AMHGQ (Amergent Hospitality Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $5.58 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2022)

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What is Amergent Hospitality Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Amergent Hospitality Group AMHGQ -99.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.58 Mil as of Dec. 2022.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Amergent Hospitality Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $1.24 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was $5.58 Mil.


Amergent Hospitality Group  (OTCPK:AMHGQ) 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.


Amergent Hospitality Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Amergent Hospitality Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Amergent Hospitality Group'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.

Amergent Hospitality Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Amergent Hospitality Group Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
5.97 4.69 5.21 5.58

Amergent Hospitality Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.45 1.34 1.81 1.21 1.24

AMHGQ vs MCD, SBUX, CMG: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Amergent Hospitality Group'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.


Amergent Hospitality Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Amergent Hospitality Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Amergent Hospitality Group 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. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.58 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 $5.58 Mil mean?
Amergent Hospitality Group (AMHGQ) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.58 Mil as of Dec. 2022. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Amergent Hospitality Group and its competitors.
Is Amergent Hospitality Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Amergent Hospitality Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.58 Mil.
How does Amergent Hospitality Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MCD and SBUX?
Amergent Hospitality Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.58 Mil can be compared against companies in the Restaurants 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 Restaurants company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Restaurants 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 Amergent Hospitality Group and its competitors. Amergent Hospitality Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.58 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Amergent Hospitality Group stock overvalued right now?
Amergent Hospitality Group (AMHGQ) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.58 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.58 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 Amergent Hospitality Group (AMHGQ), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.58 Mil as of Dec. 2022. 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.

Amergent Hospitality Group Business Description

Address 7529 Red Oak Lane, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28226
Amergent Hospitality Group Inc owns, operates, and franchises restaurant brands. It generates the majority of its revenue from Restaurant sales, followed by Gaming and Franchise income. The company operates only in the United States.