In a filing, Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc revealed its EVP Research Swayze Eric unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.47 million on Oct 06 ’25. In the deal valued at $69.02 per share,6,849 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Swayze Eric now holds 30,453 shares worth roughly $2.13 million.
Then, O’NEIL PATRICK R. sold 13,441 shares, generating $937,338 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $69.74, the EVP CLO & General Counsel now owns 53,889 shares.
Before that, Monia Brett P sold 437 shares. Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc shares valued at $30,268 were divested by the Chief Executive Officer at a price of $69.26 per share. As a result of the transaction, Monia Brett P now holds 179,572 shares, worth roughly $12.56 million.
JP Morgan upgraded its Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc [IONS] rating to an Overweight from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Goldman’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late September from “a Sell” to “a Neutral”. BMO Capital Markets also remained covering IONS and has increased its forecast on September 03, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Market perform” rating. Morgan Stanley revised its rating on July 31, 2025. It rated IONS as “an Overweight” which previously was an “an Equal-weight”.
Price Performance Review of IONS
On Friday, Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc [NASDAQ:IONS] saw its stock fall -0.43% to $69.97. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.19%. Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc shares have risen nearly 85.11% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 100.14% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc stocks on 2025-09-30, growing by 1.78 million shares to a total of 12.28 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-08-29 was 10.5 million shares. There was a rise of 14.47%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
