Ligand Pharm (LGND): Congress and insider trades

Who in Congress and inside the company traded LGND, when each filing appeared, and what buying after each one would have earned against the S&P 500.

Key Facts

  • Ligand Pharm (LGND) is a listed stock on NASDAQ.
  • 2 members of Congress filed 4 buys and 1 sell of LGND, the latest published 2026-06-09 (9 June 2026).
  • Insiders filed 0 open market buys worth $0 and 17 sells worth $25M, the latest filed 2026-09-14 (14 September 2026).
  • Across 3 scored buys, Congress averaged +18.7% against the S&P 500 (SPY) over the 90 days after disclosure, with 100% of them ahead of the index. That result is too few trades to draw a conclusion.
  • Data as of 2026-09-29 (29 September 2026).
Congress buys 4 2 members
Congress sells 1
Insider buys 0 $0
Insider sells 17 $25M
Congress buys vs S&P, 90d +18.7% 3 scored buys
Insider buys vs S&P, 90d n/a 0 scored buys

Congress trades in LGND

as of 2026-06-09
  1. Gil Cisneros4 trades
  2. Katherine Clark1 trade
Congress trades in LGND, newest first.
FiledMemberTypeSizeDays to file90 day vs S&P
9 Jun 2026 Gil Cisneros (D-CA) buy 1K–15K 10 +10.5%
8 Apr 2026 Gil Cisneros (D-CA) buy 1K–15K 35 +43.2%
16 Feb 2026 Gil Cisneros (D-CA) buy 1K–15K 29 +2.4%
16 Feb 2026 Gil Cisneros (D-CA) buy 1K–15K 39 +2.4%
4 Dec 2020 Katherine Clark (D-MA) sell 1K–15K 42 n/a

Insider trades in LGND

as of 2026-09-14
Open market insider trades in LGND, newest first.
FiledInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue90 day vs S&P
14 Sep 2026 Zimmermann Martine sell 1,200 $285.00 $342K n/a
8 Sep 2026 Reardon Andrew sell 5,000 $286.09 $1.4M n/a
14 Aug 2026 Espinoza Octavio sell 31,641 $292.06 $9.2M n/a
14 Aug 2026 Haas Jason sell 7,138 $292.81 $2.1M n/a
4 Aug 2026 Reardon Andrew sell 5,000 $288.99 $1.4M n/a
6 Jul 2026 Reardon Andrew sell 5,000 $313.28 $1.6M n/a
18 Jun 2026 Sabba Stephen L sell 2,145 $254.00 $545K n/a
15 Jun 2026 Haas Jason sell 6,461 $255.58 $1.7M n/a
12 Jun 2026 Aryeh Jason sell 500 $250.00 $125K n/a
12 Jun 2026 Aryeh Jason sell 4,500 $250.00 $1.1M n/a
12 Jun 2026 LAMATTINA JOHN L sell 4,591 $250.88 $1.2M n/a
2 Jun 2026 Reardon Andrew sell 5,000 $227.06 $1.1M n/a
4 May 2026 Reardon Andrew sell 5,000 $231.31 $1.2M n/a
2 Apr 2026 Reardon Andrew sell 5,000 $201.24 $1.0M n/a
2 Apr 2026 KOZARICH JOHN W sell 467 $202.23 $94.4K n/a
31 Mar 2026 LAMATTINA JOHN L sell 2,161 $200.76 $434K n/a
25 Mar 2026 Sabba Stephen L sell 1,000 $207.87 $208K n/a

Frequently asked questions

Who has bought LGND?

4 Congress buys by 2 members and 0 insider buys are on file. The tables on this page list every one.

Did buying LGND after a disclosure beat the market?

Across 3 scored buys, Congress averaged +18.7% against the S&P 500 (SPY) over the 90 days after disclosure, with 100% of them ahead of the index. That result is too few trades to draw a conclusion. A single stock is a small sample.

Sources: Congressional trades: STOCK Act disclosures, collected from CapitolTrades. Insider trades: SEC Form 4 filings, collected from Finviz. Prices: Yahoo Finance daily adjusted closes. Data as of 2026-09-29 (29 September 2026). About these sources.

Not investment advice. Past disclosed trades do not predict future returns. Disclosures are published late, so the trades shown are ones you could only have copied after the fact. Talk to a licensed adviser before you invest.