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SAGE (Sage Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sage Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Sage Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

GuruFocus does not calculate Sage Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data. Sage Therapeutics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.21. As of today, Sage Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is -4.67.


Competitive Comparison of Sage Therapeutics's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sage Therapeutics's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Sage Therapeutics's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sage Therapeutics's Financial Strength falls into.


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Sage Therapeutics Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Sage Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-66.94 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $10.04 Mil.

Sage Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Sage Therapeutics'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. Sage Therapeutics Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Sage Therapeutics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(1.812 + 10.043) / 56.252
=0.21

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Sage Therapeutics has a Z-score of -4.67, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -4.67 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Sage Therapeutics  (NAS:SAGE) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Sage Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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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