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Helios and Matheson Analytics (Helios and Matheson Analytics) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $86.0 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Helios and Matheson Analytics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Helios and Matheson Analytics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $18.1 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $86.0 Mil.


Helios and Matheson Analytics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Helios and Matheson Analytics'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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Helios and Matheson Analytics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Helios and Matheson Analytics Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.35 2.35 2.44 3.60 35.70

Helios and Matheson Analytics Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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Competitive Comparison of Helios and Matheson Analytics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Helios and Matheson Analytics'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.


Helios and Matheson Analytics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Helios and Matheson Analytics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Helios and Matheson Analytics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Helios and Matheson Analytics 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 Sep. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $86.0 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.


Helios and Matheson Analytics  (OTCPK:HMNY) 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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Helios and Matheson Analytics (Helios and Matheson Analytics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10118
Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc is a United States based company, engages in the provision of information technology services and solutions. Its services include application value management, application development, integration, independent validation, infrastructure, information management, and analytics services. The company serves various industries including financial, healthcare, retail, education and government.
Executives
Stuart M Benson officer: Chief Financial Officer EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, 350 5TH AVE., SUITE 7520, NEW YORK NY 10118
Viraj J Patel director 100 CANAL POINTE BLVD., SUITE 108, PRINCETON NJ 08540