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Analysing Ionis Pharmaceuticals – Assessing Market Sentiment Shift

Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares rose 2.2% this morning to a price of $82.7. The stock is still trading within range of its average target price of $85.47, and over the last 52 weeks, it has recorded a 131.5% performance. Analysts have given the Large-Cap Pharmaceutical stock target prices ranging from $47.0 to $116.76 dollars per share, with an average rating of buy.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has an elevated short interest of 11.6%. The stock's short ratio, or the number of days needed for all shorts to cover their positions, is 5.2. At 0.62%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation. 106.5% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals shares are held by institutional investors, which indicates a high level of confidence in the stock.

Institutions Invested in Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2025-09-30 FMR, LLC 15% 23,689,038 $1,959,083,370
2025-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 16,481,730 $1,363,039,020
2025-09-30 T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 8% 13,156,929 $1,088,077,988
2025-09-30 Capital World Investors 8% 12,722,728 $1,052,169,566
2025-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 6% 10,447,940 $864,044,606
2025-09-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 4% 6,588,811 $544,894,649
2025-09-30 Bellevue Group AG 4% 6,244,451 $516,416,078
2025-09-30 State Street Corporation 3% 4,388,651 $362,941,424
2025-09-30 Deep Track Capital, Lp 2% 3,808,144 $314,933,497
2025-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 3,066,289 $253,582,090

For these reasons, we consider that the Ionis Pharmaceuticals is the subject of mixed market sentiment.

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