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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 2022

Institutional positions in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Dec 31, 2022. 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
339
−4 vs. Q3 2022
Shares held
130.6M
+4.77M (+3.8%) vs. Q3 2022
Total value
$4.93B
−$630.7M (−11.3%) vs. Q3 2022
New holders
50
115 more added
Sold out
54
107 more reduced

7 institutions that held it in Q3 2022 haven't filed for Q4 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2022: 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 2022: 339 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 2022: $4.93B
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 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q3 2022.

Institutions holding IONS in Q4 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
FMR LLC21,307,519$804.8M0.08%+16,360+0.1%Added
Vanguard Group Inc13,546,694$511.7M0.01%+740,671+5.8%Added
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.11,678,259$441.1M0.34%+521,564+4.7%Added
Bellevue Group AG9,743,900$368.0M4.88%+280,500+3.0%Added
BlackRock Inc.9,079,557$342.9M0.01%+143,495+1.6%Added
Clearbridge Investments, LLC5,425,642$204.9M0.20%−348,250−6.0%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc4,292,431$162.1M0.03%−504,701−10.5%Reduced
State Street Corp4,218,729$159.3M0.01%+457,774+12.2%Added
Tweedy, Browne Co LLC3,541,136$133.7M7.12%+818,148+30.0%Added
ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest2,673,538$101.0M0.88%−1,039,569−28.0%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,012,723$76.0M0.01%+111,580+5.9%Added
OrbiMed Advisors LLC1,993,600$75.3M1.44%+1,224,700+159.3%Added
Camber Capital Management LP1,925,000$72.7M2.54%00.0%Unchanged
First Trust Advisors LP1,780,933$67.3M0.08%−296,327−14.3%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd1,491,687$56.3M0.07%+657,646+78.9%Added
Norges Bank1,296,647$49.0M0.01%+105,896+8.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,256,268$47.4M0.02%+53,922+4.5%Added
Deep Track Capital, LP1,205,773$45.5M1.99%+1,205,773New
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,178,814$44.5M0.06%+311,100+35.9%Added
BVF Inc1,121,809$42.4M1.79%−1,751,144−61.0%Reduced
Swedbank AB1,021,429$38.6M0.08%00.0%Unchanged
JPMorgan Chase & Co970,310$36.6M0.01%+41,558+4.5%Added
Morgan Stanley936,709$35.4M0.00%+240,171+34.5%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc922,411$34.8M0.01%−368,154−28.5%Reduced
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans919,332$34.7M0.09%+10,853+1.2%Added
TD Asset Management Inc779,495$29.4M0.04%−24,588−3.1%Reduced
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc689,721$26.1M0.18%+177,746+34.7%Added
Northern Trust Corp639,689$24.2M0.01%+16,049+2.6%Added
Bank of America Corp637,313$24.1M0.00%+77,357+13.8%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP634,911$24.0M0.07%−22,600−3.4%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company608,040$23.0M0.01%−81,832−11.9%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp573,798$21.7M0.00%−5,615−1.0%Reduced
AXA S.A.521,570$19.7M0.07%+339,214+186.0%Added
Barclays PLC507,311$19.2M0.02%+2,823+0.6%Added
Royal Bank of Canada506,845$19.1M0.01%+70,021+16.0%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd494,750$18.7M0.41%−6,140−1.2%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC488,063$18.4M0.03%+481,018+6,827.8%Added
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.465,700$17.6M0.12%+14,349+3.2%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP458,444$17.3M0.01%−102,484−18.3%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.441,802$16.7M0.07%−10,958−2.4%Reduced
Nomura Holdings Inc400,057$15.1M0.15%+12,149+3.1%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC395,546$14.9M0.02%−22,686−5.4%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA373,586$14.1M0.02%+96,609+34.9%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.336,732$12.7M0.01%−100,444−23.0%Reduced
