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LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC

LGND Net selling
CIK 0000886163 #1265 in the set updated 17 Sep 2026
Bought (120 mo)
$3.76M
out of their own pocket, the only kind of buying there is
Sold (120 mo)
$195.47M
$2.43M on a plan · $129.99M straight out of an exercise
Sold at will
$63.05M
80 of 261 sales
Net
−$191.71M
−$59.29M against sales at will

By person

17 insiders · 356 transactions
78.4×

Todd C. Davis holds 78.4 times base salary in stock. $56.86M of shares against $724.50K in salary for 2025.

Salary from the company's own proxy. The shares are what Todd C. Davis last reported holding, valued at $285.00, the price Common Stock was last bought or sold at on the open market here, on 10 Sep 2026.

Insider
Role
Bought
Sold
Net
Holding
Of company
Worth
Change
HIGGINS JOHN L
Director
$854.26K (4)
$55.17M (25) scheduled
−$54.31M
417,695
2.10%
$119.04M
+198.8%
Aryeh Jason
Director
$744.81K (12)
$25.42M (20)
−$24.68M
154,174
0.7734%
$43.94M
−49.6%
FOEHR MATTHEW W
Former Executive Officer
$206.91K (1)
$23.77M (14) scheduled
−$23.56M
162,187
0.8136%
$46.22M
+95.3%
Espinoza Octavio
Chief Financial Officer
$156.09K (2)
$15.27M (25) scheduled
−$15.12M
27,696
0.1389%
$7.89M
+124.8%
Berkman Charles S
Former Executive Officer
—
$12.57M (5)
−$12.57M
23,825
0.1195%
$6.79M
−37.2%
Korenberg Matthew E
President & COO
$43.09K (1)
$12.57M (15) scheduled
−$12.53M
50,777
0.2547%
$14.47M
+233.4%
Reardon Andrew
CLO & Secretary
—
$10.20M (61) scheduled
−$10.20M
36,514
0.1832%
$10.41M
+203.5%
Patel Sunil
Former Director
$178.50K (2)
$10.15M (1) scheduled
−$9.97M
28,820
0.1446%
$8.21M
−25.4%
Sabba Stephen L
Director
—
$6.76M (11) scheduled
−$6.76M
33,629
0.1687%
$9.58M
+20.3%
LAMATTINA JOHN L
Director
—
$6.25M (13) scheduled
−$6.25M
26,969
0.1353%
$7.69M
+28.4%
KOZARICH JOHN W
Director
—
$5.34M (58)
−$5.34M
42,622
0.2138%
$12.15M
+6.3%
Davis Todd C
Chief Executive Officer
$1.58M (6)
$6.49M (6)
−$4.92M
199,513
1.00%
$56.86M
+250.5%
Haas Jason
Director
—
$3.74M (3) scheduled
−$3.74M
3,981
0.0200%
$1.13M
+217.7%
Gray Nancy Ryan
Director
—
$1.43M (3) scheduled
−$1.43M
8,930
0.0448%
$2.55M
+1,142%
Zimmermann Martine
Director
—
$342.00K (1)
−$342.00K
3,897
0.0195%
$1.11M
—
Boyce Sarah
Former Director
—
—
—
2,892
0.0145%
$824.22K
—
Cochran Jennifer R.
Former Director
—
—
—
1,161
0.0058%
$330.89K
—

