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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class AIRWDCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major
Momentum strong 75
Mkt cap
$725M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.06M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
3.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+113.6 pp
WACC 6.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
104 days
18 Feb 2027
Close · USD$4.39
1D+8.9%
1W+25.4%
1M+13.4%
3M+8.4%
6M+4.0%
YTD+30.3%
1Y+113.1%
ATR %5.2%
Beta1.56
52w lowhigh24.1% off high

What Ironwood Pharmaceuticals does

Employees: 100

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals at a glance

Size Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) is a United States Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $725M, the 2452nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $4.39 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.0%, against -16.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 26.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 60.6% (peer median 11.1%).

Valuation It trades at 3.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 32.5× (cheapest of 12).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 113.6 points above its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 9.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026IRWD 105Peer median 83
Six months, rebased to 100: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$389M$296M$351M$443M$411M
Revenue growth—-16%-21%+8%—
Gross profit$387M$294M$349M$441M$409M
EBITDA$238M$121M$97.7M$211M$252M
Net income$130M$24.0M$880,000-$1.00B$175M
Free cash flow$186M$127M$103M$183M$274M
Capital expenditure$1,000$34,000$142,000$273,000$136,000
Total debt$397M$598M$599M$716M$416M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%ABUSARDXCGEM301096600351RIGL000566688488603567600829BLISSGVSPHILSGMT300016ACHVZVRA0009156883560570IRWD6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-100%0%+100%+200%+300%0×100×200×ARDX301096RIGL688488603567PHIL300016ZVRA0009156883564534IRWDRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is the large dot.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals competitors and peer comparison

How Ironwood Pharmaceuticals compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureIRWDPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+13.4%-8.2%highest of 21
6-month return+4.0%-16.0%6th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-24.1%-38.1%8th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+26.2%+7.1%5th highest of 18
Operating margin60.6%11.1%3rd highest of 17
Forward P/E3.3×32.5×cheapest of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital+113.6 pp-0.3 pphighest of 16
EV / EBITDA4.4×6.4×4th cheapest of 8
Net debt / EBITDA1.3×-1.2×most indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals IRWDUnited States$725M+4%+26%61%3.3×n/an/a
Arbutus Biopharma ABUSUnited States$724M-16%+1,079%81%n/an/an/a
Ardelyx ARDXUnited States$724M-58%+18%-8%225.1×n/an/a
Cullinan Therapeutics CGEMUnited States$728M-22%n/an/an/an/an/a
Hangzhou Bio-Sincerity Pharma-Tech 301096.SZChina$716M-24%+5%-30%64.3×n/an/a
Yabao Pharmaceutical 600351.SSChina$711M-3%-3%16%n/a-7.5%-2.8%
Rigel Pharmaceuticals RIGLUnited States$741M+52%+3%31%11.9×-1.1%+22.1%
Hainan Haiyao 000566.SZChina$710M-19%-18%-50%n/an/an/a
Jiangsu Aidea Pharmaceutical 688488.SSChina$743M-32%+7%8%123.9×33.8%+19.8%
HeiLongJiang ZBD Pharmaceutical 603567.SSChina$705M-29%-82%n/a6.3×10.5%-25.1%
HPGC Renmintongtai Pharmaceutical 600829.SSChina$753M-11%+4%2%n/a4.9%+5.3%
Bliss GVS Pharma BLISSGVS.NSIndia$698M+126%+21%15%n/a37.0%+10.1%
Philogen PHIL.MIItaly$694M-7%+295%79%32.5×n/an/a
Sagimet Biosciences SGMTUnited States$693M+28%n/an/an/an/an/a
Beijing Beilu Pharmaceutical 300016.SZChina$692M-16%+23%11%88.2×10.3%+7.9%
Achieve Life Sciences ACHVUnited States$692M+29%n/an/an/an/an/a
Zevra Therapeutics ZVRAUnited States$690M+4%+75%31%11.8×0.0%+51.6%
Shandong Wit Dyne Health 000915.SZChina$687M-33%-36%36%9.1×n/an/a
Jenkem Technology 688356.SSChina$686M-23%+52%11%36.8×41.4%+11.2%
Mochida Pharmaceutical 4534.TJapan$683M-6%+15%9%15.2×n/an/a
China Traditional Chinese Medicine 0570.HKHong Kong$771M-29%-16%0%n/an/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), Ardelyx (ARDX), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Hangzhou Bio-Sincerity Pharma-Tech (301096.SZ), Yabao Pharmaceutical (600351.SS), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Hainan Haiyao (000566.SZ), Jiangsu Aidea Pharmaceutical (688488.SS).
Is Ironwood Pharmaceuticals expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 3.3× against a peer median of 32.5×, cheapest of 12 in its peer set.
How has Ironwood Pharmaceuticals stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +4.0% against -16.0% for the median peer; over one year +113.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.