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Simulations Plus (Simulations Plus) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $34.83 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Simulations Plus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Simulations Plus's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $7.47 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $34.83 Mil.


Simulations Plus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Simulations Plus's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 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.

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Simulations Plus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Simulations Plus Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.80 16.36 20.57 24.97 34.72

Simulations Plus Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.78 8.23 11.46 7.67 7.47

Competitive Comparison of Simulations Plus's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Simulations Plus's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 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.


Simulations Plus's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Simulations Plus's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Simulations Plus's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Simulations Plus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $34.83 Mil.

* 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.


Simulations Plus  (NAS:SLP) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Simulations Plus (Simulations Plus) Business Description

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Address
42505 Tenth Street West, Lancaster, CA, USA, 93534-7059
Simulations Plus Inc is engaged in the software industry. It develops and produces software for use in pharmaceutical research and education, and provides consulting and contract research services to the pharmaceutical industry. The company's operating segments include Software and services. It generates maximum revenue from the software segment.
Executives
John Kenneth Paglia director 746 GRABLE PLACE, NEWBURY PARK CA 91320
Walter S Woltosz director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 42505 10TH ST. WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Dibella John Anthony Ii officer: Division President 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Lisa Lavange director 42505 10TH ST., WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Steven Chang officer: President, Immunetrics 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 15203
Shawn Oconnor officer: Chief Executive Officer 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534-7059
Jill Fiedler-kelly officer: President, Cognigen Division 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Brett Howell officer: President, DILIsym Division 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
William W Frederick officer: CFO C/O SIMULATIONS PLUS, INC., 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Daniel L Weiner director 800 WEST EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040
Sharlene Evans director 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Nguyen Nguyen officer: VP of Human Resources 42505 TENTH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
David L. Ralph director 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
John Robert Kneisel officer: CFO 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Grasela Thaddeus Henry Jr director, officer: President 1780 WEHRLE DRIVE SUITE 110, BUFFALO NY 14221