Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

NasdaqGS:IRWD Stock Report

Market Cap: US$534.5m

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Valuation

Is IRWD undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of IRWD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IRWD ($3.44) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($12.48)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IRWD is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IRWD?

Key metric: As IRWD is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for IRWD. This is calculated by dividing IRWD's market cap by their current revenue.
What is IRWD's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.5x
SalesUS$378.42m
Market CapUS$534.49m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does IRWD's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for IRWD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.7x
ORGO Organogenesis Holdings
1.2x4.6%US$533.0m
ICPT Intercept Pharmaceuticals
2.5x2.3%US$794.7m
EXAI Exscientia
29.7x39.8%US$633.5m
CDMO Avid Bioservices
5.5x20.0%US$783.5m
IRWD Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
1.5x10.0%US$534.5m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: IRWD is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the peer average (3.4x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does IRWD's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

129 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.9.6x21.4%
IRWD Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
1.5x10.0%US$534.49m
GILD Gilead Sciences
4x2.4%US$111.86b
BIIB Biogen
2.4x1.3%US$23.03b
IRWD 1.5xIndustry Avg. 9.6xNo. of Companies129PS01632486480+
129 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.9.6x28.4%
IRWD Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
1.5x54.9%US$534.49m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: IRWD is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (9.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IRWD's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IRWD PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.5x
Fair PS Ratio3.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: IRWD is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst IRWD forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$3.44
US$12.50
+263.4%
43.0%US$23.00US$5.00n/a6
Nov ’25US$4.19
US$12.67
+202.3%
42.7%US$23.00US$5.00n/a6
Oct ’25US$4.02
US$11.43
+184.3%
51.2%US$23.00US$4.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$5.06
US$12.50
+147.0%
45.2%US$23.00US$4.00n/a6
Aug ’25US$6.59
US$15.83
+140.3%
23.2%US$23.00US$12.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$6.52
US$15.83
+142.8%
23.2%US$23.00US$12.00n/a6
Jun ’25US$6.30
US$15.83
+151.3%
23.2%US$23.00US$12.00n/a6
May ’25US$8.22
US$18.00
+119.0%
17.6%US$23.00US$14.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$8.61
US$18.00
+109.1%
17.6%US$23.00US$14.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$9.07
US$18.00
+98.6%
17.6%US$23.00US$14.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$14.60
US$19.83
+35.8%
11.4%US$22.00US$15.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$11.44
US$17.83
+55.9%
25.4%US$22.00US$9.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$10.30
US$17.40
+68.9%
27.8%US$22.00US$9.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$9.07
US$16.50
+81.9%
30.5%US$22.00US$9.00US$4.194
Oct ’24US$9.63
US$16.50
+71.3%
30.5%US$22.00US$9.00US$4.024
Sep ’24US$9.26
US$14.67
+58.4%
30.7%US$20.00US$9.00US$5.063
Aug ’24US$11.25
US$14.33
+27.4%
28.7%US$19.00US$9.00US$6.593
Jul ’24US$10.64
US$14.33
+34.7%
28.7%US$19.00US$9.00US$6.523
Jun ’24US$10.88
US$14.33
+31.7%
28.7%US$19.00US$9.00US$6.303
May ’24US$10.67
US$12.75
+19.5%
22.4%US$16.00US$9.00US$8.224
Apr ’24US$10.52
US$12.75
+21.2%
22.4%US$16.00US$9.00US$8.614
Mar ’24US$11.39
US$13.20
+15.9%
20.6%US$16.00US$9.00US$9.075
Feb ’24US$11.42
US$13.60
+19.1%
20.1%US$16.00US$9.00US$14.605
Jan ’24US$12.39
US$13.60
+9.8%
20.1%US$16.00US$9.00US$11.445
Dec ’23US$11.96
US$13.00
+8.7%
18.8%US$16.00US$9.00US$10.305
Nov ’23US$11.15
US$13.00
+16.6%
18.8%US$16.00US$9.00US$9.075

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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