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Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc

IONS
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Pharmaceutical Preparations
SEC CIK
0000874015

In the last 90 days, Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 4 sales; 515 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $14.3B in total; ARK Invest is the only superinvestor holding it.

13F holders, Q4 2021

Institutional positions in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Dec 31, 2021. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
341
+20 vs. Q3 2021
Shares held
123.2M
+1.71M (+1.4%) vs. Q3 2021
Total value
$3.75B
−$326.3M (−8.0%) vs. Q3 2021
New holders
59
106 more added
Sold out
39
119 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q3 2021 haven't filed for Q4 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2021: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting IONS on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ4 2021: 341 institutions
Q1 2021: 365 institutionsQ2 2021: 338 institutionsQ3 2021: 326 institutionsQ4 2021: 341 institutionsQ1 2022: 333 institutionsQ2 2022: 351 institutionsQ3 2022: 350 institutionsQ4 2022: 339 institutionsQ1 2023: 315 institutionsQ2 2023: 305 institutionsQ3 2023: 312 institutionsQ4 2023: 365 institutionsQ1 2024: 361 institutionsQ2 2024: 357 institutionsQ3 2024: 354 institutionsQ4 2024: 356 institutionsQ1 2025: 344 institutionsQ2 2025: 363 institutionsQ3 2025: 437 institutionsQ4 2025: 494 institutionsQ1 2026: 497 institutionsQ2 2026: 515 institutions
Value heldQ4 2021: $3.75B
Q1 2021: $5.55BQ2 2021: $4.96BQ3 2021: $4.08BQ4 2021: $3.75BQ1 2022: $4.63BQ2 2022: $4.61BQ3 2022: $5.59BQ4 2022: $4.93BQ1 2023: $4.69BQ2 2023: $5.60BQ3 2023: $6.35BQ4 2023: $7.21BQ1 2024: $6.17BQ2 2024: $6.83BQ3 2024: $6.31BQ4 2024: $5.61BQ1 2025: $5.03BQ2 2025: $6.67BQ3 2025: $11.0BQ4 2025: $13.5BQ1 2026: $13.0BQ2 2026: $14.3B
Institutions holding IONS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026515$14.3B
Q1 2026497$13.0B
Q4 2025494$13.5B
Q3 2025437$11.0B
Q2 2025363$6.67B
Q1 2025344$5.03B
Q4 2024356$5.61B
Q3 2024354$6.31B
Q2 2024357$6.83B
Q1 2024361$6.17B
Q4 2023365$7.21B
Q3 2023312$6.35B
Q2 2023305$5.60B
Q1 2023315$4.69B
Q4 2022339$4.93B
Q3 2022350$5.59B
Q2 2022351$4.61B
Q1 2022333$4.63B
Q4 2021341$3.75B
Q3 2021326$4.08B
Q2 2021338$4.96B
Q1 2021365$5.55B

Institutions, Q4 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q3 2021.

