Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) came out with quarterly earnings of 1.20pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.13 per share. This compares to earnings of 2.28pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof6.190.58 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.05, delivering a surprise of 81.03%. Over the last four quarters, th ...