QTTOY (Qutoutiao) General and Admin. Expense: $18.1 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Qutoutiao General and Admin. Expense?

Qutoutiao QTTOY General and Admin. Expense is $18.1 Mil as of Dec. 2024. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review.

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. Qutoutiao's General and Admin. Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was $18.1 Mil. Its General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $18.1 Mil.

Qutoutiao General and Admin. Expense Related Terms

Qutoutiao General and Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Qutoutiao's General and Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Qutoutiao General and Admin. Expense Chart

Qutoutiao Annual Data
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General and Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 60.07 67.81 22.30 7.82 18.15

Qutoutiao Semi-Annual Data
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General and Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 60.07 67.81 22.30 7.82 18.15

Qutoutiao General and Admin. Expense Calculation

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company.

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $18.1 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.

What does a General and Admin. Expense of $18.1 Mil mean?
Qutoutiao (QTTOY) has a General and Admin. Expense of $18.1 Mil as of Dec. 2024. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Qutoutiao and its competitors.
Is Qutoutiao's General and Admin. Expense too high?
Qutoutiao's current General and Admin. Expense is $18.1 Mil.
How does Qutoutiao's General and Admin. Expense compare to FRZT and GOOGL?
Qutoutiao's General and Admin. Expense of $18.1 Mil can be compared against companies in the Interactive Media industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good General and Admin. Expense for an Interactive Media company?
A good General and Admin. Expense depends on the Interactive Media industry context. However, General and Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high General and Admin. Expense mean?
A high General and Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Qutoutiao and its competitors. Qutoutiao's current General and Admin. Expense is $18.1 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Qutoutiao stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Qutoutiao (QTTOY) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.03, compared to a current price of $0.00 — trading 99% below its estimated fair value. The current General and Admin. Expense is $18.1 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is General and Admin. Expense calculated?
General and Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Qutoutiao (QTTOY), the current General and Admin. Expense is $18.1 Mil as of Dec. 2024. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Qutoutiao Business Description

Address 519 Yi De Road, Building No. 2, Shanghai Pudong Software Park, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, CHN, 200124
Qutoutiao Inc is a mobile content platform company in China. Its flagship mobile application, Qutoutiao, aggregates articles and short videos from professional media and freelancers and presents customized feeds to users. It has also launched a mobile literature application, Midu Novels, which offers users free literature supported by advertising. The mobile literature applications, Midu Novels, and Midu Lite, source content from traditional PC-based online literature platforms, which provide a license to publish their literature content on Midu Novels for a fee and offer pieces of literature. The company generates revenue by providing advertising and marketing services.