What Are the Tailwinds for IONS?

Ionis Pharmaceuticals stock is trading -22.5% below its average target price of $46.94 after dropping -3.7% during today's evening session. Analysts are giving the mid-cap Pharmaceutical company an average rating of hold and target prices ranging from $24.0 to $92.0 per share.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has an average level of shares sold short, at 6.1% of its total share float. The stock's short ratio (also called days to cover) is 7.91. Only 0.59% of the company's shares are owned by insiders, indicating that management does not have a deep alignment of interest with its shareholders.

Institutional investors own 93.5% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals's shares, which indicates they have a high level of confidence in the company.

Institutions Invested in Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2022-12-31 FMR, LLC 15% 21,307,519 $775,167,563
2022-12-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 9% 13,546,694 $492,828,742
2022-12-31 T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 8% 11,678,259 $424,855,074
2022-12-31 Bellevue Group AG 7% 9,743,900 $354,483,092
2022-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 9,079,557 $330,314,293
2022-12-31 ClearBridge Investments, LLC 4% 5,425,642 $197,384,861
2022-12-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 4,292,431 $156,158,644
2022-12-31 State Street Corporation 3% 4,218,729 $153,477,365
2022-12-31 Tweedy Browne Company, L.L.C. 2% 3,541,136 $128,826,531
2022-12-31 ARK Investment Management, LLC 2% 2,673,538 $97,263,315
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