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Aspen Group (Aspen Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $42.22 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2023)


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What is Aspen Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Aspen Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2023 was $9.63 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2023 was $42.22 Mil.


Aspen Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aspen Group'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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Aspen Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Aspen Group Annual Data
Trend Feb12 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.33 24.13 30.33 41.91 45.54

Aspen Group Quarterly Data
Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23
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 11.77 11.18 10.53 10.88 9.63

Competitive Comparison of Aspen Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Aspen Group'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.


Aspen Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Aspen Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Aspen Group 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 Jan. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $42.22 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.


Aspen Group  (OTCPK:ASPU) 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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Aspen Group (Aspen Group) Business Description

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276 Fifth Avenue, Suite 505, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Aspen Group Inc is an education technology holding company that leverages its infrastructure and expertise to allow its two universities, Aspen University and United States University, to deliver on the vision of making college affordable again. Its only segment is the educational delivery operation using a core infrastructure that serves the curriculum and educational delivery needs of its online and campus students regardless of geography.
Executives
Michael L Koehneman director 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Douglas Kass director C/O EMPIRE RESOURCES, INC., ONE PARKER PLAZA, FORT LEE NJ 07024
Matthew Lavay officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ELLIE MAE, INC., 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, 5TH FL, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Cheri St. Arnauld officer: Chief Academic Officer 720 SOUTH COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 1150N, DENVER CO 80246
Michael Mathews director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 257 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 602, NEW YORK NY 10010
Robert Alessi officer: Chief Accounting Officer 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Joan Marie Prince director 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Gerard Wendolowski officer: Chief Operating Officer 720 SOUTH COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 1150N, DENVER CO 80246
C James Jensen director C/O ASPEN GROUP, INC., 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Frank J Cotroneo director 4400 MAIN ST, KANSAS CITY MO 64111
Anne M Mcnamara officer: Chief Nursing Officer 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10001
Sanford Rich director 26 BEACH DRIVE, DARIEN CT 06820
Maclean Malcolm F Iv director C/O ASPEN GROUP, INC., 1660 SOUTH ALBION STREET, SUITE 525, DENVER CO 80222
Joseph L. Sevely officer: Chief Financial Officer 276 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 306, NEW YORK NY 10001
Janet Gill officer: Executive Vice President 720 SOUTH COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 1150N, DENVER CO 80246