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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 7 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 2023

Institutional positions in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Dec 31, 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
365
+57 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
142.5M
+2.89M (+2.1%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$7.21B
+$870.9M (+13.7%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
85
108 more added
Sold out
28
116 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2023: 365 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 2023: $7.21B
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 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding IONS in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
FMR LLC21,520,872$1.09B0.08%+21,950+0.1%Added
Vanguard Group Inc14,203,481$718.6M0.02%−298,544−2.1%Reduced
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.13,201,453$667.9M0.43%+78,398+0.6%Added
BlackRock Inc.9,057,530$458.2M0.01%−57,097−0.6%Reduced
Bellevue Group AG8,713,987$440.8M6.74%−519,713−5.6%Reduced
Clearbridge Investments, LLC4,707,480$238.2M0.20%−133,215−2.8%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP4,616,978$233.6M0.04%+2,856,353+162.2%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc4,255,074$215.3M0.03%+497,077+13.2%Added
State Street Corp4,008,797$202.8M0.01%+53,768+1.4%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA3,518,317$178.0M0.20%+277,383+8.6%Added
Tweedy, Browne Co LLC3,454,676$174.8M8.53%−55,497−1.6%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd3,088,235$156.2M0.18%+152,311+5.2%Added
BVF Inc2,428,613$122.9M3.07%−1,576,000−39.4%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,275,931$115.2M0.01%+81,200+3.7%Added
OrbiMed Advisors LLC2,064,797$104.5M2.09%−104,703−4.8%Reduced
ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest1,905,056$96.4M0.57%−461,311−19.5%Reduced
Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.1,555,020$78.7M0.49%+828,020+113.9%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.1,385,300$70.1M0.15%+318,300+29.8%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,275,319$64.5M0.02%+33,012+2.7%Added
Deep Track Capital, LP1,249,068$63.2M2.21%−1,585,001−55.9%Reduced
Norges Bank1,171,936$59.3M0.01%+18,010+1.6%Added
First Trust Advisors LP1,097,730$55.5M0.06%−37,249−3.3%Reduced
Morgan Stanley1,090,263$55.2M0.00%+56,859+5.5%Added
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.968,800$49.0M0.15%+827,300+584.7%Added
TD Asset Management Inc956,852$48.4M0.05%+58,000+6.5%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co941,032$47.6M0.00%+39,975+4.4%Added
Millennium Management LLC890,325$45.0M0.04%+453,202+103.7%Added
Camber Capital Management LP865,000$43.8M1.53%−1,385,000−61.6%Reduced
Capital World Investors839,463$42.5M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Two Sigma Investments, LP801,448$40.5M0.10%+325,391+68.4%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP777,011$39.3M0.09%+172,700+28.6%Added
Royal Bank of Canada774,246$39.2M0.01%+110,802+16.7%Added
Northern Trust Corp687,986$34.8M0.01%−2,738−0.4%Reduced
Barclays PLC644,508$32.6M0.02%+4,955+0.8%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp641,063$32.4M0.01%+13,904+2.2%Added
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.629,067$31.8M0.22%+80,000+14.6%Added
Wells Fargo & Company594,250$30.1M0.01%−23,680−3.8%Reduced
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc509,533$25.8M0.13%+136,416+36.6%Added
Nomura Holdings Inc489,189$24.7M0.22%+29,878+6.5%Added
AXA S.A.464,741$23.5M0.08%−16,841−3.5%Reduced
Pinnacle Associates Ltd458,979$23.2M0.39%−4,056−0.9%Reduced
Bank of America Corp455,078$23.0M0.00%−80,966−15.1%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc381,382$19.3M0.00%+43,555+12.9%Added
Groupama Asset Managment357,036$18.1M0.47%+357,036New
First Turn Management, LLC356,679$18.0M2.59%+356,679New
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA354,955$18.0M0.03%−55,719−13.6%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.339,667$17.2M0.05%+339,667New
Eversept Partners, LP324,654$16.4M1.61%+72,208+28.6%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC324,006$16.4M0.01%+14,862+4.8%Added
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC313,274$15.8M0.13%+251,726+409.0%Added
C WorldWide Group Holding A/S300,000$15.2M0.20%+300,000New
Baillie Gifford & Co298,483$15.1M0.01%−18,146−5.7%Reduced
Amundi272,650$14.4M0.01%+146,986+117.0%Added
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP283,981$14.4M0.21%−26,045−8.4%Reduced
CI Private Wealth, LLC267,312$13.5M0.02%−39,678−12.9%Reduced
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC264,121$13.4M0.05%+264,121New
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The260,702$13.2M0.01%+31,025+13.5%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.257,320$13.0M0.01%−47,198−15.5%Reduced
Swiss National Bank254,300$12.9M0.01%−28,800−10.2%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC252,528$12.8M0.01%−283,390−52.9%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.252,459$12.8M0.01%−40,014−13.7%Reduced
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.252,459$12.8M0.12%−40,014−13.7%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp246,029$12.4M0.02%−174−0.1%Reduced
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.228,425$11.6M0.25%−10,210−4.3%Reduced
Privium Fund Management B.V.217,493$11.5M3.20%−11,000−4.8%Reduced
Bank of Montreal223,389$11.3M0.01%−3,432−1.5%Reduced
Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC211,400$10.7M1.51%+51,897+32.5%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System209,436$10.6M0.01%−445,935−68.0%Reduced
Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC209,152$10.6M0.45%−83,032−28.4%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.205,901$10.4M0.00%+74,734+57.0%Added
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.202,300$10.2M0.16%+42,090+26.3%Added
Tang Capital Management LLC200,000$10.1M0.93%00.0%Unchanged
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC199,477$10.1M0.12%+199,477New
Rhumbline Advisers199,416$10.1M0.01%+1,956+1.0%Added
Sicart Associates LLC194,293$9.83M3.76%−8,839−4.4%Reduced
Credit Suisse AG189,722$9.60M0.01%−40,621−17.6%Reduced
Superstring Capital Management LP189,618$9.59M6.85%+189,618New
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc186,327$9.43M0.00%+9,213+5.2%Added
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.184,401$9.33M0.03%+184,401New
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC184,396$9.33M0.04%−31,575−14.6%Reduced
Raymond James & Associates183,676$9.29M0.01%−10,953−5.6%Reduced
Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC169,678$8.58M0.15%+169,678New
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.159,780$8.08M0.15%−1,950−1.2%Reduced
UBS Group AG159,739$8.08M0.00%+50,705+46.5%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.157,802$7.98M0.01%+71,807+83.5%Added
Legal & General Group Plc155,348$7.86M0.00%−9,687−5.9%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC154,164$7.80M0.01%−99,327−39.2%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System151,055$7.64M0.02%+670.0%Added
Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC149,338$7.56M0.61%+888+0.6%Added
BLB&B Advisors, LLC147,100$7.44M0.47%−550−0.4%Reduced
Sector Gamma AS145,012$7.34M1.78%−20,604−12.4%Reduced
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP145,000$7.34M0.06%−45,000−23.7%Reduced
Verition Fund Management LLC142,854$7.23M0.07%+6,823+5.0%Added
Swedbank AB140,998$7.13M0.01%+4,059+3.0%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System138,532$7.01M0.01%−7,050−4.8%Reduced
Standard Life Aberdeen plc136,419$6.90M0.01%+136,419New
Senator Investment Group LP135,000$6.83M0.29%+135,000New
Marshall Wace, LLP133,549$6.76M0.01%+65,422+96.0%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc133,484$6.75M0.00%+6,748+5.3%Added
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.127,954$6.47M0.03%−1,858−1.4%Reduced