1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, drug developer Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NAS: IRWD) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Ironwood's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Ironwoodfacts
Headquarters (founded) | Cambridge, Mass. (1998) |
Market Cap | $1.4 billion |
Industry | Biotechnology |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $50.5 million |
Management | Co-Founder/CEO Peter Hecht |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | (49.5%) |
Cash/Debt | $175.1 million / $709 thousand |
Competitors | Sucampo Pharmaceuticals |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 26% of the 31 members who have rated Ironwood believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star zzlangerhans, touched on Ironwood's seemingly unsustainable stock price action:
Just a "technical" short on Ironwood as they bounce back up over [$13 per share] from a recent trough. Equilibrium value seems to be about [$12] as the company glides eventlessly toward the linaclotide PDUFA in late June. I could just as easily have green thumbed below [$11] a couple of weeks ago but I feel more comfortable on the short side since I think the stock will likely sell off after approval. I've been right seven or eight times already, so what the heck.
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