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Sage Therapeutics (SAGE) Competitors

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$8.68 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/31/2025

SAGE vs. BHC, OCUL, AGIO, DNLI, IDYA, TARS, IRON, HRMY, MESO, and CGON

Should you be buying Sage Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sage Therapeutics include Bausch Health Cos (BHC), Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL), Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Disc Medicine (IRON), Harmony Biosciences (HRMY), Mesoblast (MESO), and CG Oncology (CGON). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Sage Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Sage Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SAGE) and Bausch Health Cos (NYSE:BHC) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Sage Therapeutics has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bausch Health Cos has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.2% of Sage Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Bausch Health Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Sage Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Bausch Health Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bausch Health Cos has a net margin of 0.99% compared to Sage Therapeutics' net margin of -427.78%. Sage Therapeutics' return on equity of -67.10% beat Bausch Health Cos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sage Therapeutics-427.78% -67.10% -58.42%
Bausch Health Cos 0.99%-852.36%5.25%

Bausch Health Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Sage Therapeutics. Sage Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bausch Health Cos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sage Therapeutics$41.24M13.18-$400.67M-$4.89-1.78
Bausch Health Cos$9.63B0.31-$46M$0.2631.48

Sage Therapeutics presently has a consensus price target of $7.85, suggesting a potential downside of 9.56%. Bausch Health Cos has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.96%. Given Bausch Health Cos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bausch Health Cos is more favorable than Sage Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sage Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93
Bausch Health Cos
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Bausch Health Cos had 12 more articles in the media than Sage Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Bausch Health Cos and 1 mentions for Sage Therapeutics. Sage Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Bausch Health Cos' score of 1.09 indicating that Sage Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sage Therapeutics Very Positive
Bausch Health Cos Positive

Summary

Bausch Health Cos beats Sage Therapeutics on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAGE vs. The Competition

MetricSage TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$543.54M$3.14B$5.70B$9.81B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%4.61%4.07%
P/E Ratio-1.7820.7530.6225.55
Price / Sales13.18367.71465.58116.50
Price / CashN/A43.0338.2159.48
Price / Book1.478.659.026.15
Net Income-$400.67M-$54.65M$3.25B$264.98M
7 Day PerformanceN/A6.66%4.83%2.81%
1 Month Performance-5.34%9.59%6.81%3.20%
1 Year Performance4.58%14.32%30.56%25.33%

Sage Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAGE
Sage Therapeutics
3.9326 of 5 stars
$8.68
flat
$7.85
-9.6%
N/A$543.54M$41.24M-1.78690Positive News
BHC
Bausch Health Cos
3.9755 of 5 stars
$6.68
+16.1%
$9.00
+34.8%
+35.8%$2.13B$9.63B25.6820,700News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OCUL
Ocular Therapeutix
4.0965 of 5 stars
$12.56
+2.9%
$17.20
+36.9%
+58.3%$2.12B$63.72M-9.81230
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
4.3991 of 5 stars
$35.10
-1.8%
$56.33
+60.5%
-17.9%$2.08B$36.50M3.19390Insider Trade
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.1852 of 5 stars
$13.91
-0.3%
$33.85
+143.3%
-35.7%$2.03B$330.53M-5.21430Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
4.454 of 5 stars
$22.84
-1.1%
$48.09
+110.6%
-33.7%$2.02B$7M-6.0380
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
1.7911 of 5 stars
$50.07
+4.6%
$66.67
+33.1%
+103.1%$2.02B$182.95M-21.4950News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Up
IRON
Disc Medicine
3.26 of 5 stars
$58.59
+1.0%
$95.73
+63.4%
+34.0%$2.01BN/A-13.1130
HRMY
Harmony Biosciences
4.5058 of 5 stars
$34.80
+1.8%
$51.00
+46.6%
+6.0%$1.97B$714.73M11.23200
MESO
Mesoblast
2.4487 of 5 stars
$14.70
-2.2%
$18.00
+22.4%
+145.1%$1.92B$5.90M0.0080Gap Up
CGON
CG Oncology
1.3485 of 5 stars
$23.94
-3.7%
$55.30
+131.0%
-21.9%$1.89B$1.14M0.0061Earnings Report
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:SAGE) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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