Both in Pharmaceuticals

Ionis Pharmaceuticals vs Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Over the past year IONS returned −44.0% and LGND returned +60.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.19.

IONS −44.0% LGND +60.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricIONSLGND
Price$41.24$307.02
Market cap$6.85B$6.14B
Today−5.24%−4.87%
1 month−5.3%+1.3%
6 months−45.3%+34.4%
Year to date−47.9%+62.4%
1 year−44.4%+64.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)−40.7%−31.8%
Gross margin99.0%83.7%
Net margin−42.8%−36.2%
P/E (TTM)—119.3×
Price / sales7.8×24.2×
Net cash$732.0M-$653.3M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)43.7%29.5%
Short % of float12.6%13.3%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).