Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IRWD) has a beta value of 0.33 and has seen 1.84 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $724.93M, closed the last trade at $4.53 per share which meant it gained $0.03 on the day or 0.67% during that session. The IRWD stock price is -246.58% off its 52-week high price of $15.70 and 32.45% above the 52-week low of $3.06. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 2.75 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.81 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.33. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IRWD) trade information
Sporting 0.67% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the IRWD stock price touched $4.53 or saw a rise of 5.23%. Year-to-date, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc shares have moved 2.26%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 3.42%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IRWD) have changed 35.63%. Short interest in the company has seen 12.08 million shares shorted with days to cover at 6.67.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $8.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 46.71% from current levels. The projected low price target is $5.0 while the price target rests at a high of $12.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -164.9% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -10.38% from current levels.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (IRWD) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -28.32% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 101.28%, compared to 16.70% for the industry.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -28.37% over the past 5 years.
IRWD Dividends
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IRWD)’s Major holders
Insiders own 1.68% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 105.19% with a share float percentage of 106.98%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc having a total of 311.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 22.88 million shares worth more than $149.16 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 14.5067% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 21.56 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $140.59 million and represent 13.6737% of shares outstanding.
