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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
Millennium Management LLC779,570$51.0M0.04%−1,869,957−70.6%Reduced
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC803,047$52.5M0.18%−51,587−6.0%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp844,943$55.3M0.01%+30,693+3.8%Added
Bank of America Corp855,295$56.0M0.00%−140,595−14.1%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co862,593$56.4M0.02%+343,409+66.1%Added
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.878,155$57.4M0.18%+612,362+230.4%Added
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership890,072$58.2M0.08%+535,110+150.8%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP958,829$62.7M0.07%+945,729+7,219.3%Added
TD Asset Management Inc960,272$62.8M0.05%−144,418−13.1%Reduced
Polar Capital Holdings Plc1,033,622$67.6M0.33%+33,622+3.4%Added
UBS Group AG1,046,990$68.5M0.01%−482,333−31.5%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.1,059,721$69.3M0.18%−291,158−21.6%Reduced
Vestal Point Capital, LP1,075,000$70.3M3.19%+575,000+115.0%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd1,131,936$74.1M0.09%−302,137−21.1%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc1,154,166$75.5M0.02%+363,094+45.9%Added
Morgan Stanley1,180,316$77.2M0.00%−181,893−13.4%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada1,226,624$80.2M0.01%+426,712+53.3%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.1,315,000$86.0M0.14%−2,485,000−65.4%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc1,372,225$89.8M0.05%+899,476+190.3%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA1,393,124$90.5M0.09%+784,484+128.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,519,951$99.4M0.02%+32,133+2.2%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP1,575,943$103.1M0.16%−212,424−11.9%Reduced
Deerfield Management Company, L.P. (Series C)1,979,669$129.5M1.98%+1,979,669New
Two Sigma Advisers, LP2,073,111$135.6M0.27%−594,500−22.3%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC2,402,065$157.1M0.13%+907,084+60.7%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc2,729,685$178.6M0.02%−396,388−12.7%Reduced
Tweedy, Browne Co LLC2,901,216$189.8M16.48%+9,268+0.3%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC3,066,289$200.6M0.01%+175,194+6.1%Added
Deep Track Capital, LP3,808,144$249.1M6.95%−1,083,400−22.1%Reduced
State Street Corp4,388,651$287.1M0.01%−141,747−3.1%Reduced
Bellevue Group AG6,244,451$408.5M8.49%−1,608,747−20.5%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP6,588,811$431.0M0.08%+243,035+3.8%Added
BlackRock, Inc.10,447,940$683.5M0.01%−448,997−4.1%Reduced
Capital World Investors12,722,728$832.3M0.11%+182,540+1.5%Added
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.13,156,929$860.7M0.53%−2,891,792−18.0%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc16,481,730$1.08B0.02%−233,116−1.4%Reduced
FMR LLC23,689,038$1.55B0.08%+46,048+0.2%Added
BVF Inc0$00.00%−1,913,385−100.0%Sold out
Woodline Partners LP0$00.00%−732,813−100.0%Sold out
AXA S.A.0$00.00%−566,883−100.0%Sold out
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.0$00.00%−292,647−100.0%Sold out
Superstring Capital Management LP0$00.00%−98,267−100.0%Sold out
UBS Oconnor LLC0$00.00%−81,251−100.0%Sold out
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC0$00.00%−74,438−100.0%Sold out
Walleye Capital LLC0$00.00%−66,482−100.0%Sold out
Schroder Investment Management Group0$00.00%−45,950−100.0%Sold out
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd0$00.00%−37,649−100.0%Sold out
Capital Fund Management S.A.0$00.00%−31,219−100.0%Sold out
Oxford Asset Management LLP0$00.00%−22,405−100.0%Sold out
SummitTX Capital, L.P.0$00.00%−17,149−100.0%Sold out
Corton Capital Inc.0$00.00%−14,424−100.0%Sold out
Vestmark Advisory Solutions, Inc.0$00.00%−14,341−100.0%Sold out
Paloma Partners Management Co0$00.00%−12,557−100.0%Sold out
Fox Run Management, L.L.C.0$00.00%−10,988−100.0%Sold out
Harbor Advisors LLC0$00.00%−10,500−100.0%Sold out
Colony Group, LLC0$00.00%−10,056−100.0%Sold out
Semanteon Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−9,536−100.0%Sold out
Jump Financial, LLC0$00.00%−9,018−100.0%Sold out
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc0$00.00%−6,813−100.0%Sold out
Teza Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−6,604−100.0%Sold out
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−5,682−100.0%Sold out
Castle Rock Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−5,122−100.0%Sold out
Callan Family Office, LLC0$00.00%−5,400−100.0%Sold out
Empowered Funds, LLC0$00.00%−5,067−100.0%Sold out
Allianz SE0$00.00%−2,100−100.0%Sold out
Skopos Labs, Inc.0$00.00%−268−100.0%Sold out
Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−215−100.0%Sold out
Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc.0$00.00%−187−100.0%Sold out
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−156−100.0%Sold out
Geneos Wealth Management Inc.0$00.00%−139−100.0%Sold out
MPWM Advisory Solutions, LLC0$00.00%−110−100.0%Sold out
Kestra Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−137−100.0%Sold out
Asset Dedication, LLC0$00.00%−59−100.0%Sold out
WealthTrak Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−5−100.0%Sold out
Norges Bank––––Not filed
E Fund Management Co., Ltd.––––Not filed
Semmax Financial Advisors Inc.––––Not filed
Parkworth Wealth Management, Inc.––––Not filed