Ionis Pharmaceuticals Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ionis Pharmaceuticals in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Ionis Pharmaceuticals stock. 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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Ionis Pharmaceuticals is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IONS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company reported ($0.64) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.48) by $0.16. The company earned $112 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $134.93 million. Ionis Pharmaceuticals had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.74% and a negative net margin of 69.63%. The company's revenue was down 15.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.35) EPS.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock was trading at $49.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, IONS shares have decreased by 23.1% and is now trading at $37.79.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $600 M-, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $632.68 million.

15 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Ionis Pharmaceuticals' shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $86.00. On average, they expect Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock price to reach $58.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 53.6% from the stock's current price.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IONS."

Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (8.92%), Bellevue Group AG (6.37%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (5.25%), ARK Investment Management LLC (3.65%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.39%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.23%). Company insiders that own Ionis Pharmaceuticals stock include B Lynne Parshall, Breaux Castleman, Brett P Monia, C Frank Bennett, Elizabeth L Hougen, Eric Swayze, Joseph Klein III, Patrick R O'neil, Richard S Geary, Spencer R Berthelsen and Stanley T Crooke.
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IONS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Toronto Dominion Bank, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Credit Suisse AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Dowling & Yahnke LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Squarepoint Ops LLC. Company insiders that have sold Ionis Pharmaceuticals company stock in the last year include B Lynne Parshall, Breaux Castleman, Brett P Monia, C Frank Bennett, Elizabeth L Hougen, Eric Swayze, Joseph Klein III, Patrick R O'neil, Richard S Geary, Spencer R Berthelsen, and Stanley T Crooke.
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IONS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ARK Investment Management LLC, Camber Capital Management LP, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Morningstar Investment Services LLC, and Rockefeller Capital Management L.P..
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Shares of IONS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of IONS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.79.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $5.33 billion and generates $729 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-451,290,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($3.23) on an earnings per share basis.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals employs 757 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ionis Pharmaceuticals is www.ionispharma.com.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals is headquartered at 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA, 92010.

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