Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: IRWD) is -87.70% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $0.53 and a high of $7.11 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The IRWD stock was last observed hovering at around $0.73 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.48%.
Currently trading at $3.21M, the stock is 14.51% and 5.40% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.55 million and changing 1547130% at the moment leaves the stock -71.28% off its SMA200. IRWD registered -83.09% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -80.70%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $0.7102 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $2.60765.
The stock witnessed a 32.26% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -50.07%, and is 18.03% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.87% over the week and 9.21% over the month.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) has around 253 employees, a market worth around $121.20M and $317.68M in sales. Fwd P/E is 2.12. Profit margin for the company is -9.89%. Distance from 52-week low is 42.10% and -89.46% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-12.00%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1644.75% this year
282.0 institutions hold shares in Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD), with institutional investors hold 100.13% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 161.81M, and float is at 155.76M with Short Float at 5.28%. Institutions hold 97.45% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 22.88 million shares valued at $149.16 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.3868 of the IRWD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 21.56 million shares valued at $140.59 million to account for 13.5607 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are SARISSA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP which holds 16.39 million shares representing 10.3073 and valued at over $106.86 million, while UBS GROUP AG holds 7.0436 of the shares totaling 11.2 million with a market value of $73.03 million.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by MCCOURT Thomas A, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that MCCOURT Thomas A sold 13,353 shares of the company’s common stock on May 16 ’25 at a price of $0.58 per share for a total of $7745.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1.15 million shares.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 16 ’25 that Gaskins Tammi L (Chief Commercial Officer) sold a total of 2,563 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 16 ’25 and was made at $0.58 per share for $1487.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.24 million shares of the IRWD stock.
