Both in Pharmaceuticals

Ligand Pharmaceuticals vs Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Over the past year LGND returned +64.4% and IONS returned −45.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.19.

LGND +64.4% IONS −45.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLGNDIONS
Price$314.41$40.18
Market cap$6.29B$6.68B
Today+0.28%−0.59%
1 month+5.9%−8.7%
6 months+35.2%−47.7%
Year to date+66.3%−49.2%
1 year+64.4%−45.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)−31.8%−40.7%
Gross margin83.7%99.0%
Net margin−36.2%−42.8%
P/E (TTM)122.2×—
Price / sales24.8×7.6×
Net cash-$653.3M$732.0M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)29.3%43.5%
Short % of float13.3%12.6%
Next earnings——

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