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Ligand Pharmaceuticals vs Repligen

Ligand Pharmaceuticals LGND · Repligen RGEN · Biotechnology

Repligen reported revenue of $738 million in fiscal 2025, 2.8 times Ligand Pharmaceuticals' $268 million in fiscal 2025. Ligand Pharmaceuticals' revenue grew 60.4% in its latest year, and Repligen's grew 16.4%. Ligand Pharmaceuticals had an operating margin of 15.3%, against 7.5% at Repligen. Free cash flow was $49 million at Ligand Pharmaceuticals and $94 million at Repligen.

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Ligand PharmaceuticalsRepligen
Latest fiscal yearFY2025, Dec 31, 2025FY2025, Dec 31, 2025
Revenue$268M$738M
Revenue growth60.4%16.4%
Revenue growth a year, last 5 years10.4%15.0%
Gross margin—52.3%
Operating margin15.3%7.5%
Net margin46.4%6.6%
Free cash flow$49M$94M
Free cash flow margin18.2%12.7%
Return on capital4.9%2.4%
Net debt to EBITDA−3.8x−1.7x
Dividends and buybacks$15M$0M
Change in diluted share count11.0%—
Last close$308.30$180.17
P/E at the last close32.8×—
Insider trades, last 12 monthssold $33.2 millionsold $14.2 million
Piotroski F-score5 of 8—
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.

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Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Ligand Pharmaceuticals and Repligen pages.