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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ayala Pharmaceuticals's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.37 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.58 Mil.
Ayala Pharmaceuticals (OTCPK:ADXS) 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.
Ayala Pharmaceuticals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Ayala Pharmaceuticals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Ayala Pharmaceuticals'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.
Ayala Pharmaceuticals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
ADXS vs SCPX, PBM, RGBP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Ayala Pharmaceuticals'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.
Ayala Pharmaceuticals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Ayala Pharmaceuticals's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ayala Pharmaceuticals's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Ayala Pharmaceuticals 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 $7.58 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 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $7.58 Mil mean?
Ayala Pharmaceuticals (ADXS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $7.58 Mil as of Dec. 2023. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Ayala Pharmaceuticals and its competitors.
Is Ayala Pharmaceuticals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Ayala Pharmaceuticals' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.58 Mil. Overall, Ayala Pharmaceuticals has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Ayala Pharmaceuticals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SCPX and PBM?
Ayala Pharmaceuticals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $7.58 Mil can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Biotechnology company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Biotechnology industry context. However, Selling, General, & 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 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Ayala Pharmaceuticals and its competitors. Ayala Pharmaceuticals's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.58 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ayala Pharmaceuticals stock overvalued right now?
Ayala Pharmaceuticals (ADXS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $7.58 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.58 Mil. Ayala Pharmaceuticals' overall GF Score™ is 12/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Ayala Pharmaceuticals (ADXS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.58 Mil as of Dec. 2023. 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.
Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc is a clinical-stage oncology company whose primary clinical assets currently include aspacytarabine (BST-236), a novel proprietary anti-metabolite for first-line treatment in unfit acute myeloid leukemia (AML). BST-236 is a novel prodrug of cytarabine, enabling the delivery of high cytarabine doses with reduced systemic toxicity, creating a potential new backbone for AML combination regimens. It believes that its novel product candidates if approved, have the potential to transform treatment outcomes for patients suffering from solid and hematological cancers. These efforts are primarily focused on the development of ADXS-504, an Lm-based therapy for early-stage prostate cancer.
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