It wasn't a wise move for investors to hold or buy Sage Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SAGE) shares on Tuesday. Its price tumbled by nearly 5% as the market digested the healthcare company's third-quarter results. This was on a day when stocks were generally performing well -- the S 500 index landed in positive territory, with a 0.3% rise.

For the quarter, Sage posted revenue that landed just shy of $2.72 million. That was notably higher than the almost $1.74 million in the third quarter of 2022; however, it didn't come close to hitting the consensus analyst estimate of $4.63 million.

Another miss occurred on the bottom line, with the biotech company's headline net loss deepening to nearly $202 million ($3.37 per share), from the year-ago shortfall of $137 million. Prognosticators had been projecting a per-share net loss of $2.68.

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