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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) Competitors

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$3.63 +0.10 (+2.83%)
(As of 10:33 AM ET)

IRWD vs. CLDX, MNKD, DVAX, BCRX, NVAX, MYGN, INVA, OPK, SGMO, and EBS

Should you be buying Ironwood Pharmaceuticals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals include Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), MannKind (MNKD), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), Novavax (NVAX), Myriad Genetics (MYGN), Innoviva (INVA), OPKO Health (OPK), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), and Emergent BioSolutions (EBS). These companies are all part of the "biotechnology" industry.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals vs.

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

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus price target of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 186.50%. Celldex Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $62.25, suggesting a potential upside of 141.84%. Given Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Celldex Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Celldex Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Celldex Therapeutics received 107 more outperform votes than Ironwood Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave Celldex Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 61.08% of users gave Ironwood Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ironwood PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
510
61.08%
Underperform Votes
325
38.92%
Celldex TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
617
75.15%
Underperform Votes
204
24.85%

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celldex Therapeutics has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of -0.65% compared to Celldex Therapeutics' net margin of -1,544.32%. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -0.96% beat Celldex Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals-0.65% -0.96% 0.74%
Celldex Therapeutics -1,544.32%-19.75%-18.86%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals$378.42M1.54-$1.00B-$0.03-121.00
Celldex Therapeutics$9.98M171.18-$141.43M-$2.57-10.02

In the previous week, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals had 6 more articles in the media than Celldex Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and 2 mentions for Celldex Therapeutics. Celldex Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' score of 0.03 indicating that Celldex Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Celldex Therapeutics
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Celldex Therapeutics beats Ironwood Pharmaceuticals on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IRWD vs. The Competition

MetricIronwood PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$580.90M$6.84B$5.14B$9.30B
Dividend YieldN/A3.06%4.81%4.06%
P/E Ratio-121.0010.77135.3017.49
Price / Sales1.54284.121,186.56136.36
Price / CashN/A56.6540.4237.95
Price / Book-1.645.374.874.92
Net Income-$1.00B$151.75M$118.61M$225.42M
7 Day Performance-1.63%-4.72%15.32%-1.20%
1 Month Performance-9.70%2.09%15.26%7.09%
1 Year Performance-67.41%16.12%34.42%22.83%

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IRWD
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
4.1096 of 5 stars
$3.63
+2.8%
$10.40
+186.5%
-68.3%$580.90M$378.42M-121.00220
CLDX
Celldex Therapeutics
3.0716 of 5 stars
$26.26
+3.3%
$62.25
+137.1%
-29.9%$1.74B$6.88M-9.89160
MNKD
MannKind
3.5182 of 5 stars
$6.26
-4.3%
$8.67
+38.4%
+50.5%$1.73B$267.20M89.29400News Coverage
DVAX
Dynavax Technologies
4.8018 of 5 stars
$12.99
+0.2%
$22.00
+69.4%
-5.6%$1.71B$260.81M100.00408News Coverage
BCRX
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
3.8591 of 5 stars
$7.36
-2.3%
$15.60
+112.0%
+21.0%$1.52B$412.58M-12.34530Positive News
NVAX
Novavax
3.8056 of 5 stars
$9.21
+1.1%
$17.83
+93.6%
+66.7%$1.48B$847.25M-4.031,543
MYGN
Myriad Genetics
4.5684 of 5 stars
$14.14
-2.0%
$24.27
+71.7%
-33.4%$1.29B$823.60M-11.102,700
INVA
Innoviva
2.1507 of 5 stars
$18.45
-0.7%
N/A+18.6%$1.15B$310.46M26.93112Short Interest ↓
Positive News
OPK
OPKO Health
4.4495 of 5 stars
$1.55
-2.8%
$2.75
+78.0%
+4.2%$1.05B$711.41M-8.343,930Positive News
SGMO
Sangamo Therapeutics
1.8846 of 5 stars
$2.53
+23.2%
$7.00
+177.2%
+579.4%$526.84M$176.23M-3.11480Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EBS
Emergent BioSolutions
4.1689 of 5 stars
$8.92
+5.2%
$14.00
+57.0%
+268.9%$483.32M$1.09B-2.071,600Insider Trade
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This page (NASDAQ:IRWD) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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