Optiva (TSX:OPT) General and Admin. Expense: C$17.16 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2025)


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What is Optiva General and Admin. Expense?

Optiva TSX:OPT 30 General and Admin. Expense is C$17.16 Mil as of Sep. 2025. GuruFocus rates TSX:OPT with a GF Score™ of 30/100 and a GF Value™ of C$5.12. The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review.

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. Optiva's General and Admin. Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2025 was C$5.75 Mil. Its General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was C$17.16 Mil.

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Optiva General and Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Optiva General and Admin. Expense Chart

Optiva Annual Data
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Optiva Quarterly Data
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Optiva General and Admin. Expense Calculation

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

General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$17.16 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 C$17.16 Mil mean?
Optiva (TSX:OPT) has a General and Admin. Expense of C$17.16 Mil as of Sep. 2025. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Optiva and its competitors.
Is Optiva's General and Admin. Expense too high?
Optiva's current General and Admin. Expense is C$17.16 Mil. Overall, Optiva has a GF Score™ of 30/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Optiva's General and Admin. Expense compare to MSFT and ORCL?
Optiva's General and Admin. Expense of C$17.16 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 a Software company?
A good General and Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Optiva and its competitors. Optiva's current General and Admin. Expense is C$17.16 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Optiva stock overvalued right now?
Optiva (TSX:OPT) has a current General and Admin. Expense of C$17.16 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is C$5.12, compared to a current price of C$0.25 — trading 95.2% below its estimated fair value. The current General and Admin. Expense is C$17.16 Mil. Optiva's overall GF Score™ is 30/100 with 6 warning signs to review. 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 Optiva (TSX:OPT), the current General and Admin. Expense is C$17.16 Mil as of Sep. 2025. 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.

Is Optiva (TSX:OPT) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Optiva stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of C$0.25 is trading 95.2% below its estimated GF Value™ of C$5.12.

Key valuation signals for TSX:OPT:

  • General and Admin. Expense: C$17.16 Mil
  • GF Value™: C$5.12 vs. price of C$0.25 (95.2% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 30/100 with 6 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the TSX:OPT stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Optiva Business Description

Address 2233 Argentia Road, Suite 302, East Tower, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L5N 2X7
Optiva Inc is engaged in offering software products to the telecommunications software market. The company's portfolio of products enables real-time billing, charging, policy management and user experience that are critical to customers' growth and performance. The company earns revenue from sale of software licenses, including initial perpetual licenses, term licenses, subscription licenses, capacity upgrades, professional services and managed services; third-party hardware and software components and customer support contracts. Some of the company's products include Optiva BSS Platform, Optiva Charging Engine, Optiva Partner Monetization among others. Geographically, the majority of the revenue for the company is generated from Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
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