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Sage Therapeutics (Sage Therapeutics) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sage Therapeutics 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. Sage Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-117.68 Mil. Sage Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Sage Therapeutics has no debt. 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.

(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 Sage Therapeutics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


SAGE's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 142.97
* 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.


Sage Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sage Therapeutics'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.

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Sage Therapeutics Interest Coverage Chart

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Sage Therapeutics Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Sage Therapeutics's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sage Therapeutics'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.


Sage Therapeutics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sage Therapeutics's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sage Therapeutics 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.

Sage Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Sage Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-546.46 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Sage Therapeutics had no debt (1).

Sage Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Sage Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-117.68 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Sage Therapeutics had no debt (1).

* 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.


Sage Therapeutics  (NAS:SAGE) 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 .


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Sage Therapeutics (Sage Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
215 First Street, 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. The GABA receptor family, which is recognized as the inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS, mediates downstream neurologic and bodily function via activation of GABAA receptors. The NMDA-type receptors of the glutamate receptor system are a excitatory receptor system in the CNS. Dysfunction in these systems is implicated in a broad range of CNS disorders.
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