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Updated: Sep 27, 2026
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Sagimet Biosciences

NASDAQ:SGMT·Stock Analysis Report
Day Range
$7.51 - $8.00
Market Cap
571.86M
P/E Ratio
0.0000
Avg Value
$7.91
Year Range
$4.50 - $11.33
$7.55-$0.44 (-5.45%)
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General Information
Sagimet Biosciences Inc a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics called fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitors that target dysfunctional metabolic and fibrotic pathways in diseases resulting from the overproduction of the fatty acid, palmitate.

Its drug candidate, denifanstat, is an oral, once-daily pill and selective FASN inhibitor in development for the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), acne and select forms of cancer. Its second FASN inhibitor, TVB-3567, is a potent and selective small molecule FASN inhibitor in development for acne. It operates as a single business segment, developing and commercializing therapeutics for the treatment of MASH and other diseases where FASN plays a pathogenic role.

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Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Peer Ratings

See how Sagimet Biosciences compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
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Long
ALLOAllogene Therapeutics
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PRMEPrime Medicine
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18.17
VALNValneva
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19.78
ALTAltimmune
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Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 4 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $7.00 - $56.00 with an average of $24.95

171.21%
Expected movement for Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT)

Barclays
Date:
Sep 9, 2026
Action:
Upgrades
Prev. Target:
$8.00
New Target:
$18.00
HC Wainwright & Co.
Date:
Aug 25, 2026
Action:
Reiterates
Prev. Target:
$29.00
New Target:
$29.00
Citizens
Date:
Aug 14, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$12.00
New Target:
$29.00
Canaccord Genuity
Date:
Aug 12, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$49.00
New Target:
$56.00
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Past Performance
How has Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is -0.3211 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of -0.3169