and the other Form 4 transaction codes are left out.
24 open-market sales by Rule 10b5-1 checkbox
- On filings with the 10b5-1 box checked
- 22 sales· 46,641 sh
- checkbox disclosed
- On filings with the box not checked
- 2 sales· 8,338 sh
- not proof that no plan exists
- Not comparable
- 0 sales· 0 sh
- filed before Apr 1, 2023, or no checkbox value in the filing data
Counts are Form 4 lines as filed. The checkbox is one per filing, so every sale on a filing with the box checked is counted there even if only some of its transactions were under a plan; it records what the filer disclosed, and the three categories are not a judgement about why a sale was made.
| Insider | Buys | Sells | Shares bought | Shares sold | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew ReardonCLO & Secretary | 0 | 21 | — | 15,000 | −$4,395,731 |
| Octavio EspinozaChief Financial Officer | 0 | 1 | — | 31,641 | −$9,241,229 |
| Jason HaasDirector | 0 | 1 | — | 7,138 | −$2,090,062 |
| Martine ZimmermannDirector | 0 | 1 | — | 1,200 | −$342,000 |
Value = shares × the price reported on each Form 4 (+ purchases, − sales); every open-market line in this window disclosed a price.
Summarises ~90 days of public SEC Form 4 activity — more distinct buyers, officer involvement and net buying score higher. A description of filing activity, not a rating or buy signal. How this score is computed →
How to read this: an open-market purchase (Form 4 code P) is a buy at the market price with the insider’s own money, as opposed to a grant, award or option exercise; an open-market sale is code S. When two or more distinct insiders report open-market purchases in the same 90-day window, this site labels that a cluster — a definition, not a forecast; see insider cluster buying. “Held after” is Form 4 Table I column 5; “Change” = shares ÷ holdings before the trade (held after − shares for an acquisition, held after + shares for a disposition).
Insider Buying at LGND
No open-market insider purchases (Form 4 code P) were reported for LGND between Jul 6, 2026 and Oct 6, 2026. The filings below may include other transaction types — sales, grants, option exercises, and tax withholding — shown for completeness; they are not open-market purchases.
Recent Form 4 filings
Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 · transaction codes explained
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 404 | $306.18 | 32,106 | −1.2% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 1,535 | $304.52 | 32,510 | −4.5% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 1,976 | $303.54 | 34,045 | −5.5% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 833 | $302.51 | 36,021 | −2.3% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 340 | $52.27 | 36,854 | +0.9% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 17 | $307.74 | 31,854 | −0.1% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 235 | $307.19 | 31,871 | −0.7% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Option exercise Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 340 | — | — | — | Oct 2, 2026 |
† change in this filer’s own reported holding line (Form 4 Table I, col. 5), not of total company ownership; small prior holdings produce large percentages, so under 100 shares the prior holding is shown instead.
“10b5-1 box checked” = the filer checked the Form 4 box stating that a transaction on the filing was made under a plan intended to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c); “10b5-1 box not checked” = the box was left blank, which does not prove that no plan exists. The box applies to Form 4s filed from April 1, 2023; older filings, and boxes we could not read, carry no tag. What the 10b5-1 box means.
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tax withholding | 115 | $298.50 | 3,782 | −3.0% | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box not checked | 1,200 | $285.00 | 3,897 | −24% | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 385 | $287.53 | 36,914 | −1.0% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 300 | $283.99 | 41,214 | −0.7% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 1,800 | $285.17 | 39,414 | −4.4% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 2,115 | $286.36 | 37,299 | −5.4% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 400 | $288.98 | 36,514 | −1.1% | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option exercise Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) | 16,179 | — | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) | 3,348 | — | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) | 2,074 | — | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 7,171 | — | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 2,869 | — | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 31,641 | $292.07 | 27,696 | −53% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 3,348 | $68.74 | 59,337 | +6.0% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 7,171 | $57.22 | 55,989 | +15% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 2,869 | $55.75 | 48,818 | +6.2% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 2,074 | $70.04 | 45,949 | +4.7% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 16,179 | $52.84 | 43,875 | +58% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option exercise | 6,138 | $51.56 | 11,119 | +123% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box not checked | 7,138 | $292.81 | 3,981 | −64% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Option exercise Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) | 6,138 | — | — | — | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 200 | $290.60 | 42,914 | −0.5% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 991 | $291.71 | 41,923 | −2.3% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 409 | $292.82 | 41,514 | −1.0% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Option exercise Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 5,000 | — | — | — | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 5,000 | $52.27 | 46,514 | +12% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 105 | $284.14 | 46,409 | −0.2% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 33 | $284.55 | 46,376 | −0.1% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 157 | $285.74 | 46,219 | −0.3% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 1,032 | $286.80 | 45,187 | −2.2% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 1,214 | $287.77 | 43,973 | −2.7% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 356 | $288.75 | 43,617 | −0.8% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 503 | $289.80 | 43,114 | −1.2% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 100 | $314.58 | 43,014 | −0.2% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 600 | $317.15 | 41,514 | −1.4% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Option exercise Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 5,000 | — | — | — | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 1,081 | $312.28 | 43,814 | −2.4% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 700 | $313.46 | 43,114 | −1.6% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 900 | $315.78 | 42,114 | −2.1% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Option exercise | 5,000 | $52.27 | 46,514 | +12% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 396 | $308.99 | 46,118 | −0.9% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 104 | $310.20 | 46,014 | −0.2% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Open-market sale 10b5-1 box checked | 1,119 | $311.72 | 44,895 | −2.4% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Other acquisition / disposition | 132 | $160.71 | 41,514 | +0.3% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other acquisition / disposition | 17 | $160.71 | 27,696 | +0.1% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after | Change† | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other acquisition / disposition | 132 | $160.71 | 199,513 | +0.1% | Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider filings reported around the same time
Other companies whose most recent Form 4 was filed closest to LGND's (Oct 6, 2026).
Frequently asked about LGND insider activity
How many insiders bought LGND stock in these Form 4 filings?
No open-market purchases (Form 4 code P) of LGND shares were reported by Ligand Pharmaceuticals insiders between Jul 6, 2026 and Oct 6, 2026. The 10 filings shown on this page cover other transaction types — sales, grants, option exercises, and tax withholding.
Who filed the most recent Form 4 for LGND?
The most recent Form 4 on this page was filed by Andrew Reardon (CLO & Secretary) on Oct 6, 2026, reporting 8 transactions. The original document is linked from the filing list above on SEC EDGAR. Amended filings (Form 4/A) may later revise reported figures.
What was the largest open-market LGND insider sale shown?
The largest open-market sale among the filings shown was 31,641 LGND shares at $292.07 (about $9,241,229) by Octavio Espinoza (Chief Financial Officer) on Aug 12, 2026. Value is shares × the price reported on the Form 4; that Form 4 has the Rule 10b5-1 box checked.
New to Form 4s? The transaction codes, the 90-day window and the 0–100 score are defined on the insider-activity score methodology page.
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Track LGND insider filings free →This score summarizes SEC Form 4 filing activity over the trailing 90 days. It is descriptive, not predictive — not a rating, recommendation, or investment advice. Data: SEC EDGAR (public domain), as filed; amendments may revise figures. Tradune is not a registered investment adviser.
Data as filed; amended filings (Form 4/A) may revise figures. Sales may occur under prearranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plans.