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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (Ironwood Pharmaceuticals) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Financial Strength?

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.48. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.52. As of today, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score is -9.80.


Competitive Comparison of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength falls into.



Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9.6 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $43.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $512.9 Mil.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*43.21/-9.635
=4.48

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(202.686 + 512.852) / 470.212
=1.52

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a Z-score of -9.80, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -9.8 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Ironwood Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:IRWD) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (Ironwood Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address
100 Summer Street, Suite 2300, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is a specialty and generic drug manufacturing company that operates a human therapeutics segment. The company is focused on advancing innovative product opportunities in areas of large unmet need, including irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, chronic idiopathic constipation, hyperuricemia associated with uncontrolled gout, uncontrolled gastroesophageal reflux disease, and vascular and fibrotic diseases. The company considers collaborative licenses, commercial agreements, and acquisition investment to be potential components of its operational growth strategy for expanding its research, development, manufacturing, and marketing capabilities.
Executives
Marla L Kessler director C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Andrew Davis officer: SVP, Chief Business Officer 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Sravan Kumar Emany officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer 100 SUMMER ST, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02109
Ronald Silver officer: Principal Accounting Officer 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Minardo John officer: Chief Legal Officer 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Thomas A Mccourt officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Michael Shetzline officer: CMO,SVP,Head-Res&Drug 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Jason Rickard officer: SVP, Chief Operating Officer 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Mark G Currie officer: Chief Scientific Officer C/O CYCLERION THERAPEUTICS, INC., 301 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Julie Mchugh director C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Sarissa Capital Management Lp 10 percent owner 660 STEAMBOAT ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
Alexander J Denner director C/O SARISSA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP, 660 STEAMBOAT ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Edward P Owens director C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Gina Consylman officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Kilroy Conor officer: SVP, GC & Secretary 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110

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