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PDF Solutions (PDF Solutions) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $62.2 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is PDF Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. PDF Solutions's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.2 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $62.2 Mil.


PDF Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for PDF Solutions'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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PDF Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

PDF Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.30 32.68 37.65 45.34 62.22

PDF Solutions Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 12.72 15.65 14.77 15.61 16.19

Competitive Comparison of PDF Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Software - Application subindustry, PDF Solutions'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.


PDF Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



PDF Solutions 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 Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $62.2 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.


PDF Solutions  (NAS:PDFS) 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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PDF Solutions (PDF Solutions) Business Description

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2858 De La Cruz Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95050
PDF Solutions Inc offers products and services designed to empower engineers and data scientists across the semiconductor ecosystem to improve the yield, quality, and profitability of their products. The solutions combine proprietary software, physical intellectual property (or IP) for integrated circuit (or IC) designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, proven methodologies, and professional services. The company's products and services are sold to integrated device manufacturers (or IDMs), fabless semiconductor companies, foundries, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (or OSATs), and system houses.
Executives
Michael B Gustafson director 380 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT, BROOMFIELD CO 80021
Nancy Erba director C/O INFINERA CORPORATION, 140 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Shuo Zhang director PDF SOLUTIONS, INC., 2858 DE LA CRUZ BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA CA 95050
Andrzej Strojwas officer: CTO 2858 DE LA CRUZ BLVD., SANTA CLARA CA 95050
Adnan Raza officer: EVP, Finance and CFO PDF SOLUTIONS, 2858 DE LA CRUZ BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA CA 95050
Joseph R Bronson director 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Ye Jane Li director 200 FLYNN ROAD, CAMARILLO CA 93012-8790
Kimon Michaels director, officer: EVP of Products and Solutions 333 WEST SAN CARLOS STREET, SUITE 700, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Marco Iansiti director 92 HAVEN ST., DOVER MA 02038
Gerald Zheyao Yin director 2-10 WEIFANG XI ROAD, PUDONG NEW DISTRICT, SHANGHAI F4 200122
Russell Christine officer: VP, Finance and CFO 17165 PINE STREET, LOS GATOS CA 95032
Lucio Lanza director 141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Kwangh Kim officer: VP of Business Development 333 WEST SAN CARLOS STREET, SUITE 1000, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Gregory C Walker officer: CFO, VP Finance 2 RESULTS WAY, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Hartgring Cornelis officer: VP- Client Services & Sales 333 WEST SAN CARLOS STREET, SUITE 700, SAN JOSE CA 95110