Individual transactions

43
Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
Zimmermann Martine
10 Sep 2026
Director
Sell
1,200
$285.00
$342.00K
Aryeh Jason
11 Jun 2026
Director
Sell
4,500
$250.00
$1.13M
LAMATTINA JOHN L
10 Jun 2026
Director
Sell
3,405
$251.62
$856.75K
LAMATTINA JOHN L
10 Jun 2026
Director
Sell
697
$249.53
$173.92K
LAMATTINA JOHN L
10 Jun 2026
Director
Sell
232
$248.11
$57.56K
LAMATTINA JOHN L
10 Jun 2026
Director
Sell
257
$247.22
$63.54K
Aryeh Jason
10 Jun 2026
Director
Sell
500
$250.00
$125.00K
Sabba Stephen L
23 Mar 2026
Director
Sell
1,000
$207.87
$207.87K
Espinoza Octavio
12 Dec 2025
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
1,804
$188.31
$339.71K
Aryeh Jason
23 Sep 2025
Director
Sell
954
$171.92
$164.02K
Aryeh Jason
23 Sep 2025
Director
Sell
4,628
$170.96
$791.22K
Aryeh Jason
23 Sep 2025
Director
Sell
4,418
$170.41
$752.85K
Reardon Andrew
23 Jun 2025
CLO & Secretary
Sell
500
$114.08
$57.04K
Reardon Andrew
10 Jun 2025
CLO & Secretary
Sell
500
$114.54
$57.27K
Reardon Andrew
15 May 2025
CLO & Secretary
Sell
1,000
$104.00
$104.00K
Espinoza Octavio
4 Mar 2025
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
5,000
$115.03
$575.15K
Espinoza Octavio
23 Dec 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
2,104
$116.37
$244.85K
Espinoza Octavio
20 Sep 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
800
$103.95
$83.16K
Espinoza Octavio
20 Sep 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
275
$103.86
$28.56K
Espinoza Octavio
20 Sep 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
200
$103.98
$20.80K
Korenberg Matthew E
26 Aug 2024
President & COO
Sell
5,212
$106.32
$554.15K
Korenberg Matthew E
26 Aug 2024
President & COO
Sell
6,177
$105.02
$648.68K
Korenberg Matthew E
23 Aug 2024
President & COO
Sell
4,275
$105.13
$449.44K
Korenberg Matthew E
23 Aug 2024
President & COO
Sell
2,037
$104.09
$212.04K
Korenberg Matthew E
22 Aug 2024
President & COO
Sell
1,157
$105.54
$122.11K
Korenberg Matthew E
9 Aug 2024
President & COO
Sell
18,245
$98.50
$1.80M
Espinoza Octavio
16 May 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
2,264
$86.00
$194.71K
Espinoza Octavio
15 May 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
5,873
$86.01
$505.15K
Korenberg Matthew E
14 May 2024
President & Chief Operating
Sell
520
$85.68
$44.56K
Korenberg Matthew E
14 May 2024
President & Chief Operating
Sell
13,638
$85.08
$1.16M
Korenberg Matthew E
13 May 2024
President & Chief Operating
Sell
3,440
$84.54
$290.83K
Gray Nancy Ryan
9 May 2024
Director
Sell
934
$83.20
$77.71K
KOZARICH JOHN W
16 May 2023
Director
Sell
4,444
$77.20
$343.08K
Reardon Andrew
24 Mar 2023
See Remarks
Sell
300
$69.92
$20.98K
HIGGINS JOHN L
16 Dec 2022
Director
Sell
10,000
$61.87
$618.66K
HIGGINS JOHN L
17 Nov 2022
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
10,000
$78.32
$783.17K
Espinoza Octavio
9 Nov 2022
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
1,696
$75.64
$128.28K
HIGGINS JOHN L
16 Sep 2022
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
3,000
$89.35
$268.05K
HIGGINS JOHN L
15 Sep 2022
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
2,000
$90.00
$180.00K
HIGGINS JOHN L
12 Nov 2021
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
3,000
$160.50
$481.50K
Davis Todd C
10 Feb 2021
Director
Sell
5,083
$213.14
$1.08M
Berkman Charles S
4 Feb 2021
SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary
Sell
18,097
$178.50
$3.23M
Berkman Charles S
4 Jun 2020
SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary
Sell
11,146
$118.59
$1.32M
Showing 250 of 356 transactions. The figures above use every one of them.

What was left out

Form 4 filings counted 416
Amendments (4/A) skipped 11
Filings about a different issuer 6
Unreadable filings 0
Joint filings 0
Sales on a Rule 10b5-1 plan 51
Sales straight out of an exercise 130
Sales at will 80
Transactions with no price 0
Shares from compensation/vesting 2,225,995
Sales filed before the plan box existed 46
History held since 6 Sep 2016