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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, Q3 2023

Institutional positions in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Sep 30, 2023. 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
312
+12 vs. Q2 2023
Shares held
139.7M
+6.44M (+4.8%) vs. Q2 2023
Total value
$6.35B
+$878.1M (+16.1%) vs. Q2 2023
New holders
39
101 more added
Sold out
27
103 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2023: 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 holdersQ3 2023: 312 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 heldQ3 2023: $6.35B
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, Q3 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q2 2023.

Institutions holding IONS in Q3 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Massachusetts Financial Services Co5,769$261.7K0.00%−20,760−78.3%Reduced
PEAK6 Investments LLC6,502$294.9K0.01%+6,502New
Lazard Asset Management LLC6,557$296.0K0.00%+1,420+27.6%Added
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.6,647$302.0K0.00%−827−11.1%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.6,774$307.3K0.00%+185+2.8%Added
JustInvest LLC6,778$307.4K0.01%−389−5.4%Reduced
Castle Rock Wealth Management, LLC6,972$327.0K0.11%−400−5.4%Reduced
Virtus ETF Advisers LLC7,457$338.3K0.21%−961−11.4%Reduced
Stephens Inc7,485$339.5K0.01%−21−0.3%Reduced
Wrapmanager Inc7,527$341.4K0.11%−466−5.8%Reduced
Utah Retirement Systems7,700$349.3K0.00%+200+2.7%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc7,815$354.5K0.00%−1,445−15.6%Reduced
Midwest Professional Planners, LTD.7,825$354.9K0.16%+1,232+18.7%Added
MetLife Investment Management7,926$359.5K0.00%+4+0.1%Added
Gotham Asset Management, LLC8,088$366.9K0.01%+23+0.3%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.8,176$370.9K0.00%−195−2.3%Reduced
Vontobel Holding Ltd.8,216$372.7K0.00%−350−4.1%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc8,449$383.2K0.00%−722−7.9%Reduced
Nicollet Investment Management, Inc.8,668$393.0K0.18%−90−1.0%Reduced
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd8,803$399.3K0.04%+8,803New
Corton Capital Inc.8,895$403.5K0.20%+1,966+28.4%Added
AtonRa Partners9,329$423.2K0.89%−2,307−19.8%Reduced
ProShare Advisors LLC9,370$425.0K0.00%+112+1.2%Added
Deutsche Bank AG9,489$430.4K0.00%+63+0.7%Added
Waddell & Associates, LLC10,042$455.5K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Captrust Financial Advisors10,266$465.7K0.00%+939+10.1%Added
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System10,950$496.7K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.10,968$497.5K0.01%−51−0.5%Reduced
E Fund Management Co., Ltd.11,096$503.0K0.04%+108+1.0%Added
Plancorp, LLC11,155$506.0K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
HighTower Advisors, LLC11,104$506.0K0.00%−145−1.3%Reduced
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co11,167$506.5K0.00%+4,522+68.1%Added
Acuta Capital Partners, LLC11,300$512.6K0.37%+11,300New
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.11,448$519.2K0.00%+2,687+30.7%Added
Brown Advisory Inc11,725$531.8K0.00%+138+1.2%Added
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.12,042$546.2K0.00%+129+1.1%Added
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC12,198$553.3K0.02%−340−2.7%Reduced
Sawtooth Solutions, LLC12,198$553.3K0.02%−267−2.1%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.12,257$556.0K0.00%−1,885−13.3%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc12,982$588.9K0.00%+375+3.0%Added
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC13,000$589.7K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Centiva Capital, LP13,307$603.6K0.03%+13,307New
US Bancorp13,358$605.9K0.00%−662−4.7%Reduced
Westmount Partners, LLC13,462$610.6K0.27%00.0%Unchanged
Fred Alger Management, LLC13,566$615.4K0.00%+13,566New
North Star Asset Management Inc13,640$618.7K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Martingale Asset Management L P14,034$636.6K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky14,118$640.0K0.01%+14,118New
Graham Capital Management, L.P.14,488$657.2K0.02%+14,488New
Tanaka Capital Management Inc14,612$663.0K1.89%+7,500+105.5%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc15,436$700.2K0.00%+348+2.3%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC15,534$704.6K0.00%+328+2.2%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.15,919$722.0K0.00%−279−1.7%Reduced
Blair William & Co16,344$741.4K0.00%−40−0.2%Reduced
XTX Topco Ltd16,352$741.7K0.13%+16,352New
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC16,547$750.6K0.09%+16,547New
NBT Bank N A17,050$773.4K0.07%+17,050New
Xponance, Inc.17,836$809.0K0.01%−430−2.4%Reduced
Mariner, LLC17,888$811.4K0.00%+514+3.0%Added
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado17,906$812.0K0.00%−1,698−8.7%Reduced
Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC17,907$812.0K0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Point72 Middle East FZE18,313$830.7K0.05%+2,009+12.3%Added
PDT Partners, LLC19,537$886.2K0.11%+1,039+5.6%Added
Twin Tree Management, LP20,441$927.2K0.03%+20,441New
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC21,470$974.0K0.00%+897+4.4%Added
Creative Planning21,572$978.5K0.00%+6,329+41.5%Added
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)23,339$1.06M0.00%+3,327+16.6%Added
Handelsbanken Fonder AB23,811$1.08M0.01%−6,900−22.5%Reduced
Bard Financial Services, Inc.25,550$1.16M0.14%−5,750−18.4%Reduced
Bokf, NA26,974$1.19M0.03%−31,776−54.1%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank29,086$1.32M0.01%−373−1.3%Reduced
EAM Investors, LLC29,262$1.33M0.26%+29,262New
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC29,618$1.34M0.01%−1,485−4.8%Reduced
Estate Counselors, LLC32,800$1.49M0.20%−310−0.9%Reduced
Grandfield & Dodd, LLC32,862$1.49M0.11%+183+0.6%Added
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al32,900$1.49M0.01%−1,700−4.9%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc34,651$1.57M0.00%+1,381+4.2%Added
Profund Advisors LLC35,470$1.61M0.09%−814−2.2%Reduced
Teacher Retirement System of Texas36,578$1.66M0.01%+1,675+4.8%Added
Arizona State Retirement System36,668$1.66M0.01%+530+1.5%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co36,801$1.67M0.00%+8,758+31.2%Added
Comerica Bank39,948$1.81M0.01%+39,410+7,325.3%Added
Capital Counsel LLC40,230$1.82M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Guggenheim Capital LLC40,475$1.84M0.02%−11,451−22.1%Reduced
Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.30,000$1.84M0.20%+30,000New
SG Americas Securities, LLC41,571$1.89M0.03%+22,078+113.3%Added
NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan42,000$1.91M0.29%00.0%Unchanged
International Biotechnology Trust PLC43,000$1.95M0.66%00.0%Unchanged
Granite Bay Wealth Management, LLC47,579$1.97M0.02%+47,579New
Algert Global LLC45,522$2.06M0.10%−3,730−7.6%Reduced
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc46,310$2.10M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Boulder Hill Capital Management LP46,500$2.11M1.31%+46,500New
HighVista Strategies LLC48,520$2.20M1.02%+48,520New
Private Advisor Group, LLC48,618$2.21M0.02%+788+1.6%Added
Erste Asset Management GmbH51,300$2.37M0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Voya Investment Management LLC57,673$2.62M0.00%−1,823−3.1%Reduced
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio58,000$2.63M0.01%−6,426−10.0%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)59,626$2.71M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Janus Henderson Group PLC59,806$2.71M0.00%+40.0%Added
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC61,548$2.79M0.03%+22,504+57.6%Added