Institutions holding IONS in Q4 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
FMR LLC21,181,502$644.6M0.05%+9,3480.0%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc12,490,280$380.1M0.03%+752,959+6.4%Added
Vanguard Group Inc12,007,076$365.4M0.01%+207,067+1.8%Added
Bellevue Group AG10,355,123$315.1M3.25%+1,007,197+10.8%Added
BlackRock Inc.8,539,282$259.8M0.01%+419,429+5.2%Added
ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest7,083,256$215.5M0.65%−1,428,128−16.8%Reduced
Clearbridge Investments, LLC5,882,982$179.0M0.12%−1,444,340−19.7%Reduced
State Street Corp3,906,375$118.9M0.01%+385,061+10.9%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,825,226$55.5M0.01%+52,459+3.0%Added
First Trust Advisors LP1,680,012$51.1M0.05%−5370.0%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC1,623,138$49.4M0.05%+1,340,284+473.8%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans1,533,999$46.7M0.09%+146,235+10.5%Added
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc1,407,388$42.8M0.29%+216,152+18.1%Added
Camber Capital Management LP1,390,000$42.3M1.63%−1,110,000−44.4%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co1,268,652$38.6M0.00%−1,147,661−47.5%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC1,221,571$37.2M0.04%+171,714+16.4%Added
Swedbank AB1,117,339$34.1M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,093,439$33.3M0.01%+23,707+2.2%Added
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.936,635$28.5M0.18%+210,276+28.9%Added
Norges Bank831,219$25.3M0.01%−315,699−27.5%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company810,966$24.7M0.01%−42,404−5.0%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc743,164$22.6M0.02%+321,200+76.1%Added
Northern Trust Corp660,890$20.1M0.00%+5,469+0.8%Added
Privium Fund Management B.V.630,199$19.2M3.83%+630,199New
Bank of America Corp612,835$18.6M0.00%−97,282−13.7%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.605,902$18.4M0.01%−79,758−11.6%Reduced
Bank of Nova Scotia601,883$18.3M0.03%+589,568+4,787.4%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP594,885$18.1M0.04%+280,751+89.4%Added
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.605,902$17.9M0.09%−69,399−10.3%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc589,298$17.9M0.00%−12,538−2.1%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp556,577$16.9M0.00%−3,989−0.7%Reduced
Pinnacle Associates Ltd541,044$16.5M0.28%−2,182−0.4%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP497,411$15.1M0.04%+65,200+15.1%Added
Royal Bank of Canada480,648$14.6M0.00%−8,913−1.8%Reduced
Morgan Stanley464,885$14.1M0.00%−33,051−6.6%Reduced
Woodline Partners LP411,454$12.5M0.18%+5,993+1.5%Added
Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC399,392$12.2M0.39%−45,495−10.2%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP386,691$11.8M0.00%+30,852+8.7%Added
Eversept Partners, LP384,789$11.7M0.97%−65,712−14.6%Reduced
Nomura Holdings Inc372,480$11.3M0.07%−4,268−1.1%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp357,948$10.9M0.01%−18,271−4.9%Reduced
International Biotechnology Trust PLC355,088$10.8M2.41%+310,307+692.9%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC351,476$10.7M0.00%−277,000−44.1%Reduced
Barclays PLC329,938$10.0M0.01%−353−0.1%Reduced
Sio Capital Management, LLC322,566$9.82M2.99%+322,566New
Baillie Gifford & Co315,820$9.61M0.01%+13,817+4.6%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA306,253$9.32M0.02%+280,521+1,090.2%Added
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP305,000$9.28M0.10%+40,000+15.1%Added
Dowling & Yahnke LLC302,421$9.20M0.44%−1000.0%Reduced
Natixis300,797$9.15M0.03%+300,797New
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC297,182$9.04M0.09%+210,428+242.6%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System284,424$8.65M0.01%−3,704−1.3%Reduced
Sicart Associates LLC282,531$8.63M2.25%−8,723−3.0%Reduced
Swiss National Bank279,300$8.50M0.01%−600−0.2%Reduced
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC266,845$8.12M0.04%+266,845New
Raymond James & Associates257,985$7.85M0.01%−43,464−14.4%Reduced
Bank of Montreal229,407$7.17M0.00%−20,297−8.1%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC230,814$7.02M0.01%+133,100+136.2%Added
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC225,106$6.85M0.00%−6,400−2.8%Reduced
Morningstar Investment Services LLC219,432$6.68M0.07%+5,291+2.5%Added
Sector Gamma AS209,537$6.38M1.50%−54,333−20.6%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP204,255$6.21M0.01%+30,089+17.3%Added
MUFG Securities EMEA plc200,000$6.09M0.13%+200,000New
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.194,145$5.91M0.01%−37,720−16.3%Reduced
UBS Group AG193,589$5.89M0.00%+60,777+45.8%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC193,120$5.88M0.03%+51,105+36.0%Added
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC189,639$5.77M0.03%+92,902+96.0%Added
Citigroup Inc186,047$5.66M0.01%+64,983+53.7%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System184,004$5.60M0.01%−41,987−18.6%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc183,752$5.59M0.00%+3,087+1.7%Added
Pictet Asset Management SA183,087$5.57M0.01%+47,391+34.9%Added
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al178,386$5.43M0.10%−23,227−11.5%Reduced
Credit Suisse AG176,767$5.38M0.00%−5,895−3.2%Reduced
Majedie Asset Management Ltd175,508$5.35M0.41%00.0%Unchanged
Tekla Capital Management LLC175,680$5.35M0.17%−146,841−45.5%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System173,260$5.27M0.01%+11,322+7.0%Added
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.170,405$5.18M0.07%+1,875+1.1%Added
Alps Advisors Inc163,424$4.97M0.06%+163,424New
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.160,659$4.89M0.01%+34,553+27.4%Added
Legal & General Group Plc158,344$4.82M0.00%−9,077−5.4%Reduced
Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC156,790$4.77M0.55%+156,790New
New York State Common Retirement Fund153,800$4.68M0.00%−87,359−36.2%Reduced
BLB&B Advisors, LLC150,935$4.59M0.30%−5,265−3.4%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers139,749$4.25M0.01%+1,386+1.0%Added
Peregrine Capital Management LLC139,721$4.25M0.09%+3,934+2.9%Added
Invesco Ltd.132,242$4.02M0.00%−9,113−6.4%Reduced
Jump Financial, LLC120,500$3.67M0.23%+120,500New
Private Advisor Group, LLC115,742$3.52M0.03%+71,637+162.4%Added
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.112,525$3.42M0.02%+76,989+216.7%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale109,476$3.35M0.01%+1,900+1.8%Added
Wolverine Trading, LLC108,529$3.31M0.04%+1,651+1.5%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.103,214$3.14M0.00%+34,763+50.8%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC98,574$3.00M0.00%+98,574New
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D95,234$2.90M0.01%+8,018+9.2%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc91,292$2.78M0.00%−11,130−10.9%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC88,666$2.70M0.00%+5,051+6.0%Added
AXA S.A.87,900$2.67M0.01%+30,700+53.7%Added
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC85,103$2.59M0.02%+46,971+123.2%Added
Davenport & Co LLC84,663$2.58M0.02%−37,640−30.8%Reduced
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio84,661$2.58M0.01%−2,783−3.2%Reduced