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Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 166.2M shares outstanding

Who owns IONS?

By type of holder
Institutions 100.0% Insiders 0.0% Everyone else 0.0%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 60.4%
FMR LLC 14.8% · Capital World Investors 13.0%
Institutional ownership
100.0%
0 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
513
+15 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+7.1M
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
67 / 52
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Royal Bank Of Canada +2.4M
  • Barclays PLC +1.3M

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. −2.2M
  • Bellevue Group AG −846.4K

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$134M
57 notices from 19 people
Shares covered
1.7M
1.02% of the company
Arranged in advance
84%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$22.8M$45.7MNov 2025: $4.4M under a 10b5-1 planNov 2025: $3.3M without a planNovDec 2025: $1.2M under a 10b5-1 planDecJan 2026: $2.7M under a 10b5-1 planJan 2026: $17.9M without a planJanFeb 2026: $26.9M under a 10b5-1 planFebMar 2026: $45.7M under a 10b5-1 planMarApr 2026: $116.7K under a 10b5-1 planApr 2026: $866.6K without a planAprMay 2026: $12.1M under a 10b5-1 planMayJun 2026: $11.1M under a 10b5-1 planJunJul 2026: $7.6M under a 10b5-1 planJulAugSepOct 2026: $59.7K without a planOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Monia Brett P Officer $41.2M
  • Hougen Elizabeth L Officer $17.8M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
+32.3%
+3.16% a year
Each share's claim on the business
−24.4%
shrank without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$125M vs $1.26B
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
117.3M139.5M161.6M2016: 120.9M shares'162017: 126.1M shares'172018: 134.1M shares'182019: 153.2M shares'192020: 139.6M shares'202021: 141.0M shares'212022: 141.8M shares'222023: 143.2M shares'232024: 149.5M shares'242025: 160.0M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$115.1M$230.1M2016 buybacks: $02016 stock comp: $72.1M'162017 buybacks: $02017 stock comp: $86.0M'172018 buybacks: $02018 stock comp: $131.3M'182019 buybacks: $34.4M2019 stock comp: $146.6M'192020 buybacks: $90.5M2020 stock comp: $230.1M'202021 buybacks: $02021 stock comp: $120.7M'212022 buybacks: $02022 stock comp: $100.3M'222023 buybacks: $02023 stock comp: $105.8M'232024 buybacks: $02024 stock comp: $130.2M'242025 buybacks: $02025 stock comp: $133.9M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years57% 3–5 years22% 1–3 years11% Under 1 year10%
Quarterly turnover
8.9%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting IONS on Form 13F
F
FMR LLC
Shares
24.6M
% of company
14.82%
Change vs last qtr
+75.3K (+0.3%)
Held since
≤2021
CW
Capital World Investors
Shares
21.7M
% of company
13.04%
Change vs last qtr
+482.9K (+2.3%)
Held since
2023

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting IONS on Form N-PORT; together they hold 50.4% of the company
GF
Growth Fund of America
Position value
$587M
% of company
4.61%
% of the fund
0.16%
As of
May 31, 2026
FG
Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Position value
$513M
% of company
5.12%
% of the fund
0.53%
As of
August 31, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
WJ
Wender Joseph H
Insider
Shares
314.4K
% of company
0.19%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
MB
Monia Brett P
Insider
Shares
242.8K
% of company
0.15%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—

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