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SAGE vs. AGIO, GLPG, IRON, IDYA, INDV, EWTX, JANX, EVO, IMCR, and MESO

Should you be buying Sage Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sage Therapeutics include Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO), Galapagos (GLPG), Disc Medicine (IRON), IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA), Indivior (INDV), Edgewise Therapeutics (EWTX), Janux Therapeutics (JANX), Evotec (EVO), Immunocore (IMCR), and Mesoblast (MESO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Sage Therapeutics vs.

Sage Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SAGE) and Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AGIO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, Sage Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Agios Pharmaceuticals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sage Therapeutics and 7 mentions for Agios Pharmaceuticals. Agios Pharmaceuticals' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Sage Therapeutics' score of 0.88 indicating that Agios Pharmaceuticals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sage Therapeutics
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Agios Pharmaceuticals
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

99.2% of Sage Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Sage Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Agios Pharmaceuticals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Agios Pharmaceuticals has a net margin of 1,845.92% compared to Sage Therapeutics' net margin of -971.50%. Agios Pharmaceuticals' return on equity of -2.51% beat Sage Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sage Therapeutics-971.50% -68.18% -60.84%
Agios Pharmaceuticals 1,845.92%-2.51%-2.26%

Sage Therapeutics has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agios Pharmaceuticals has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sage Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $8.81, indicating a potential upside of 31.43%. Agios Pharmaceuticals has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.67%. Given Agios Pharmaceuticals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agios Pharmaceuticals is more favorable than Sage Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sage Therapeutics
2 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Agios Pharmaceuticals
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Sage Therapeutics received 141 more outperform votes than Agios Pharmaceuticals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave Agios Pharmaceuticals an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave Sage Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sage TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
633
64.92%
Underperform Votes
342
35.08%
Agios PharmaceuticalsOutperform Votes
492
66.76%
Underperform Votes
245
33.24%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sage Therapeutics$47.40M8.86-$400.67M-$5.80-1.16
Agios Pharmaceuticals$37.04M46.91$673.72M$11.242.67

Summary

Agios Pharmaceuticals beats Sage Therapeutics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SAGE vs. The Competition

MetricSage TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$418.25M$6.47B$5.32B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.21%4.10%
P/E Ratio-1.019.0626.7719.71
Price / Sales8.86254.27390.22118.35
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.62
Price / Book0.896.416.754.50
Net Income-$400.67M$143.98M$3.23B$248.32M
7 Day Performance1.44%1.97%1.55%-0.09%
1 Month Performance-12.70%4.09%12.22%12.89%
1 Year Performance-44.59%-2.83%16.71%7.33%

Sage Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAGE
Sage Therapeutics
3.9419 of 5 stars
$6.61
-2.8%
$8.81
+33.3%
-43.6%$413.93M$47.40M-1.00690Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AGIO
Agios Pharmaceuticals
3.9882 of 5 stars
$29.14
+6.7%
$56.00
+92.2%
-11.1%$1.69B$37.04M2.57390Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
GLPG
Galapagos
0.4868 of 5 stars
$25.07
-1.0%
$25.33
+1.1%
+2.1%$1.65B$288.19M0.001,310Positive News
IRON
Disc Medicine
2.906 of 5 stars
$46.61
+5.4%
$98.80
+112.0%
+56.4%$1.61BN/A-11.7130
IDYA
IDEAYA Biosciences
3.6695 of 5 stars
$18.35
+5.3%
$53.58
+192.0%
-53.3%$1.61B$7M-5.5680Positive News
Analyst Forecast
INDV
Indivior
3.283 of 5 stars
$11.34
+2.3%
$15.00
+32.3%
-33.8%$1.56B$1.17B-32.401,164News Coverage
Positive News
EWTX
Edgewise Therapeutics
2.9421 of 5 stars
$14.82
+1.6%
$40.22
+171.4%
-18.4%$1.55BN/A-9.8860Positive News
JANX
Janux Therapeutics
2.737 of 5 stars
$26.06
+2.0%
$95.25
+265.5%
-45.5%$1.54B$10.59M-22.2730Positive News
EVO
Evotec
1.4989 of 5 stars
$4.17
-3.0%
$5.93
+42.3%
-21.2%$1.48B$788.22M0.004,200Positive News
Gap Down
IMCR
Immunocore
2.7779 of 5 stars
$29.54
+4.0%
$58.13
+96.8%
-37.9%$1.48B$310.20M-31.09320Positive News
MESO
Mesoblast
1.8339 of 5 stars
$11.35
+3.5%
$18.00
+58.6%
+42.4%$1.45B$5.67M0.0080Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:SAGE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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