IRWD vs HOV Comparison

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc is a specialty and generic drug manufacturing company that operates a human therapeutics segment. The company is focused on advancing 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 plan for expanding its research, development, manufacturing, and marketing capabilities.

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc conducts all of its homebuilding and financial services operations. The company designs, constructs, markets, and sells single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill, and active lifestyle homes in planned residential developments. It has two distinct operations: homebuilding and financial services. Its homebuilding operations are divided geographically into three segments: Northeast, which includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia; Southeast, which includes Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina; and West, which includes Arizona, California, and Texas. The firm generates maximum revenue from the West Segment.