Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

IONS Healthcare Biotechnology

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $943.7 million, up 33.8% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−40.7%
EPS
−188.5%
Free cash flow
+299.3%
Total debt
+116.0%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

39.48 0.68 +1.75%
Market cap
$6.5B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−12.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.12
Beneish M
−3.13
Dividend safety
n/a

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IONS) Operating margin

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −68.0%, down 27.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−40.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −69.8% (fiscal 2022) to 32.6% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Biotechnology industry median of 0.00% and below the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 −40.5% 26.92
FY2024 −67.4% (22.46)
FY2023 −44.9% 24.93
FY2022 −69.8% (66.12)
FY2021 −3.72% 19.88
FY2020 −23.6% (56.19)
FY2019 32.6% 42.82
FY2018 −10.2% (16.27)
FY2017 6.04% 11.45
FY2016 −5.41% 21.29

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 −38.2% 9.54
Mar 2026 −47.7% 57.75
Dec 2025 −105.5% (3.26)
Sep 2025 −102.2% (133.14)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −69.8% High 32.6%
Ten-year median −23.6%
Current reading's percentile 14

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated compare 9.29%
KOD Kodiak Sciences Inc. compare 0.00%
ORKA Oruka Therapeutics, Inc. compare 0.00%
IMVT Immunovant, Inc. compare 0.00%
BLTE Belite Bio, Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
AXSM Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. compare −17.5%
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. −68.0%
MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. compare −133.6%
CGON CG Oncology, Inc. compare −4,056.2%
Biotechnology industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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