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Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND)

(Delayed Data from NSDQ)

$100.19 USD

100.19
115,504

-4.11 (-3.94%)

Updated Aug 2, 2024 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $100.09 -0.10 (-0.10%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy24.03%
2Buy17.70%
3Hold9.37%
4Sell5.03%
5Strong Sell2.48%
S&P50011.19%

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Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

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NA Value NA Growth NA Momentum NA VGM

Industry Rank:

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The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 36% (91 out of 251)

Industry: Medical - Biomedical and Genetics

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