Ionis Pharmaceuticals IONS
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At close: Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) posted Operating Expenses of $370.24 million for Q2 2026, up 18.6% from $312.23 million a year earlier and up 1.9% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Ionis Pharmaceuticals was $1.47 billion, up 21.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $1.33 billion, up 12.3% from FY2024.

  • Annual Operating Expenses has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, Ionis Pharmaceuticals' Operating Expenses was $1.18 billion in FY2024 (+3.4%), $1.14 billion in FY2023 (+14.4%), $997.56 million in FY2022 (+18.7%) and $840.64 million in FY2021 (-6.7%).
  • Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $199.42 million in Q1 2022 to a high of $417.79 million in Q4 2025 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 12.0% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q4 2022, with growth of 64.0%; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a decline of 29.9%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $363.52 million (Q1 2026), $417.79 million (Q4 2025) and $316.9 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Johnson & Johnson 655.56 Bn 574.09 Bn 17.26 Bn 10.12 Bn
2 AbbVie 470.94 Bn 444.10 Bn 12.70 Bn 10.56 Bn
3 Merck 367.14 Bn 321.57 Bn 12.21 Bn 12.80 Bn
4 Novartis Ag 280.33 Bn 236.20 Bn 11.24 Bn -6.09 Bn
5 Astrazeneca 257.78 Bn 231.34 Bn 12.86 Bn -9.70 Bn
6 Amgen 226.04 Bn 181.44 Bn 7.24 Bn 6.54 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 188.89 Bn 163.01 Bn 6.22 Bn 18.20 Bn
8 Pfizer 163.75 Bn 110.70 Bn 10.94 Bn 6.68 Bn
9 Vertex Pharmaceuticals 133.68 Bn 105.69 Bn 2.84 Bn 2.09 Bn
10 Ionis Pharmaceuticals 7.55 Bn -1.34 Bn 265.21 Mn 370.24 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 370.24 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 363.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 417.79 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 316.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 312.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 278.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 337.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 282.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 291.34 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 269.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 330.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 287.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 278.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 244.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 359.91 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 218.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 219.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 199.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 219.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 218.94 Mn
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