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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) Competitors

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$4.21 +0.10 (+2.43%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

IRWD vs. IGMS, CYRX, ZNTL, KURA, GERN, LGND, MNKD, DVAX, CLDX, and BCRX

Should you be buying Ironwood Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals include IGM Biosciences (IGMS), Cryoport (CYRX), Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL), Kura Oncology (KURA), Geron (GERN), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), MannKind (MNKD), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX).

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals vs.

IGM Biosciences (NASDAQ:IGMS) and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -0.65% compared to IGM Biosciences' net margin of -7,534.03%. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -0.96% beat IGM Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IGM Biosciences-7,534.03% -155.42% -61.04%
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals -0.65%-0.96%0.74%

IGM Biosciences has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ironwood Pharmaceuticals. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IGM Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IGM Biosciences$2.13M263.74-$246.42M-$3.64-2.60
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals$442.73M1.52-$1.00B-$0.03-140.33

IGM Biosciences has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

IGM Biosciences currently has a consensus price target of $16.13, suggesting a potential upside of 70.27%. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 147.03%. Given Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than IGM Biosciences.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IGM Biosciences
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

42.8% of IGM Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 57.0% of IGM Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals had 7 more articles in the media than IGM Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and 7 mentions for IGM Biosciences. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat IGM Biosciences' score of 0.11 indicating that Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IGM Biosciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals received 439 more outperform votes than IGM Biosciences when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.08% of users gave Ironwood Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 50.35% of users gave IGM Biosciences an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IGM BiosciencesOutperform Votes
71
50.35%
Underperform Votes
70
49.65%
Ironwood PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
510
61.08%
Underperform Votes
325
38.92%

Summary

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals beats IGM Biosciences on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IRWD vs. The Competition

MetricIronwood PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$672.50M$6.49B$5.13B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A8.15%5.18%4.07%
P/E Ratio-140.334.8266.7313.27
Price / Sales1.52374.171,265.2981.14
Price / CashN/A51.8140.2135.77
Price / Book-2.169.636.455.92
Net Income-$1.00B$154.43M$119.73M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-15.12%-9.46%-5.13%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-5.18%-7.27%-2.71%1.15%
1 Year Performance-56.95%28.13%31.08%24.02%

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IRWD
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
4.2073 of 5 stars
$4.21
+2.4%
$10.40
+147.0%
-55.4%$672.50M$442.73M-140.33220Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
IGMS
IGM Biosciences
4.6905 of 5 stars
$11.35
-11.9%
N/A+64.4%$764.02M$2.13M-3.12190Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
CYRX
Cryoport
2.7246 of 5 stars
$7.95
-1.0%
N/A-47.7%$396.93M$233.26M-2.351,170High Trading Volume
ZNTL
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
2.454 of 5 stars
$3.71
-7.9%
N/A-69.1%$286.57MN/A-1.36160Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KURA
Kura Oncology
4.1044 of 5 stars
$18.57
+5.8%
N/A+75.1%$1.37BN/A-7.87142Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
GERN
Geron
3.5208 of 5 stars
$3.97
-3.6%
N/A+95.7%$2.49B$240,000.00-12.41141
LGND
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
4.9911 of 5 stars
$120.74
-2.2%
N/A+95.5%$2.33B$131.31M48.1080Analyst Forecast
MNKD
MannKind
3.9359 of 5 stars
$7.08
-1.9%
N/A+88.9%$1.99B$198.96M101.14400
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.6463 of 5 stars
$13.50
-1.2%
N/A-9.8%$1.80B$232.28M103.85408Short Interest ↑
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
2.7989 of 5 stars
$27.01
+3.1%
N/A-15.3%$1.74B$6.88M-10.51160Insider Buying
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
4.2114 of 5 stars
$7.82
-4.5%
N/A+36.8%$1.62B$331.41M-12.82530Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:IRWD) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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