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SAGE (Sage Therapeutics) Degree of Operating Leverage : 0.61 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sage Therapeutics Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.61. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

SAGE's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
62.84% of 880 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: -0.02 vs SAGE: 0.61

Sage Therapeutics Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage 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.

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Sage Therapeutics Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Sage Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.01 1.75 0.85 - 0.48

Sage Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.01 -0.03 -0.05 0.48 0.61

Competitive Comparison of Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage 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 Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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Sage Therapeutics Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Sage Therapeutics's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( -359.784 (Mar. 2025) / -508.669 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )/( 47.404 (Mar. 2025) / 91.064 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )
=-0.2927/-0.4794
=0.61***

* 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.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


Sage Therapeutics  (NAS:SAGE) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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Sage Therapeutics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
55 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02142
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. Its products ZURZUVAE is a medicine for the treatment of postpartum depression, or PPD, in adults, and ZULRESSO is a CIV injection for the treatment of postpartum depression in individuals 15 years old and older. It also has other drugs in its pipeline such as SAGE-324, Dalzanemdor (SAGE-718) among others.
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