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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) stock

Gastrointestinal therapies , market cap $598M

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$3.46
-1.14%

After-hours $3.49 +0.87%

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Why is IRWD down?

Down 21% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat.

  • Revenue fell 15.7% a year from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; its 5 peers' median grew 54.7% a year.

Sources: Price history, Oct 30, 2026; Annual reports, Dec 31, 2025; Peers' annual reports, Oct 30, 2026

−2Long-term trend below a falling 200-day average, down over two years

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Quality Score
9
Average
In its industry
#43of 291

IRWD's Quality Score fell 2 points on Fri, Oct 30, to 9. Buying volume slipped off its 20-day high (2 chart checks stopped).

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Key facts on IRWD

Key facts on IRWD
The companySales up 26% on the year
Latest filing8-K, Oct 16 Reported a change of officers or directors
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IRWD in the news

ReportReports Thursday, before the open. Every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. It rose after 2 and fell after 2 of its last 4 reports, +2.4% on average. Past reports ›

Big story

Fri Oct 16: Leadership

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - filed an 8-K reporting a change of CEO

IRWD closed −7.2% that day.

From the company's SEC filing

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IRWD catalysts

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After its last 4 reports it closed +2.4% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.

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IRWD has 3 of 14 chart checks firing

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IRWD RSI today: 39.1, below its 50-day and 200-day averages

Not scored

Not in the Quality Score: over 20 years of tests, 2006 to 2026, they added no edge.

The deep dive on IRWD

  • What it does and how it makes money6 findings"Under the terms of this collaboration agreement … we receive royalties in the mid-teens percent based on net sales in Canada and Mexico." (10-K for fiscal 2025)SEC filing · Feb 26, 2026"In addition, in October 2025, the U.S. FDA granted us a pediatric exclusivity for studies conducted on linaclotide, which extended the patent term of U.S. Patent 7,304,036 by six months to February 28, 2027, as well as extending the patent term of the remaining Orange Book listed patent by six months." (10-K for fiscal 2025)SEC filing · Feb 26, 2026
  • Where it stands2 findingsFor Pro members2 findings on where IRWD stands: its cash, debt, and share count, for Pro members
  • What changed in its filings4 findings"In response to Alkem’s notice letter, we and AbbVie filed a lawsuit against Alkem in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in July 2026." (10-Q for the quarter to Jun 30, 2026)SEC filing · Aug 6, 2026A new heading in its "Risk Factors" this year: "We rely on third parties to conduct our clinical trials. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties, meet expected deadlines or comply with regulatory requirements …" (10-K for fiscal 2025; not in fiscal 2024's)SEC filing · Feb 26, 2026, against the one of Mar 31, 2025AbbVie Plc made up 100% of its revenue in fiscal 2025, up from 99% in fiscal 2024.SEC filing · Feb 26, 2026
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How IRWD ranks in Biotech

IRWD is #43 of 291 by Quality Score.

How IRWD ranks in Biotech
43Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) logoIRWDIronwood Pharmaceuticals9

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When does IRWD report earnings, and what happens after?

Reports Thu Nov 5, before the open (in 3 days). Confirmed.

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

What IRWD reported on Aug 6, 2026

The quarter

The figures are not read from the release yet.

The filing on EDGAR

Where the sales came from

IRWD's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.

The outlook

The outlook the company gave, by period
MeasureFigure
Full year 2026
LINZESS U.S. net sales$1.15B to $1.20Braised

Figures as filed (SEC filing, Aug 6)

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The numbers

Market value
$598M
today
Sales
$389M
up 26.2% on the year

Sales fell 5.3% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.

Its share count grew 0.3% a year over 5 years.

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ReportedGapReaction5
sessions
Aug 6, 2026Before open+0.2%+2.6%+4.1%
May 7, 2026Before open-3.1%-13.7%-23.8%
Feb 25, 2026Before open-5.0%-11.3%-4.0%

IRWD closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports.

All 4 reports, and IRWD's Quality Score going into each

Everyone reporting earnings this week

IRWD sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew in three of the last seven years, to $296M in 2025. It made a profit in six of the eight years.

IRWD share count over time

Shares: 1.7% more than a year ago (to Jun 30).

Shares of IRWD outstanding, as filed
Shares
outstanding
As
of
165.2MJul 31, 2026
164.6MApr 30, 2026
163.1MJan 31, 2026
162.7MOct 31, 2025
Offerings, shelves, and splits of IRWD, from its filings
From its
filings
Filed
Registered shares for a later sale (S-3ASR)Nov 9, 2023

IRWD's officers and directors

Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.

6 more officers and directors file at IRWD. Each page above names the rest.

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Which ETFs hold IRWD?

In ETFs: IRWD is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.

About Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biotechnology company developing and commercializing life-changing therapies for people living with gastrointestinal, or GI, and rare diseases. It is focused on the development and commercialization of inventive product opportunities in areas of unmet need, leveraging its demonstrated expertise and capabilities in GI and rare diseases. LINZESS is its commercial product. LINZESS is also available for the treatment of adults with IBS-C or CIC in Mexico, adults with IBS-C or chronic constipation in Japan, and adults with IBS-C in China. Linaclotide is available under the trademarked name CONSTELLA for the treatment of adults with IBS-C or CIC and pediatric patients ages 6-17 years old with FC in Canada, and to adults with IBS-C in certain European countries.

100 employeesBoston, MAironwoodpharma.com

What Ironwood Pharmaceuticals says it competes with

“Linaclotide competes globally with certain branded and generic prescription therapies and over-the-counter, or OTC, products for the treatment of IBS-C and CIC, or their associated symptoms.”

From its annual report, SEC filing · Feb 26, 2026

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IRWD's score card

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): Quality Score 9, Average, #43 of 291 in Biotech, with its price, on Breakaway
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As of Nov 2, 2026: IRWD's Quality Score is 9 (Average), #43 of 291 in Biotech.

Is IRWD a good stock to buy? What its Quality Score says

IRWD scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #43 of 291 in Biotech by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 21% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is IRWD's Quality Score?

IRWD scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #43 of 291 in Biotech by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind IRWD's 9.

When does IRWD report earnings?

Reports Thu Nov 5, before the open, a date the company confirmed. IRWD closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.

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