Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ionis Pharmaceuticals in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" IONS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in IONS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ionis Pharmaceuticals' shares. Their IONS share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $67.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $46.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock was trading at $37.77 at the start of the year. Since then, IONS shares have increased by 8.3% and is now trading at $40.90.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 8th 2023.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IONS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company reported ($0.87) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($1.00) by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $131 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $126.88 million. Ionis Pharmaceuticals had a negative net margin of 56.85% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.58%. The business's revenue was down 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.46) earnings per share.

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $575.00M-, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $597.65 million.

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IONS."

Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (14.98%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (3.77%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.75%), ARK Investment Management LLC (1.84%), BVF Inc. IL (1.79%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.45%). Insiders that own company stock include B Lynne Parshall, Breaux Castleman, Brett P Monia, Brian Birchler, C Frank Bennett, Elizabeth L Hougen, Eric Swayze, Frederick T Muto, Joseph Klein III, Patrick R O'neil, Richard S Geary, Spencer R Berthelsen and Stanley T Crooke.
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One share of IONS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.90.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) has a market capitalization of $5.85 billion and generates $587 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-269,720,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.31) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 660 workers across the globe.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals' mailing address is 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA, 92010. The official website for the company is www.ionispharma.com. The company can be reached via phone at (760) 931-9200, via email at wwalke@ionisph.com, or via fax at 760-603-2700.