Company Analysis

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IRWD)

Nasdaq: IRWD · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Boston, MA · filing with the SEC since 2008
Grade5.0
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.0▶ Future 5.9

The grade of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past4.230% of the headline
● Present5.040% of the headline
▶ Future5.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-07-10.

weight 33% of this tense · 11th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-06-03); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-07-10); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2025-03-03) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $274 million in fiscal 2016 to $296 million in fiscal 2025, up 0.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 33% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 6 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.9%bottom 30% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 12% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak33.1%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.4% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 18 sales (3 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 166%: owes 166¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 166 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 315 in its family; net margin 8.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $296 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 23% by size; a net margin of 8.1% ranks in the top 18%; revenue growth of -10.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 26% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$296Mtop 23% of its family
  • net margin8.1%top 18% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-10.3%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 50% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mccourt, Thomas A (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-03-30, 5.6 years (top 44% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.3 years (top 36%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 29%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 29% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.3 yearstop 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.6 yearstop 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 33% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $215 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 54.3% of its assets as net cash, top 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 42.9% of revenue (top 4%); research spending of 32.1% of revenue (bottom 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets54.3%top 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue42.9%top 4% of its family
  • research spending against revenue32.1%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 44% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -10.3% a year over the last three filed years against 0.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 32% of its family); the newest year grew -15.7% (bottom 28%); research spending grew 29% a year (top 15%); capital spending grew -37% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Collaborative Arrangements at $296 million (100%), Collaborative Arrangement Other Agreements at $87 thousand (0%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-11.2 points a yearbottom 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-15.7%bottom 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending29.0%top 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-37.0%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 36% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $296 million in fiscal 2025 came in 8.9% below the $325 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 41% of its family); net income of $24 million against a prior three-year average of $275 million (top 14%); a net margin of 8.1% against -61.2% before (top 36%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-8.9%bottom 41% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+109%top 14% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+69.3 pointstop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton IRWD · research, not advice