Sage Therapeutics (Sage Therapeutics) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.03 (As of Dec. 2023)

View and export this data going back to 2014. Start your Free Trial

What is Sage Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sage Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.17 Mil. Sage Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Sage Therapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-167.51 Mil. Sage Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.03.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SAGE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.05 Med: -0.02 Max: 0.05
Current: -0.01

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sage Therapeutics was 0.05. The lowest was -0.05. And the median was -0.02.

SAGE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 278 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.375 vs SAGE: -0.01

Sage Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* 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.

* Premium members only.

Sage Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sage Therapeutics Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

Get a 7-Day Free Trial

-0.05

0.05

-0.04

-0.02

-0.01

Sage Therapeutics Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.02	-0.02	-0.01	-0.01	-0.03

Competitive Comparison of Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Sage Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(5.165	+	0)	/	-545.07
	=	-0.01

Sage Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(5.165	+	0)	/	-167.512
	=	-0.03

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Sage Therapeutics (NAS:SAGE) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Sage Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Sage Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Sage Therapeutics (Sage Therapeutics) Business Description

Industry

GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Healthcare » Biotechnology » Sage Therapeutics Inc (NAS:SAGE) » Definitions » Debt-to-EBITDA

Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

SG7:Germany SG7:Germany

Address

215 First Street, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02142

Website

https://www.sagerx.com

Sage Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on brain health medicines. The company is targeting diseases and disorders of the brain with three key focus areas: depression, neurology and neuropsychiatry; also targeting two critical central nervous system, or CNS, receptor systems, GABA and NMDA. The GABA receptor family, which is recognized as the inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS, mediates downstream neurologic and bodily function via activation of GABAA receptors. The NMDA-type receptors of the glutamate receptor system are a excitatory receptor system in the CNS. Dysfunction in these systems is implicated in a broad range of CNS disorders.

Executives

Elizabeth Barrett	director	C/O SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 215 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jessica Federer	director	C/O SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 215 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jeffrey M Jonas	director, officer: See Remarks	ROBERTS SHERIDAN & KOTEL, 12 EAST 49TH STREET 30TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10017
Barry E Greene	director	C/O ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, 420 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD, ARDSLEY NY 10502
Laura Gault	officer: Chief Medical Officer	C/O SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 245 FIRST STREET, SUITE 16, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
George Golumbeski	director	C/O CELGENE CORP., 86 MORRIS AVENUE, SUMMIT NJ 07901
Christopher Benecchi	officer: Chief Commercial Officer	C/O SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 215 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
James M Frates	director	88 SIDNEY ST, CAMBRIDGE MA 021394136
Biogen Inc.	10 percent owner	225 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Biogen Ma Inc.	10 percent owner	225 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Albert Robichaud	officer: Chief Scientific Officer	215 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Michael Cloonan	officer: Chief Business Officer	C/O SAGE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 215 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Anne Marie Cook	officer: General Counsel	101 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1850, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Steven M Paul	director	C/O ELI LITTY & CO, LIIY CORPORATE CENTER DC 1093, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46285
Kimi Iguchi	officer: See Remarks	100 FOXBOROUGH BOULEVARD, SUITE 240, FOXBOROUGH MA 02035