401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$29M
Total assets Below avg plan size
60
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$481,483
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. · California · Professional & Technical Services

$29M in assets, 60 participants

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $29M in total assets and 60 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #15,467 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Where Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $29M for 60 participants (~$481,483/participant), up 4.0% in 2024.

#15,467
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+4.0%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$28,888,968 Top 23% higher than 77% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan is a small filing (60 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 76 in the plan year 2023 filing to 60 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $28M in the plan year 2023 filing to $29M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 770160744 · Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan · $29M · 60 · 77th

  • RANK $29M
  • RANK 60
  • RANK 77th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Johnson City Eye Clinic, PC 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #15467

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$28M
Net Assets (End of Year)$29M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN770160744
Plan Effective Date1990-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$29M 11.132043201557336% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$25M$26M$27M$28M$29M$30M 202220232024 $26M $28.9M ▲ +11.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 154 $26M
2023 1 76 $28M
2024 1 60 $29M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.028888968 · Participants: 60Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Johnson City Eye Clinic, PC 401(k) Retirement Plan in TN ($29M); by covered participants it is Service Caster Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in PA (60 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (60 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2024, from $28M to $29M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.1%, from $26M to $29M.
Where does Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 77th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Johnson City Eye Clinic, PC 401(k) Retirement Plan in TN ($29M, 114 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Service Caster Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in PA (60 participants, $2M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 770160744.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.