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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 2025

Institutional positions in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Sep 30, 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
437
+78 vs. Q2 2025
Shares held
168.2M
−221.1K (−0.1%) vs. Q2 2025
Total value
$11.0B
+$4.36B (+65.5%) vs. Q2 2025
New holders
115
136 more added
Sold out
37
116 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2025: 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 2025: 437 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 2025: $11.0B
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 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding IONS in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
FMR LLC23,689,038$1.55B0.08%+46,048+0.2%Added
Vanguard Group Inc16,481,730$1.08B0.02%−233,116−1.4%Reduced
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.13,156,929$860.7M0.53%−2,891,792−18.0%Reduced
Capital World Investors12,722,728$832.3M0.11%+182,540+1.5%Added
BlackRock, Inc.10,447,940$683.5M0.01%−448,997−4.1%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP6,588,811$431.0M0.08%+243,035+3.8%Added
Bellevue Group AG6,244,451$408.5M8.49%−1,608,747−20.5%Reduced
State Street Corp4,388,651$287.1M0.01%−141,747−3.1%Reduced
Deep Track Capital, LP3,808,144$249.1M6.95%−1,083,400−22.1%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC3,066,289$200.6M0.01%+175,194+6.1%Added
Tweedy, Browne Co LLC2,901,216$189.8M16.48%+9,268+0.3%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc2,729,685$178.6M0.02%−396,388−12.7%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC2,402,065$157.1M0.13%+907,084+60.7%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP2,073,111$135.6M0.27%−594,500−22.3%Reduced
Deerfield Management Company, L.P. (Series C)1,979,669$129.5M1.98%+1,979,669New
Two Sigma Investments, LP1,575,943$103.1M0.16%−212,424−11.9%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,519,951$99.4M0.02%+32,133+2.2%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA1,393,124$90.5M0.09%+784,484+128.9%Added
American Century Companies Inc1,372,225$89.8M0.05%+899,476+190.3%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.1,315,000$86.0M0.14%−2,485,000−65.4%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada1,226,624$80.2M0.01%+426,712+53.3%Added
Morgan Stanley1,180,316$77.2M0.00%−181,893−13.4%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc1,154,166$75.5M0.02%+363,094+45.9%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd1,131,936$74.1M0.09%−302,137−21.1%Reduced
Vestal Point Capital, LP1,075,000$70.3M3.19%+575,000+115.0%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.1,059,721$69.3M0.18%−291,158−21.6%Reduced
UBS Group AG1,046,990$68.5M0.01%−482,333−31.5%Reduced
Polar Capital Holdings Plc1,033,622$67.6M0.33%+33,622+3.4%Added
TD Asset Management Inc960,272$62.8M0.05%−144,418−13.1%Reduced
Marshall Wace, LLP958,829$62.7M0.07%+945,729+7,219.3%Added
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership890,072$58.2M0.08%+535,110+150.8%Added
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.878,155$57.4M0.18%+612,362+230.4%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co862,593$56.4M0.02%+343,409+66.1%Added
Bank of America Corp855,295$56.0M0.00%−140,595−14.1%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp844,943$55.3M0.01%+30,693+3.8%Added
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC803,047$52.5M0.18%−51,587−6.0%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC779,570$51.0M0.04%−1,869,957−70.6%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc777,570$50.9M0.01%−3700.0%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc765,822$50.1M0.01%+397,703+108.0%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC760,111$49.7M0.10%−8,537−1.1%Reduced
Summit Partners Public Asset Management, LLC750,000$49.1M1.60%+750,000New
Bank of Montreal747,402$48.9M0.02%+264,113+54.6%Added
Nomura Holdings Inc733,398$48.0M0.22%+701,237+2,180.4%Added
