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How Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. stacks up
IRWD · against 473 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
99/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #1 of 474 · scores higher than 99% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including IRWD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 99?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 99% of peers. Operating margin: 60.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 99% of peers. Return on assets: 45.5% vs peer median 1.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 99% of peers. Return on invested capital: 138.3% vs peer median 4.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = IRWD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | IRWD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 449 reported | 138.3% | 2.2% | 100% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 447 reported | 60.1% | 4.8% | 99% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 468 reported | 45.5% | 0.9% | 99% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 448 reported | Not reported | 1.3% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 490 reported | 77.2% | 42.0% | 88% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around IRWD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 595M USD | 99 | 97 | |
| 1 | 433M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 578M USD | 99 | 73 | |
| 1 | 914M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 609M USD | 99 | 91 | |
| 6 | 4.4B CNY (≈$611M) | 98 | 77 | |
| 6 | 1.0B USD | 98 | 74 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score