Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IRWD) finished Friday with an addition of $0.08 to close at $9.63, an upside of 0.84 percent. An average of 3,115,160 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.34 in the past week, and it reached a new high 19 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 3,401,950 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 2,702,118.
IRWD stock has increased by 5.36% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $8.07 on 09/11/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 01/06/23, shares of the company touched a low of $8.07 and a high of $12.66 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 3 times so far this year and lost -22.28% or -$2.76 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -23.93% from the 52-week high.
Insider Transactions
IRWD stock investors should be aware that Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 47 days ago on Sep 15. In this transaction, the insider spent $70,732. Principal Accounting Officer, Silver Ronald, disposed of 1,976 shares at a price of $10.04 on Aug 14. The insider now owns more than $19,839 worth of shares. Prior to that, Chief Executive Officer MCCOURT Thomas A went on to Sale 26,632 shares at $10.70 each on May 30. An amount of $284,962 was transacted.
Valuation Metrics
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) stock’s beta is 0.92. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 3.52, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 5.66.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc for the three months ended June 29 was 1.04, and the current ratio was 1.04, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Its gross profit as reported stood at $410.6 million compared to revenue of $410.6 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc had $400.0 million in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of -$1.06 billion in the quarter, while revenues of $45.71 million were grew 103.49%. The analyst consensus anticipated Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.25 per share, but it turned out to be -$6.71, a -2,784.00% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to -$1.08 billion. Shareholders own equity worth $156.03 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 29 September was 64.00%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 38.68%.
As of today, IRWD’s price is $9.53 +3.66% or $0.34 from its 5-day moving average. IRWD is currently trading +9.43% higher than its 20-day SMA and -8.37% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -9.49% below the SMA50 and -20.61% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 79.43% and 82.19%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.42. With the 14-day stochastic at 74.49% and the average true range at 0.40, the RSI (14) stands at 57.25%. The stock has reached 0.18 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 0.50.
Analyst Ratings
JMP Securities launched coverage on Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: IRWD) in its analyst report released on September 28, 2023. The firm assigned the stock a Mkt outperform rating. The consensus rating for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell IRWD, while 1 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 2 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is IRWD’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $9.00 and $22.00, with a median target of $17.50. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) stock is $16.50.
