NASDAQ$SAGE

Sage Therapeutics Inc · Q4 2021 earnings

Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results and highlighted pipeline and business progress.

Sage Therapeutics reported business highlights and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. The company ended the year with a cash balance of $1.7 billion and anticipates ending 2022 with approximately $1.3 billion. A rolling NDA submission for zuranolone in MDD is expected to begin in early 2022.

  • Positive topline data from WATERFALL and SHORELINE Studies supporting zuranolone efficacy and safety were announced in 2021.
  • Results from the Phase 3 CORAL Study in people with MDD met the trial objectives.
  • Sage and Biogen plan to submit an NDA to the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) for zuranolone in the second half of 2022, with rolling submission planned to begin in early 2022.
  • SAGE-718 demonstrated improvements across multiple domains of cognition in Phase 1 and Phase 2a studies.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.64M

Previous: $1.11M+48.1%
EPS (adj)

-$2.12

Previous: $18.19-111.7%
Capital Expenditures

$372K

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$97.9M

Previous: $1.01B-109.7%
Net Income

-$125M

Previous: $975M-112.8%
Operating Income

-$125M

Previous: $974M-112.9%
Gross Profit

$1.56M

Previous: $1.11B-99.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$1.74B

Previous: $2.1B-17.1%
Total Assets

$1.83B

Previous: $2.16B-15.5%
Stock-Based Comp

$20.6M

Previous: $20.7M-0.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Sage · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.64M

Q4 2021+48.1%vs Q4 2020
Beat estimate in 6 of 15 quarters(40%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Sage · $1.64M total across 1 segment · Q4 2021

  • ZULRESSO Net Revenue
    $1.64M

Forward guidance

Sage anticipates cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of approximately $1.3 billion at the end of 2022. The Company does not anticipate receipt of any milestone payments from collaborations in 2022. The Company believes its cash and cash equivalents, ongoing collaboration funding, and potential revenue, will support its operations into 2025.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 15 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2021

Historical avgQ4 2021

-2.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

-5.3%

Avg return

5 days after

-6.4%

Avg return

30 days after

43%

19 / 44 earnings

Positive

+12.4%

Q4 2021

Best reaction

-47.6%

Q2 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2025
Q3 2025
Q2 2025
Q1 2025-4.1%-5.7%-15.0%
Q4 2024-0.4%-0.8%+7.2%
Q3 2024-24.6%-29.1%-35.2%
Q2 2024-9.6%-17.2%-22.1%
Q1 2024-2.2%-0.6%-19.4%
Q4 2023+10.4%+1.3%-13.2%
Q3 2023-10.2%-17.1%+1.3%
Q2 2023-47.6%-39.7%-42.8%
Q1 2023-2.4%+0.9%+1.9%
Q4 2022+0.9%-5.2%-5.2%
Q3 2022-5.0%+5.0%+16.5%
Q2 2022+4.6%+21.6%+12.8%
Q1 2022+4.9%-12.2%+12.6%
Q4 2021+12.4%+12.3%-1.0%
Q3 2021+11.2%+6.4%-9.7%
Q2 2021-4.0%-5.1%+9.0%
Q1 2021-10.3%
Q4 2020+4.0%
Q3 2020-0.6%
Q2 2020+1.3%
Q1 2020-4.1%
Q4 2019-26.2%
Q3 2019-0.2%
Q2 2019+7.4%
Q1 2019+0.3%
Q4 2018-8.2%
Q3 2018+3.0%
Q2 2018-0.7%
Q1 2018+1.2%
Q4 2017+0.2%
Q3 2017+11.7%
Q2 2017+7.7%
Q1 2017-2.7%
Q4 2016+0.6%
Q3 2016+0.5%
Q2 2016-13.3%
Q1 2016-3.8%
Q4 2015-4.8%
Q3 2015-4.6%
Q2 2015-6.5%
Q1 2015+2.0%
Q4 2014+2.1%
Q3 2014-5.2%
Q2 2014-7.8%
Q4 2013
Q3 2013
Q2 2013
Q1 2013

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