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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, Q1 2026

Institutional positions in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
497
+8 vs. Q4 2025
Shares held
172.6M
+19.1M (+12.5%) vs. Q4 2025
Total value
$13.0B
+$828.1M (+6.8%) vs. Q4 2025
New holders
73
179 more added
Sold out
65
158 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2026: 497 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 2026: $13.0B
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, Q1 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc; share changes are against Q4 2025.

Institutions holding IONS in Q1 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
FMR LLC24,556,637$1.84B0.10%+484,536+2.0%Added
Capital World Investors21,186,369$1.59B0.22%+3,225,070+18.0%Added
BlackRock, Inc.10,442,476$784.1M0.01%−205,387−1.9%Reduced
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC7,808,902$586.4M0.03%+7,808,902New
Vanguard Capital Management LLC7,118,330$534.5M0.01%+7,118,330New
Wellington Management Group LLP6,391,816$480.0M0.09%+131,491+2.1%Added
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.6,159,027$462.5M0.32%−2,948,992−32.4%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP5,857,629$439.8M0.37%+3,198,983+120.3%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC3,984,332$305.2M0.02%+835,483+26.5%Added
State Street Corp3,995,564$300.0M0.01%+20,699+0.5%Added
Royal Bank of Canada3,801,815$285.5M0.05%+2,683,018+239.8%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc3,025,251$227.2M0.03%+37,411+1.3%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co2,363,567$171.4M0.01%+58,775+2.6%Added
Tweedy, Browne Co LLC2,275,625$170.9M13.57%−189,305−7.7%Reduced
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership2,058,308$154.6M0.25%+876,892+74.2%Added
Baker Bros. Advisors LP2,047,727$153.8M0.88%+255,886+14.3%Added
Deerfield Management Company, L.P. (Series C)1,979,669$148.7M1.75%00.0%Unchanged
Deep Track Capital, LP1,950,000$146.4M3.02%+250,000+14.7%Added
Bellevue Group AG1,818,665$136.6M3.25%−2,983,534−62.1%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1,699,847$127.6M0.02%+843,881+98.6%Added
American Century Companies Inc1,663,803$124.9M0.06%+46,697+2.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,583,266$118.9M0.02%+41,425+2.7%Added
Franklin Resources Inc1,575,023$118.3M0.03%+253,678+19.2%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc1,475,632$110.8M0.02%+87,065+6.3%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA1,434,995$107.1M0.11%+16,504+1.2%Added
Summit Partners Public Asset Management, LLC1,404,033$105.4M4.88%−58,673−4.0%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,277,358$95.9M0.01%+8,068+0.6%Added
Millennium Management LLC1,051,506$79.0M0.06%+958,244+1,027.5%Added
Morgan Stanley1,026,509$77.1M0.00%+6,603+0.6%Added
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co1,024,377$76.9M0.02%+1,024,377New
Citadel Advisors LLC942,534$70.8M0.05%−1,192,102−55.8%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.907,533$68.1M0.08%−445,304−32.9%Reduced
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.874,089$65.6M0.15%−202,281−18.8%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp868,179$65.2M0.01%+21,461+2.5%Added
Bank of America Corp840,598$63.1M0.00%+57,019+7.3%Added
Polar Capital Holdings Plc829,511$62.3M0.27%−503,913−37.8%Reduced
Groupama Asset Managment824,540$61.9M0.90%+57,651+7.5%Added
UBS Group AG808,443$60.7M0.01%−236,598−22.6%Reduced
Nomura Asset Management International Inc.785,281$59.0M0.10%−79,611−9.2%Reduced
GW&K Investment Management, LLC779,349$58.5M0.52%−7,319−0.9%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership737,859$55.4M0.03%−325,468−30.6%Reduced
Squarepoint Ops LLC695,276$52.2M0.11%+258,997+59.4%Added
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC672,858$50.5M0.20%+87,888+15.0%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co666,116$50.0M0.02%−146,631−18.0%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc660,144$49.6M0.01%+61,396+10.3%Added
