AIAD (Aiadvertising) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $6.60 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Aiadvertising Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Aiadvertising AIAD -99.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.60 Mil as of Sep. 2024.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Aiadvertising's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $1.37 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $6.60 Mil.


Aiadvertising  (OTCPK:AIAD) 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.


Aiadvertising Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Aiadvertising Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Aiadvertising'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.

Aiadvertising Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Aiadvertising Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Aiadvertising Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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AIAD vs CTKYY, GTIC, CUEN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Aiadvertising'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.


Aiadvertising Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

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

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



Aiadvertising 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.60 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 $6.60 Mil mean?
Aiadvertising (AIAD) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.60 Mil as of Sep. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Aiadvertising and its competitors.
Is Aiadvertising's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Aiadvertising's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.60 Mil.
How does Aiadvertising's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CTKYY and GTIC?
Aiadvertising's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.60 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 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Aiadvertising and its competitors. Aiadvertising's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.60 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Aiadvertising stock overvalued right now?
Aiadvertising (AIAD) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.60 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.60 Mil. 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 Aiadvertising (AIAD), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.60 Mil as of Sep. 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.

Aiadvertising Business Description

Address 1114 South Saint Mary’s Street, Suite 120, San Antonio, TX, USA, 78210
Aiadvertising Inc is a technology-driven provider of digital advertising solutions. The company's proprietary software empowers marketers by intelligently automating data-driven, repetitive tasks, and improving their ability to make predictions at scale. Its software platform harnesses the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence to eliminate guesswork, predict what works, and prove advertising's impact on financial results.