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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
denkapparat Operations GmbH9,968$652.1K0.42%+9,968New
Cypress Capital, LLC10,000$654.2K0.19%00.0%Unchanged
Gsa Capital Partners LLP10,172$665.0K0.06%+10,172New
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.10,169$665.3K0.01%−12,212−54.6%Reduced
Baader Bank INC10,228$668.4K0.06%+10,228New
Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC10,402$680.5K0.01%+10,402New
Suvretta Capital Management, LLC10,800$706.5K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Plancorp, LLC11,208$733.2K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Blueshift Asset Management, LLC11,460$749.7K0.23%+11,460New
Allianz Asset Management GmbH11,500$752.3K0.00%+11,500New
Vident Advisory, LLC11,551$755.7K0.01%−449−3.7%Reduced
JustInvest LLC12,090$790.9K0.01%+18+0.1%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.12,113$792.4K0.00%+702+6.2%Added
Amalgamated Bank12,195$798.0K0.01%+669+5.8%Added
NEOS Investment Management LLC12,306$805.1K0.01%−15,855−56.3%Reduced
Tema ETFs LLC12,306$805.1K0.07%−15,855−56.3%Reduced
Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc.12,476$816.2K0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC12,476$816.2K0.01%+524+4.4%Added
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC12,663$828.4K0.01%+905+7.7%Added
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co12,782$836.2K0.00%+538+4.4%Added
Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors, LLC12,801$837.4K0.17%00.0%Unchanged
Westmount Partners, LLC12,961$852.8K0.22%00.0%Unchanged
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC13,349$873.0K0.00%−593−4.3%Reduced
Fieldview Capital Management, LLC13,523$884.7K0.14%−3,783−21.9%Reduced
Aigen Investment Management, LP13,578$888.3K0.14%+5,280+63.6%Added
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC13,878$907.9K0.02%−4,251−23.4%Reduced
Brown Advisory Inc14,026$917.6K0.00%+1,835+15.1%Added
Dynasty Wealth Management, LLC14,341$938.2K0.01%+14,341New
Significant Wealth Partners LLC14,967$979.1K0.48%−537−3.5%Reduced
Davy Global Fund Management Ltd15,284$999.9K0.07%+2,021+15.2%Added
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado15,589$1.02M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Diversified Trust Co15,633$1.02M0.02%+15,633New
Point72 (DIFC) Ltd15,698$1.03M0.07%+7,611+94.1%Added
North Star Asset Management Inc16,610$1.09M0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Graham Capital Management, L.P.17,163$1.12M0.04%−3,772−18.0%Reduced
Legato Capital Management LLC17,300$1.13M0.12%+17,300New
Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC18,070$1.18M0.01%+9,268+105.3%Added
Victory Capital Management Inc18,211$1.19M0.00%−305−1.6%Reduced
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.18,818$1.23M0.04%+18,818New
Resolute Capital Asset Partners LLC20,000$1.31M0.68%+20,000New
Nicollet Investment Management, Inc.20,408$1.33M0.44%−339−1.6%Reduced
Xponance, Inc.21,450$1.40M0.01%−1,304−5.7%Reduced
Atika Capital Management LLC21,500$1.41M0.12%+21,500New
BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd23,370$1.53M0.09%+23,370New
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky24,083$1.58M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Mariner, LLC24,227$1.58M0.00%−12,687−34.4%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC24,463$1.60M0.00%−409−1.6%Reduced
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.24,701$1.62M0.01%−1,440−5.5%Reduced
Bayesian Capital Management, LP24,715$1.62M0.33%+8,115+48.9%Added
Bamco Inc25,000$1.64M0.00%+25,000New
Engineers Gate Manager LP25,779$1.69M0.02%−7,339−22.2%Reduced
Calamos Advisors LLC25,863$1.69M0.01%+25,863New
Profund Advisors LLC25,932$1.70M0.06%−2,927−10.1%Reduced
Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C.26,562$1.74M0.11%+26,562New
Wolverine Trading, LLC27,585$1.77M0.04%+27,585New
Envestnet Asset Management Inc27,509$1.80M0.00%+13,965+103.1%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc27,595$1.81M0.00%−25,725−48.2%Reduced
China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd.27,939$1.83M0.15%−4,027−12.6%Reduced
Granite Investment Partners, LLC28,033$1.83M0.10%−15,148−35.1%Reduced
Twin Tree Management, LP28,575$1.87M0.09%+28,575New
KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS31,500$2.06M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Gotham Asset Management, LLC32,152$2.10M0.01%+17,873+125.2%Added
Entropy Technologies, LP32,925$2.15M0.16%+3,473+11.8%Added
Pathstone Holdings, LLC33,602$2.20M0.01%+2,843+9.2%Added
Blair William & Co34,371$2.25M0.01%−3,520−9.3%Reduced
Guggenheim Capital LLC35,357$2.31M0.02%−5,500−13.5%Reduced
Stanley-Laman Group, Ltd.35,774$2.34M0.33%+35,774New
Quantinno Capital Management LP36,115$2.36M0.01%+18,573+105.9%Added
Future Fund LLC36,156$2.37M0.83%+6,561+22.2%Added
One Capital Management, LLC36,426$2.38M0.08%+6,561+22.0%Added
Verition Fund Management LLC37,196$2.43M0.01%−195,491−84.0%Reduced
Prelude Capital Management, LLC37,293$2.44M0.19%−2,130−5.4%Reduced
LMR Partners LLP37,600$2.46M0.03%+37,600New
Grandfield & Dodd, LLC37,675$2.46M0.14%+445+1.2%Added
NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan42,000$2.75M0.30%00.0%Unchanged
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP42,217$2.76M0.00%+42,217New
Fred Alger Management, LLC42,401$2.77M0.01%+32,937+348.0%Added
Bridgewater Associates, LP43,578$2.85M0.01%+43,578New
Arizona State Retirement System44,731$2.93M0.02%+691+1.6%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC45,456$2.95M0.00%−62,838−58.0%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co46,128$2.96M0.00%−373−0.8%Reduced
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)45,220$2.96M0.01%+1,605+3.7%Added
Dark Forest Capital Management LP46,092$3.02M0.11%+46,092New
Point72 Hong Kong Ltd47,517$3.11M0.14%+47,517New
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio48,545$3.18M0.01%+301+0.6%Added
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC48,654$3.18M0.04%+48,654New
Raiffeisen Bank International AG50,000$3.21M0.04%−6,754−11.9%Reduced
Capital Counsel LLC49,605$3.25M0.12%−600−1.2%Reduced
Creative Planning51,474$3.37M0.00%−1,815−3.4%Reduced
Handelsbanken Fonder AB51,911$3.40M0.01%+8,700+20.1%Added
EAM Investors, LLC54,977$3.54M0.41%+54,977New
Alliancebernstein L.P.54,262$3.55M0.00%+2,205+4.2%Added
PDT Partners, LLC54,365$3.56M0.22%00.0%Unchanged
Alpine Global Management, LLC55,900$3.66M0.75%+30,463+119.8%Added
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D59,817$3.91M0.01%+899+1.5%Added
Artia Global Partners LP60,176$3.94M0.69%+60,176New
Davenport & Co LLC62,563$4.09M0.02%−2,280−3.5%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC63,791$4.17M0.01%+3,042+5.0%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC63,877$4.18M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey69,324$4.54M0.04%+9,601+16.1%Added