Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of -17.54% for Q2 2026, down 8.29 percentage points from -9.25% a year earlier and down 8.16 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Ionis Pharmaceuticals posted Return on Assets [ROA] of -11.69%, up 3.46 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +5.38 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -15.15% in FY2024 (-1.88 pp), -13.26% in FY2023 (-2.78 pp), -10.48% in FY2022 (-9.34 pp) and -1.14% in FY2021 (+15.92 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2021.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.74 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q3 2022 (a gain of 25.09 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2021 (a drop of 27.38 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -9.38% (Q1 2026), -11.63% (Q4 2025) and -8.52% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly | 1,076.25 Bn | 1,044.84 Bn | 19.71 Bn | 20.64% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 617.18 Bn | 535.70 Bn | 17.26 Bn | 10.47% |
| 3 | AbbVie | 464.58 Bn | 437.73 Bn | 12.70 Bn | 4.65% |
| 4 | Merck | 356.04 Bn | 310.47 Bn | 12.21 Bn | 2.45% |
| 5 | Novartis Ag | 269.07 Bn | 224.94 Bn | 11.24 Bn | 28.37% |
| 6 | Astrazeneca | 243.21 Bn | 216.77 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 9.10% |
| 7 | Amgen | 217.88 Bn | 173.28 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 9.29% |
| 8 | Gilead Sciences | 179.62 Bn | 153.74 Bn | 6.22 Bn | -6.13% |
| 9 | Pfizer | 158.45 Bn | 105.40 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 2.14% |
| 10 | Ionis Pharmaceuticals | 7.21 Bn | -1.68 Bn | 265.21 Mn | -17.54% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -17.54% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -9.38% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -11.63% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -8.52% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -9.25% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -15.75% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -14.92% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -12.43% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -13.41% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -13.37% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -12.37% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -13.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -10.56% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -12.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -10.89% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.13% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.14% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -24.79% |
API Access
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Return on Assets [ROA] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=IONS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "IONS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=IONS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();