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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, Q1 2025

Institutional positions in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
344
−6 vs. Q4 2024
Shares held
166.7M
+6.69M (+4.2%) vs. Q4 2024
Total value
$5.03B
−$564.9M (−10.1%) vs. Q4 2024
New holders
54
102 more added
Sold out
60
123 more reduced

6 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2024: 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 holdersQ1 2025: 344 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 heldQ1 2025: $5.03B
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, Q1 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q4 2024.

Institutions holding IONS in Q1 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
FMR LLC23,613,585$712.4M0.05%+924,094+4.1%Added
Vanguard Group Inc16,383,934$494.3M0.01%−88,605−0.5%Reduced
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.16,175,533$488.0M0.32%+2,006,334+14.2%Added
Capital World Investors12,361,994$373.0M0.06%+896,581+7.8%Added
BlackRock, Inc.11,264,442$339.8M0.01%−401,106−3.4%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP8,416,421$253.9M0.05%−255,727−2.9%Reduced
Bellevue Group AG7,853,198$236.9M5.31%−15,502−0.2%Reduced
State Street Corp4,845,133$146.2M0.01%−581,280−10.7%Reduced
Deep Track Capital, LP4,564,207$137.7M4.46%+2,630,279+136.0%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC3,480,062$105.0M0.10%+1,314,146+60.7%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc3,265,034$98.5M0.01%−561,905−14.7%Reduced
Tweedy, Browne Co LLC2,983,518$90.0M7.98%−265,345−8.2%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,842,954$85.8M0.01%+155,706+5.8%Added
OrbiMed Advisors LLC2,540,136$76.6M1.84%−277,211−9.8%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP2,092,011$63.1M0.14%+742,800+55.1%Added
BVF Inc1,913,385$57.7M2.35%+1,913,385New
UBS Group AG1,890,602$57.0M0.01%−27,006−1.4%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP1,685,853$50.9M0.11%+764,414+83.0%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd1,667,194$50.3M0.06%−102,549−5.8%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,443,629$43.6M0.01%−37,811−2.6%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.1,196,392$36.1M0.10%+116,051+10.7%Added
Morgan Stanley1,144,181$34.5M0.00%−185,748−14.0%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc1,100,466$33.2M0.03%+50,476+4.8%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.1,075,600$32.5M0.06%+800,600+291.1%Added
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP1,049,900$31.7M0.20%+228,700+27.8%Added
ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest1,000,527$30.2M0.30%−24,733−2.4%Reduced
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.993,704$30.0M0.19%+143,880+16.9%Added
Invesco Ltd.874,834$26.4M0.01%+86,235+10.9%Added
Norges Bank858,228$25.9M0.00%−856,534−50.0%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp834,847$25.2M0.00%−5,424−0.6%Reduced
Bank of Montreal782,835$23.6M0.01%+470,689+150.8%Added
Bank of America Corp767,432$23.2M0.00%+344,571+81.5%Added
Camber Capital Management LP725,000$21.9M1.36%+100,000+16.0%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc659,435$19.9M0.01%+39,794+6.4%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc652,518$19.7M0.00%+274,310+72.5%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA618,550$19.2M0.02%−2,248−0.4%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC635,370$19.2M0.02%−138,845−17.9%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada616,081$18.6M0.00%−27,111−4.2%Reduced
Pinnacle Associates Ltd608,517$18.4M0.27%+60,875+11.1%Added
Groupama Asset Managment569,211$18.2M0.36%+52,020+10.1%Added
AXA S.A.566,486$17.1M0.06%−38,859−6.4%Reduced
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC560,359$16.9M0.11%+188,978+50.9%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp544,633$16.4M0.00%−71,438−11.6%Reduced
Eversept Partners, LP517,021$15.6M1.77%+302,069+140.5%Added
Teacher Retirement System of Texas500,451$15.1M0.06%+434,659+660.7%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc446,197$13.5M0.03%+44,696+11.1%Added
