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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Allegiant Travel Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $28 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $103 Mil.
Allegiant Travel Co (NAS:ALGT) 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.
Allegiant Travel Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Allegiant Travel Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Allegiant Travel Co'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.
Allegiant Travel Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
ALGT vs JBLU, ULCC, SKYW: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Airlines subindustry, Allegiant Travel Co'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.
Allegiant Travel Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Allegiant Travel Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Allegiant Travel Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Allegiant Travel Co 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $103 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 $103 Mil mean?
Allegiant Travel Co (ALGT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $103 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Allegiant Travel Co and its competitors.
Is Allegiant Travel Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Allegiant Travel Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $103 Mil. Overall, Allegiant Travel Co has a GF Score™ of 82/100 and is considered Modestly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Allegiant Travel Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to JBLU and ULCC?
Allegiant Travel Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $103 Mil can be compared against companies in the Transportation 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 Transportation company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Transportation 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 Allegiant Travel Co and its competitors. Allegiant Travel Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $103 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Allegiant Travel Co stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Allegiant Travel Co (ALGT) is currently considered Modestly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $89.78, compared to a current price of $103.95 — trading 15.8% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $103 Mil. Allegiant Travel Co's overall GF Score™ is 82/100 with 3 warning signs to review. 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 Allegiant Travel Co (ALGT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $103 Mil as of Mar. 2026. 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 Allegiant Travel Co (ALGT) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Allegiant Travel Co stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $103.95 is trading 15.8% above its estimated GF Value™ of $89.78.
GuruFocus considers Allegiant Travel Co to be Modestly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for ALGT:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $103 Mil
GF Value™: $89.78 vs. price of $103.95 (15.8% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the ALGT stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Allegiant Travel Co is a leisure travel company focused on providing travel and leisure services and products to residents of underserved cities in the United States. It operates a low-cost, low utilization passenger airline marketed to leisure travelers in underserved cities, allowing it to sell air transportation both on a stand-alone basis and bundled with the sale of air-related and third-party services and products. In addition, it provides air transportation under fixed-fee flight arrangements. In connection with its leisure travel focus, the company has opened Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, equipped with several guestrooms and food and beverage outlets. The company's operating segments are the Airline, which generates the maximum revenue, and Sunseeker Resort.
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