NASDAQ:IONS - Ionis Pharmaceuticals Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IONS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.37. The company earned $494 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $407.05 million. Ionis Pharmaceuticals had a return on equity of 23.14% and a net margin of 26.09%. Ionis Pharmaceuticals's revenue for the quarter was up 157.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.21 earnings per share. View Ionis Pharmaceuticals' Earnings History.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $700 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $814.68 million.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock price to reach $74.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 47.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ionis Pharmaceuticals in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

Media coverage about IONS stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ionis Pharmaceuticals earned a news impact score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 9,700,000 shares, an increase of 12.0% from the January 30th total of 8,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 935,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.4 days. Approximately 7.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Ionis Pharmaceuticals' Current Options Chain.

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (14.90%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (6.25%), BVF Inc. IL (1.55%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.45%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.03%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.71%). Company insiders that own Ionis Pharmaceuticals stock include B Lynne Parshall, Brett P Monia, C Frank Bennett, Elizabeth L Hougen, Frederick T Muto, Joseph H Wender, Joseph Klein III, Patrick R O'neil, Richard S Geary, Spencer R Berthelsen and Stanley T Crooke. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

IONS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., UBS Group AG, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Pinnacle Associates Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE and Rafferty Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Ionis Pharmaceuticals company stock in the last year include B Lynne Parshall, Brett P Monia, Elizabeth L Hougen, Frederick T Muto, Joseph H Wender, Joseph Klein III, Patrick R O'neil, Richard S Geary, Spencer R Berthelsen and Stanley T Crooke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

IONS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BVF Inc. IL, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Baillie Gifford & Co., Scout Investments Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. and Amia Capital LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

Shares of IONS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IONS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.78.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $7.14 billion and generates $1.12 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $273.74 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 on an earnings per share basis. Ionis Pharmaceuticals employs 737 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ionis Pharmaceuticals.

The official website for Ionis Pharmaceuticals is http://www.ionispharma.com/.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals' mailing address is 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA, 92010. The company can be reached via phone at 760-931-9200.