Citigroup Inc426,480$12.9M0.01%+257,325+152.1%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co421,511$12.7M0.00%+5,592+1.3%Added
C WorldWide Group Holding A/S400,000$12.1M0.15%00.0%Unchanged
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC377,204$11.4M0.04%+60,261+19.0%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc360,188$10.9M0.00%−27,260−7.0%Reduced
Baker Bros. Advisors LP357,915$10.8M0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Barclays PLC353,937$10.7M0.00%−242,135−40.6%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc338,462$10.2M0.00%+170,382+101.4%Added
Sovran Advisors, LLC328,904$9.34M1.21%+157,092+91.4%Added
Nuveen, LLC308,777$9.32M0.00%+308,777New
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA308,293$9.30M0.01%+53,772+21.1%Added
J. Goldman & Co LP307,770$9.29M0.33%−299,729−49.3%Reduced
Squarepoint Ops LLC305,373$9.21M0.02%+138,905+83.4%Added
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.287,204$8.66M0.02%+287,204New
Sector Gamma AS285,842$8.62M2.76%+50,000+21.2%Added
Swiss National Bank275,300$8.31M0.01%−3,900−1.4%Reduced
Privium Fund Management B.V.267,594$8.07M2.10%+800+0.3%Added
Wells Fargo & Company256,233$7.73M0.00%−74,776−22.6%Reduced
Great Point Partners LLC250,000$7.54M4.10%−255,007−50.5%Reduced
CI Private Wealth, LLC237,133$7.15M0.01%−2,030−0.8%Reduced
Nomura Holdings Inc236,426$7.13M0.04%−120,829−33.8%Reduced
Orion Investment Co215,290$6.50M2.67%−710−0.3%Reduced
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership203,178$6.13M0.01%−49,457−19.6%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp200,942$6.06M0.01%−10,551−5.0%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System191,004$5.76M0.00%−1,126−0.6%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers188,216$5.68M0.01%−3,677−1.9%Reduced
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.187,395$5.65M0.09%−164,745−46.8%Reduced
Sicart Associates LLC185,646$5.60M1.94%−175−0.1%Reduced
GW&K Investment Management, LLC182,309$5.50M0.05%−4,911−2.6%Reduced
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC176,248$5.32M0.02%−61,089−25.7%Reduced
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC158,609$4.79M0.08%−54,406−25.5%Reduced
Aquatic Capital Management LLC156,157$4.71M0.12%−73,859−32.1%Reduced
Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC154,147$4.65M0.37%+5,371+3.6%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC153,514$4.63M0.01%−52,000−25.3%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System152,315$4.60M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
BLB&B Advisors, LLC152,200$4.59M0.23%+150+0.1%Added
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.150,424$4.54M0.11%−72,854−32.6%Reduced
Tang Capital Management LLC150,000$4.53M0.25%00.0%Unchanged
Raymond James Financial Inc148,690$4.49M0.00%+43,071+40.8%Added
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH143,870$4.34M0.01%+143,870New
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.142,433$4.30M0.00%−14,224−9.1%Reduced
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.142,433$4.30M0.06%−14,224−9.1%Reduced
Exome Asset Management LLC135,616$4.09M3.66%+74,249+121.0%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System132,238$3.99M0.00%−1,664−1.2%Reduced
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.129,273$3.90M0.02%+3,884+3.1%Added
Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A.124,200$3.75M0.07%+124,200New
American Century Companies Inc116,768$3.52M0.00%+116,768New
State of Wisconsin Investment Board108,316$3.27M0.01%+7,085+7.0%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC102,473$3.09M0.00%+5,842+6.0%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.100,749$3.04M0.00%+48,613+93.2%Added
PDT Partners, LLC96,056$2.90M0.21%+67,062+231.3%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale93,807$2.87M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
DCF Advisers, LLC95,000$2.87M1.54%+12,118+14.6%Added
Walleye Capital LLC94,990$2.87M0.03%+78,735+484.4%Added