Sage Therapeutics Inc. [SAGE] gets an upgrade to a Buy from Guggenheim

Guggenheim took its Sage Therapeutics Inc. [NASDAQ:SAGE]‎‎ rating to the equivalent of Buy from ‎Neutral, ‎in a research note dated January 4, 2021. Other analysts also revised their coverage, with ‎Mizuho’s analysts upgrading the shares from “a ‎Neutral” rating to “a Buy” rating in a research note to ‎investors issued in early December. Meanwhile, ‎Raymond James had lowered its rating on SAGE to ‎‎”Mkt perform” from the earlier “an Outperform”, in ‎a research note produced for clients December ‎‎01, 2020. In addition, there was a downgrade from ‎Morgan Stanley on November 16, 2020. The rater ‎changed SAGE from “an Overweight” to “an Equal-‎weight”.

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Is Sage Therapeutics Inc. [NASDAQ:SAGE] a Good Buy Right ‎Now?

It should be noted that ‎SAGE technical indicators for short, intermediate as well as long ‎term progress have placed an overall ‎average of 100% as Buy. The average signal changed from 100% ‎Buy in the last week and compares ‎with 88% Buy in the past month. Data from Sage Therapeutics Inc.’s ‎Trend Spotter indicated that the ‎signals were Weakest. The stock current average is 0.65 million shares ‎in the past 20 days and the short ‎term average signal indicates a 100% Buy. In the last 50 days, the ‎average trading volume was 0.72 ‎million shares while the medium term average advocated for 100% ‎Buy. The average long-term signal ‎stands at 100% Buy and the 100-day average volume stands at 0.7 ‎million shares.‎‎

SAGE Price Performance

On Wall Street, Sage Therapeutics Inc. ‎‎[NASDAQ:SAGE] finished ‎Thursday’s session down -2.42% at $86.51. The stock went up to $89.16 at the ‎same session while its ‎lowest single day price was $86.25. In the last five days, it saw a fall of about -‎‎2.45%, Sage Therapeutics ‎Inc. shares gained by almost 19.84% since the beginning of the year. ‎However, the share price has ‎dropped to as low as -4.49% below its one year high. On 12/28/20, the ‎company shares recorded ‎‎$90.58, the highest single-day price it has got to in the last 52-weeks and a ‎‎52-week low was seen on ‎‎03/18/20, the same year at $25.01. The company’s shares have inclined by ‎‎18.25% in the past year. The ‎‎50-day SMA achieved is $76.25 while the 200-day SMA is $52.54. Volume ‎dropped to 0.29 million from ‎‎0.34 million in the previous session.‎‎

SAGE Stock Support And ‎Resistance Levels

On the 24-hour scale, the immediate backing is ‎perceived around 85.45 level, ‎and in case of violation of this particular level, it will cause more drop to ‎‎84.40 level. On the upper level, ‎‎90.22 is still the key resistance. The stock may increase to the ‎subsequent resistance at 88.36. The ‎Relative Strength Index (RSI) pinned on the 14-day chart is 64.36, ‎implying a neutral technical stance ‎while the MACD stands at 5.70, meaning price will increase in the ‎next trading period. Percent R ‎indicator moved to 18.03%, implying bullish price movement. Stochastic ‎‎%K at 86.10% suggest selling ‎the stock.‎‎

What is the short interest in Sage Therapeutics Inc.?

Short interest in the Sage ‎Therapeutics ‎Inc. stock has surged, increasing by 40000.0 shares to total 5.31 million shares on Dec 14, ‎‎2020. The ‎interest had seen shares on Nov 12, 2020 stand at 5.35 million, data from Yahoo Finance ‎shows. The ‎decrease of -0.75% suggests the stock saw some decreased bullish sentiment. The stock’s ‎days to ‎cover (short ratio) moved to while the shorted shares account for just 14.10% of the overall ‎float for ‎the stock.‎‎

Sage Therapeutics Inc.’s Biggest Shareholders: Who Owns Sage Therapeutics ‎Inc. ‎‎[SAGE]?

Filings by Fidelity Management & Research Co showed that the firm now holds a ‎total of ‎‎7,732,540 shares or roughly 14.86% of the outstanding SAGE shares. This means their shares ‎have ‎increased by 8,468 from the 7,732,540 the investor reportedly held in its prior 13-F filing. With ‎the ‎conclusion of the purchase, The Vanguard Group, Inc. updated stake is worth $329,515,942. Details ‎in ‎the latest 13F filings reveal that T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. disposed off their -9.22% stake valued ‎at ‎‎$189,598,829 while D. E. Shaw & Co. LP added theirs at $182,488,560. During the last quarter, T. ‎Rowe ‎Price Associates, Inc. liquidated -260,018 of its shares in Sage Therapeutics Inc. while D. E. Shaw ‎& Co. ‎LP bought 340,910 shares. The BlackRock Fund Advisors’s holdings currently number 2,372,497 ‎shares ‎at $205244715.47. According to the firm’s last 13F report, Great Point Partners LLC shares in ‎the ‎company at filing stood at 1,966,688 shares, roughly $145,711,914.‎‎

SAGE Earnings Forecast For ‎The Current Quarter

Sage Therapeutics Inc. [SAGE] is expected ‎to report strong earnings results ‎for the quarter ending on Dec 2020. Consensus estimates give the ‎company expected revenues of ‎‎$55.34M and an earnings per share of -$0.45 for Dec 2020. Looking ‎further ahead, the company is ‎expected to report revenue of $174.85M at an EPS of $0.91 for Mar ‎‎2021. The estimates represent ‎upside of 311.40% and 60.40% in the company’s revenue and earnings ‎per share, respectively, on a ‎year-on-year basis.‎‎

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SAGE Earnings Estimates For ‎The Current ‎Year

For the financial year, Sage Therapeutics Inc. [NASDAQ:SAGE] is expected to ‎bring in ‎revenue of $57.75M. The returns are nearly $50.88 million higher than the company’s actual ‎revenue ‎recorded in the fiscal year 2019. In terms of EPS for the 2020, estimate put it at -7.39, higher ‎than that ‎of FY19 by $5.99. Estimates put this year’s earnings growth at 44.80%, 60.40% for the next, ‎and at an ‎annual 41.40% over the next 5-year period. As for sales, forecasts are for an increase of ‎‎740.90% in the ‎current fiscal year and a further 311.40% over the following year.‎

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