ASFX (American Scientific Resources) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $ Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2011)


What is American Scientific Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

American Scientific Resources ASFX -96.67% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Sep. 2011.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. American Scientific Resources's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2011 was $0.67 Mil. American Scientific Resources does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2011.

American Scientific Resources  (OTCPK:ASFX) 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.

American Scientific Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

American Scientific Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for American Scientific Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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American Scientific Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 1.16 0.67

ASFX vs GNID, QTXB, ASNB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, American Scientific Resources'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.

American Scientific Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, American Scientific Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


American Scientific Resources 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil mean?
American Scientific Resources (ASFX) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil as of Sep. 2011. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on American Scientific Resources and its competitors.
Is American Scientific Resources' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
American Scientific Resources' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil.
How does American Scientific Resources' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to GNID and QTXB?
American Scientific Resources' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil can be compared against companies in the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Medical Devices & Instruments company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 American Scientific Resources and its competitors. American Scientific Resources's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is American Scientific Resources stock overvalued right now?
American Scientific Resources (ASFX) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ 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 American Scientific Resources (ASFX), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Sep. 2011. 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.

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