Ionis Pharmaceuticals Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

Ionis Pharmaceuticals does not have a record of paying a dividend.

Key information

n/a

Dividend yield

-9.6%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield	-9.6%
Future Dividend Yield	0%
Dividend Growth	n/a
Next dividend pay date	n/a
Ex dividend date	n/a
Dividend per share	n/a
Payout ratio	n/a

Recent dividend and buyback updates

No updates

Recent updates

Analysts Just Shipped A Substantial Upgrade To Their Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IONS) Estimates

May 02

Ionis: Potentially A Great Time To Buy Ahead Of Q1 Earnings (Upgrade)

Apr 22

Is Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

Apr 20

Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IONS) Low P/S

Mar 24

Anticipated Drug Launches Will Shift Biotech Company To Commercial Stage

Mar 20 Ionis is set to boost revenue through first-mover advantage with TRYNGOLZA and other product launches targeting unmet medical needs.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals: Promising Growth From Tryngolza Approval

Dec 23

Investors Don't See Light At End Of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IONS) Tunnel

Dec 23

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) Has Debt But No Earnings; Should You Worry?

Dec 01

Ionis Pharmaceuticals: Catalysts Due In 2025/2026 Are Extremely Compelling

Oct 23

There Is A Reason Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IONS) Price Is Undemanding

Aug 24

Ionis Pharmaceuticals: Harnessing RNA-Targeted Therapies For Long-Term Shareholder Value

Aug 11

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if IONS's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if IONS's dividend payments have been increasing.

Dividend Yield vs Market

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Dividend Yield vs Market

How does IONS dividend yield compare to the market?
Segment	Dividend Yield
Company (IONS)	n/a
Market Bottom 25% (US)	1.6%
Market Top 25% (US)	4.8%
Industry Average (Biotechs)	2.2%
Analyst forecast (IONS) (up to 3 years)	0%

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate IONS's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate IONS's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate IONS's payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as IONS has not reported any payouts.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/25 01:35
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/23 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is covered by 45 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research
James Birchenough	Barclays
Huidong Wang	Barclays

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

Key information

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Topline Results from Essence Study of Olezarsen in People with Moderate Hypertriglycerides

Independent Director recently bought US$478k worth of stock

Independent Director recently bought US$478k worth of stock

Analysts Just Shipped A Substantial Upgrade To Their Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IONS) Estimates

First quarter 2025 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2025

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Results from A New Survey

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 05, 2025

Ionis: Potentially A Great Time To Buy Ahead Of Q1 Earnings (Upgrade)

Is Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IONS) Low P/S

Anticipated Drug Launches Will Shift Biotech Company To Commercial Stage

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Astrazeneca’s WAINZUA (eplontersen) Approves in the EU for the Treatment of Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis in Adults with Stage 1 or Stage 2 Polyneuropathy

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces New Positive Donidalorsen Data to Be Presented At AAAAI/Wao Joint Congress Highlight Sustained Hae Attack Rate Reduction and Disease Control

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

New minor risk - Insider selling

Founder recently sold US$430k worth of stock

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock

Ionis Pharmaceuticals: Promising Growth From Tryngolza Approval

Investors Don't See Light At End Of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IONS) Tunnel

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves TRYNGOLZA (Olezarsen) as Addition to Diet to Reduce Triglycerides in Adults with Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) Has Debt But No Earnings; Should You Worry?

Independent Chairman of the Board notifies of intention to sell stock

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Ionis Announces Pivotal Phase 3 Trial Design for ION582 in Angelman Syndrome

Ionis Pharmaceuticals: Catalysts Due In 2025/2026 Are Extremely Compelling

Astrazeneca and Ionis' Wainzua (Eplontersen) Recommends Approval by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use in the European Union

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Zilganersen Granted U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for People Living with Alexander Disease

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $500 million.

There Is A Reason Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IONS) Price Is Undemanding

Ionis Pharmaceuticals: Harnessing RNA-Targeted Therapies For Long-Term Shareholder Value

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

Health Check: How Prudently Does Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) Use Debt?

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Detailed Results from the HALOS Study of ION582 in People with Angelman Syndrome

Insufficient new directors

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces olezarsen FCS New Drug Application Accepted for Priority Review and Enrollment in Phase 3 sHTG Program Completed

Independent Director notifies of intention to sell stock

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Presents Positive Results from OASIS-HAE and OASISplus Studies of Investigational Medicine Donidalorsen in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema

Ionis: Tough Run For Share Price Belies Multiple Reasons For Optimism

Biogen and Ionis Announce Topline Phase 1/2 Study Results of Investigational Drug in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Lead Independent Director exercised options to buy US$612k worth of stock.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reaffirms Financial Guidance for the Year 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 06, 2024

Ionis Presents Positive Results from Phase 3 Balance Study of Olezarsen for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Results from Phase 2 Study of ION224

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Ionis Pharmaceuticals 2023 Earnings Review: Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Grants Orphan Drug Designation to the Investigational Medicine Olezarsen for the Treatment of FCS

Founder recently sold US$1.2m worth of stock

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 3 Oasis-Hae Study of Investigational Donidalorsen in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Ionis and AstraZeneca's WAINUA

Insider notifies of intention to sell stock

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Michael Yang as a Member of Board

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Shares Positive Clinical Update from Ongoing Trial of Ion582 for Angelman Syndrome

Ionis Presents Positive Two-Year Results from the Phase 2 Open-Label Extension Study of Donidalorsen in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Senior Strategic Advisor & Director notifies of intention to sell stock

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Olezarsen Topline Results from Phase 3 Study in People with Facilitate Chylomicronemia Syndrome

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Ionis Completes Enrollment in Phase 3 Cardio-TTRansform Study in Patients with TTR-Mediated Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 09, 2023

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Topline, 85-Week Data from the Phase 3 Neuro-Ttransform Study in Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloid Polyneuropathy

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces New Data Highlight Potential Benefit of SPINRAZA® (nusinersen) in Infants and Toddlers with Unmet Medical Needs After Gene Therapy

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Donidalorsen Late-Stage Clinical Progress in HAE

Founder notifies of intention to sell stock