Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ionis Pharmaceuticals in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" IONS shares.
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13 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Ionis Pharmaceuticals' shares. Their IONS share price targets range from $28.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $56.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 37.4% from the stock's current price.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock was trading at $50.59 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, IONS shares have decreased by 19.3% and is now trading at $40.81.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IONS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 21st. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.78) by $0.72. The company had revenue of $325 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $176.01 million. Ionis Pharmaceuticals had a negative net margin of 46.32% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 90.29%. The company's revenue was up 113.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($0.37) earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) stock in their portfolio include Morningstar US Small Growth (MSGR), ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund (FBT), Horizon Kinetics Medical ETF (MEDX), Invesco Biotechnology & Genome ETF (PBE), Franklin Genomic Advancements ETF (HELX), Virtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF (BBP) and Principal Healthcare Innovators ETF (BTEC).

Ionis Pharmaceuticals updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $575.0 million-, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $636.4 million.

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Diversified Trust Co (0.00%), Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.00%) and Mather Group LLC. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Allene M Diaz, B Lynne Parshall, Brett P Monia, Brian Birchler, C Frank Bennett, Elizabeth L Hougen, Eric Swayze, Eugene Schneider, Frederick T Muto, Joseph Baroldi, Joseph Klein III, Onaiza Cadoret-Manier, Patrick R O'neil and Spencer R Berthelsen.
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Shares of IONS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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