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SAGE vs. BHC, GMTX, APLS, ARWR, TWST, VCEL, KNSA, NAMS, DNLI, and RXRX

Should you be buying Sage Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sage Therapeutics include Bausch Health Cos (BHC), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS), Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (ARWR), Twist Bioscience (TWST), Vericel (VCEL), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International (KNSA), NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS), Denali Therapeutics (DNLI), and Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Sage Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

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

Bausch Health Cos has a net margin of -0.41% compared to Sage Therapeutics' net margin of -747.63%. Sage Therapeutics' return on equity of -68.99% beat Bausch Health Cos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bausch Health Cos-0.41% -540.45% 5.26%
Sage Therapeutics -747.63%-68.99%-60.67%

78.7% of Bausch Health Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Sage Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Bausch Health Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Sage Therapeutics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bausch Health Cos has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sage Therapeutics has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sage Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Bausch Health Cos. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sage Therapeutics and 2 mentions for Bausch Health Cos. Bausch Health Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Sage Therapeutics' score of 0.18 indicating that Bausch Health Cos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bausch Health Cos
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Sage Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Bausch Health Cos presently has a consensus price target of $7.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. Sage Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $8.93, indicating a potential downside of 2.85%. Given Bausch Health Cos' higher probable 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
Bausch Health Cos
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
Sage Therapeutics
1 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bausch Health Cos$9.63B0.27-$46M-$0.11-63.17
Sage Therapeutics$41.24M13.96-$400.67M-$5.80-1.59

Summary

Bausch Health Cos beats Sage Therapeutics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SAGE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SAGE vs. The Competition

MetricSage TherapeuticsMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$576.11M$2.92B$5.55B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%5.24%4.01%
P/E Ratio-1.5921.5627.6120.23
Price / Sales13.96278.31417.23118.52
Price / CashN/A42.7336.8958.10
Price / Book1.217.518.035.67
Net Income-$400.67M-$55.14M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance0.49%4.61%2.93%3.28%
1 Month Performance35.62%4.72%3.75%5.55%
1 Year Performance-14.70%5.92%35.20%21.09%

Sage Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAGE
Sage Therapeutics
3.2294 of 5 stars
$9.20
+1.3%
$8.93
-2.8%
-13.4%$576.11M$41.24M-1.59690High Trading Volume
BHC
Bausch Health Cos
3.1195 of 5 stars
$6.11
-1.1%
$7.42
+21.4%
-2.8%$2.26B$9.73B-55.5520,700
GMTX
Gemini Therapeutics
N/A$51.61
+3.0%
N/A+23.2%$2.24BN/A-51.6130High Trading Volume
APLS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
4.428 of 5 stars
$17.62
-0.4%
$40.05
+127.3%
-49.2%$2.21B$775.84M-9.84770Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ARWR
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
3.9458 of 5 stars
$15.51
+1.2%
$43.71
+181.8%
-33.1%$2.14B$3.55M-11.08400
TWST
Twist Bioscience
4.4703 of 5 stars
$35.33
+2.0%
$50.40
+42.7%
-20.6%$2.12B$347.68M-10.87990
VCEL
Vericel
2.8497 of 5 stars
$41.80
-0.5%
$61.14
+46.3%
-7.0%$2.10B$237.22M1,393.80300News Coverage
Positive News
KNSA
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International
3.2779 of 5 stars
$28.72
+1.0%
$38.80
+35.1%
+45.8%$2.10B$423.24M-114.88220
NAMS
NewAmsterdam Pharma
2.2894 of 5 stars
$18.21
+1.4%
$42.89
+135.5%
-0.8%$2.04B$45.56M-9.694Analyst Upgrade
DNLI
Denali Therapeutics
4.6377 of 5 stars
$13.62
-1.9%
$33.71
+147.5%
-31.0%$1.98B$330.53M-5.10430Positive News
RXRX
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
1.9297 of 5 stars
$4.83
-4.0%
$7.00
+44.9%
-28.4%$1.96B$58.84M-2.73400Analyst Forecast

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