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.336,732$12.7M0.18%−100,444−23.0%Reduced
Baillie Gifford & Co333,788$12.6M0.01%+8,946+2.8%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd330,724$12.5M0.08%+319,027+2,727.4%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System329,837$12.5M0.01%+6,251+1.9%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC323,178$12.2M0.00%−16,106−4.7%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.322,447$12.2M0.00%+27,248+9.2%Added
Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC319,174$12.1M0.51%+157,928+97.9%Added
Swiss National Bank308,400$11.6M0.01%+5,800+1.9%Added
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP304,390$11.5M0.18%+297,973+4,643.5%Added
CI Private Wealth, LLC302,677$11.4M0.04%+302,677New
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.299,231$11.3M0.02%+89,786+42.9%Added
Stifel Financial Corp269,744$10.2M0.02%−30,269−10.1%Reduced
Redmile Group, LLC266,187$10.1M0.41%−141,472−34.7%Reduced
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC265,798$10.0M0.08%+58,126+28.0%Added
Sicart Associates LLC246,258$9.30M3.28%−7,718−3.0%Reduced
Bank of Montreal221,978$9.21M0.01%−101,551−31.4%Reduced
Eversept Partners, LP240,975$9.10M0.87%+39,142+19.4%Added
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.230,577$8.71M0.05%+1,516+0.7%Added
Man Group plc230,525$8.71M0.03%+52,928+29.8%Added
Raymond James & Associates225,470$8.52M0.01%−12,698−5.3%Reduced
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP225,000$8.50M0.10%+25,200+12.6%Added
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC218,979$8.27M0.07%+67,005+44.1%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP201,267$7.60M0.02%−91,727−31.3%Reduced
Tang Capital Management LLC200,000$7.55M1.10%00.0%Unchanged
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.197,009$7.44M0.13%+197,009New
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA191,947$7.25M0.02%+59,207+44.6%Added
Fred Alger Management, LLC190,353$7.19M0.04%+47,831+33.6%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.190,298$7.19M0.01%+97,978+106.1%Added
Credit Suisse AG184,302$6.96M0.01%+29,604+19.1%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC181,007$6.84M0.05%+88,953+96.6%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc175,796$6.64M0.00%−103,828−37.1%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System167,875$6.34M0.01%+1,950+1.2%Added
Rhumbline Advisers165,163$6.24M0.01%+9,449+6.1%Added
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.161,569$6.10M0.12%−825−0.5%Reduced
UBS Group AG161,471$6.10M0.00%+100,161+163.4%Added
Natixis159,678$6.03M0.04%+25,597+19.1%Added
Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC156,115$5.90M0.54%−908−0.6%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System155,145$5.86M0.01%−8,110−5.0%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale153,000$5.70M0.02%+28,224+22.6%Added
BLB&B Advisors, LLC148,960$5.63M0.44%−110−0.1%Reduced
Privium Fund Management B.V.148,807$5.56M2.11%00.0%Unchanged
Sector Gamma AS141,373$5.34M1.22%−22,850−13.9%Reduced
Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC141,115$5.33M1.42%−100,830−41.7%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund140,500$5.31M0.01%−2,400−1.7%Reduced
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.139,181$5.26M0.15%−5,614−3.9%Reduced
Peregrine Capital Management LLC131,711$4.97M0.16%+8,315+6.7%Added
Citigroup Inc129,129$4.88M0.01%−47,863−27.0%Reduced
State of Wisconsin Investment Board128,227$4.84M0.02%−1,627−1.3%Reduced
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC128,070$4.84M0.04%+57,662+81.9%Added
Legal & General Group Plc127,088$4.80M0.00%−1,365−1.1%Reduced
M28 Capital Management LP126,300$4.77M4.55%+126,300New
Millennium Management LLC115,506$4.36M0.00%+96,577+510.2%Added
Eventide Asset Management, LLC110,000$4.15M0.08%00.0%Unchanged
Allianz Asset Management GmbH102,487$3.87M0.01%+73,607+254.9%Added
Alberta Investment Management Corp101,426$3.83M0.03%+101,426New
Public Sector Pension Investment Board98,000$3.70M0.03%+98,000New