Seasonality
LGND seasonality — Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Over the last 11 years, LGND's strongest month on average has been June (+9.8%) and its weakest October (-2.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +7.48% | +3.34% | 70% | +86.4% | -19.3% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.19% | +3.37% | 60% | +8.6% | -20.0% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.63% | +1.24% | 70% | +11.1% | -22.3% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.15% | +1.95% | 60% | +35.5% | -17.4% | 10 |
| May | -0.61% | -3.43% | 40% | +24.1% | -19.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +9.76% | +8.95% | 90% | +36.3% | -0.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.85% | +1.37% | 50% | +29.4% | -19.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +4.59% | -0.13% | 50% | +22.9% | -12.9% | 10 |
| Sep | +1.80% | +5.48% | 60% | +9.9% | -8.9% | 10 |
| Oct | -2.67% | +4.04% | 70% | +9.3% | -40.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.73% | +6.20% | 78% | +33.3% | -9.3% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.19% | -5.78% | 30% | +22.5% | -14.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LGND
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 14.9 | 1.1 | 36.3 | -9.0 | -1.2 | 9.9 | 3.3 | -5.1 | +62.0% | |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 4.9 | -14.0 | 4.5 | -7.0 | 11.2 | 15.8 | 22.9 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 6.2 | -6.9 | +76.5% |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 8.6 | -7.9 | -4.4 | 21.7 | -0.9 | 29.4 | -2.9 | -5.4 | 5.6 | 14.9 | -11.8 | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 3.8 | -8.2 | 2.9 | -7.2 | -1.7 | -8.9 | -12.7 | 11.5 | 22.5 | +6.9% |
| 2022 | -19.3 | -18.8 | 11.1 | -17.4 | -4.2 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | -6.8 | 1.8 | 33.3 | -8.4 | -30.7% |
| 2021 | 86.4 | -20.0 | 2.9 | -4.3 | -19.3 | 11.5 | -13.5 | 16.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 10.9 | -4.6 | +55.3% |
| 2020 | -15.8 | 6.6 | -22.3 | 35.5 | 3.0 | 10.1 | 4.8 | -12.9 | -6.5 | -13.5 | 2.3 | 17.9 | -4.6% |
| 2019 | -13.0 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | -14.7 | 6.3 | -19.8 | -0.7 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 3.9 | -7.7 | -23.1% |
| 2018 | 15.1 | -3.6 | 8.7 | -6.2 | 24.1 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 18.9 | 5.7 | -40.0 | -4.3 | -14.0 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 4.3 | -1.3 | 1.2 | 5.0 | -2.6 | 12.1 | -0.4 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 6.8 | -9.3 | 3.9 | +34.8% |
| 2016 | -2.7 |