Sagimet Biosciences (STU:0O2) Interest Coverage: N/A (As of Jun. 2026)

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STU:0O2 Sagimet Biosciences Inc STU:0O2
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What is Sagimet Biosciences Interest Coverage?

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 by its Interest Expense. Sagimet Biosciences's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was €-13.73 Mil. Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was €0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Sagimet Biosciences Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

(1) Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


STU:0O2's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 106.135
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Sagimet Biosciences  (STU:0O2) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


Sagimet Biosciences Interest Coverage Related Terms


Sagimet Biosciences Interest Coverage Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

Sagimet Biosciences Interest Coverage Chart

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STU:0O2 vs CABA, OVID, QTTB: Interest Coverage Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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.


Sagimet Biosciences Interest Coverage vs Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Sagimet Biosciences Interest Coverage Calculation

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:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


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

Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025, Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Expense was €0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was €-48.58 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €0.00 Mil.

Sagimet Biosciences had no debt (1).

Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2026, Sagimet Biosciences's Interest Expense was €0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was €-13.73 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €1.61 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Sagimet Biosciences's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Sagimet Biosciences Business Description

Other Exchanges SGMT:USA
Address 155 Bovet Road, Suite 303, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402
Sagimet Biosciences Inc a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics called fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitors that target dysfunctional metabolic and fibrotic pathways in diseases resulting from the overproduction of the fatty acid, palmitate. Its drug candidate, denifanstat, is an oral, once-daily pill and selective FASN inhibitor in development for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), acne and select forms of cancer. Its second FASN inhibitor, TVB-3567, is a potent and selective small molecule FASN inhibitor in development for acne. It operates as a single business segment, developing and commercializing therapeutics for the treatment of MASH and other diseases where FASN plays a pathogenic role.
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