Nuveen, LLC648,496$48.7M0.01%−12,273−1.9%Reduced
Eversept Partners, LP632,100$47.5M3.13%+93,882+17.4%Added
Eventide Asset Management, LLC575,000$43.2M0.71%00.0%Unchanged
TD Asset Management Inc529,954$39.8M0.03%−243,230−31.5%Reduced
Teacher Retirement System of Texas523,932$39.3M0.16%+101,033+23.9%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp514,617$38.6M0.01%−23,269−4.3%Reduced
Perceptive Advisors LLC504,000$37.8M0.75%+504,000New
Boone Capital Management LLC500,522$37.6M11.51%+82,689+19.8%Added
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.484,053$36.3M0.19%−193,576−28.6%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA479,460$36.0M0.02%+144,852+43.3%Added
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.473,150$35.5M0.10%−8,561−1.8%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP468,363$35.2M0.03%−56,876−10.8%Reduced
Neuberger Berman Group LLC443,272$33.3M0.03%+335,228+310.3%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd436,457$32.8M0.42%−25,511−5.5%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.429,599$32.3M0.03%+96,796+29.1%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.400,669$31.7M0.01%+58,820+17.2%Added
Davern Capital Partners, LP386,903$29.1M7.97%+148,426+62.2%Added
C WorldWide Group Holding A/S366,000$27.5M0.59%00.0%Unchanged
New York State Common Retirement Fund350,414$26.3M0.04%+108,561+44.9%Added
Capital Research Global Investors323,015$24.3M0.00%+323,015New
Renaissance Technologies LLC305,549$22.9M0.04%+81,942+36.6%Added
Swiss National Bank304,500$22.9M0.01%+6,000+2.0%Added
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP295,100$22.2M0.13%−179,900−37.9%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc294,679$22.1M0.01%−30,469−9.4%Reduced
Privium Fund Management B.V.290,024$21.8M4.53%+49,200+20.4%Added
Barclays PLC289,874$21.8M0.01%−552,997−65.6%Reduced
ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest288,716$21.7M0.17%−134,252−31.7%Reduced
TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC275,674$20.7M0.35%+275,674New
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP267,215$20.1M0.00%+91,180+51.8%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System255,485$19.2M0.01%+42,117+19.7%Added
HRT Financial LP252,250$18.9M0.05%+229,322+1,000.2%Added
Zurich Insurance Group Ltd239,645$18.0M0.14%−22,175−8.5%Reduced
Davenport & Co LLC238,238$17.9M0.10%+20,341+9.3%Added
J. Goldman & Co LP235,260$17.7M0.82%+167,621+247.8%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc235,121$17.7M0.01%−22,089−8.6%Reduced
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP227,084$17.1M0.17%+143,209+170.7%Added
Orion Investment Co225,015$16.9M5.38%−146−0.1%Reduced
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH219,652$16.5M0.03%+780.0%Added
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.219,220$16.5M0.24%+15,490+7.6%Added
Handelsbanken Fonder AB213,911$16.1M0.05%+166,000+346.5%Added
Trexquant Investment LP213,645$16.0M0.12%+81,404+61.6%Added
Jump Financial, LLC206,675$15.5M0.23%+206,675New
Stifel Financial Corp196,703$14.8M0.01%−2,160−1.1%Reduced
CI Private Wealth, LLC196,599$14.8M0.02%−19,839−9.2%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC191,818$14.4M0.02%+161,347+529.5%Added
Wells Fargo & Company189,853$14.3M0.00%−90,192−32.2%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC185,967$14.0M0.01%+159,026+590.3%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System176,485$13.3M0.01%+32,312+22.4%Added
Rhumbline Advisers173,440$13.0M0.01%−1,947−1.1%Reduced
Sector Gamma AS169,468$12.7M3.00%−15,509−8.4%Reduced
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main167,657$12.6M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Colony Group, LLC165,544$12.4M0.01%−16,273−9.0%Reduced
ADAR1 Capital Management, LLC160,338$12.0M0.72%+13,208+9.0%Added
Deutsche Bank AG159,891$12.0M0.00%+10,448+7.0%Added
Sicart Associates LLC159,412$12.0M3.07%−4,145−2.5%Reduced