Barclays PLC714,048$46.7M0.02%+130,782+22.4%Added
ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest631,215$41.3M0.25%−269,103−29.9%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.630,938$41.3M0.03%+630,938New
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership630,136$41.2M0.03%+630,136New
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.611,237$40.0M0.21%−113,503−15.7%Reduced
Groupama Asset Managment561,777$37.4M0.55%−99,180−15.0%Reduced
Baker Bros. Advisors LP566,798$37.1M0.27%+566,798New
Tang Capital Management LLC550,000$36.0M1.39%+400,000+266.7%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co544,468$35.6M0.00%+149,490+37.8%Added
Eversept Partners, LP538,661$35.2M2.70%−50,239−8.5%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp532,114$34.8M0.01%+4,926+0.9%Added
Invesco Ltd.519,070$34.0M0.01%+262,835+102.6%Added
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP515,000$33.7M0.20%−235,000−31.3%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC486,714$31.8M0.04%+216,000+79.8%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd481,751$31.5M0.42%−12,788−2.6%Reduced
Teacher Retirement System of Texas473,945$31.0M0.12%−194,328−29.1%Reduced
C WorldWide Group Holding A/S426,000$27.9M0.43%−24,000−5.3%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP420,950$27.5M0.04%+420,950New
Boone Capital Management LLC417,833$27.3M8.96%+417,833New
Nuveen, LLC415,618$27.2M0.01%+170,533+69.6%Added
Ikarian Capital, LLC415,163$27.2M6.15%+415,163New
AXA Investment Managers S.A.406,451$26.6M0.07%+406,451New
Squarepoint Ops LLC383,792$25.1M0.05%+249,397+185.6%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA383,226$25.1M0.02%+205,464+115.6%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC365,070$23.9M0.03%+365,070New
Man Group plc333,820$21.8M0.04%+324,851+3,621.9%Added
Legal & General Group Plc319,565$20.9M0.00%−84,801−21.0%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.312,297$20.4M0.03%+294,643+1,669.0%Added
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.311,258$20.4M0.06%+152,250+95.7%Added
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB310,000$20.3M2.24%+128,000+70.3%Added
Swiss National Bank293,100$19.2M0.01%+4,500+1.6%Added
Wells Fargo & Company285,293$18.7M0.00%+75,436+35.9%Added
Sector Gamma AS270,963$17.7M4.40%−14,879−5.2%Reduced
GW&K Investment Management, LLC264,007$17.3M0.15%−184,823−41.2%Reduced
Algert Global LLC252,281$16.5M0.28%+214,191+562.3%Added
Privium Fund Management B.V.248,894$16.3M2.93%−18,700−7.0%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Inc240,424$15.7M0.01%+29,832+14.2%Added
Jain Global LLC225,739$14.8M0.19%+218,544+3,037.4%Added
Orion Investment Co224,705$14.7M4.70%+7,335+3.4%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System215,845$14.1M0.01%+13,852+6.9%Added
Trexquant Investment LP215,121$14.1M0.15%+86,252+66.9%Added
Stifel Financial Corp202,628$13.3M0.01%+6,271+3.2%Added
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC200,839$13.1M0.09%−248,367−55.3%Reduced
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH197,434$12.9M0.02%+47,595+31.8%Added
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.193,045$12.6M0.18%+5,700+3.0%Added
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC186,950$12.2M0.10%−212,696−53.2%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers182,061$11.9M0.01%+462+0.3%Added
Cinctive Capital Management LP173,819$11.4M0.57%+173,819New
Sovran Advisors, LLC150,856$11.2M0.99%−171,057−53.1%Reduced
Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC169,808$11.1M0.79%+6,636+4.1%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund168,222$11.0M0.01%+81,250+93.4%Added
Sicart Associates LLC164,318$10.7M2.91%−20,978−11.3%Reduced
Boothbay Fund Management, LLC163,462$10.7M0.28%+163,462New
Capricorn Fund Managers Ltd162,800$10.7M3.58%+162,800New
Aquatic Capital Management LLC159,045$10.4M0.19%+959+0.6%Added
Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A.156,690$10.3M0.16%−40,910−20.7%Reduced
Citigroup Inc155,853$10.2M0.01%−185,124−54.3%Reduced