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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ventia Services Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was A$3,944 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was A$4,970 Mil.
Ventia Services Group (ASX:VNT) 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.
Ventia Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Ventia Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Ventia Services 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.
Ventia Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Ventia Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Ventia Services 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.
Ventia Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Ventia Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ventia Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Ventia Services 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. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$4,970 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 A$4,970 Mil mean?
Ventia Services Group (ASX:VNT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$4,970 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Ventia Services Group and its competitors.
Is Ventia Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Ventia Services Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$4,970 Mil. Overall, Ventia Services Group has a GF Score™ of 59/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Ventia Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Ventia Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$4,970 Mil can be compared against companies in the Construction 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 Construction company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Construction 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 Ventia Services Group and its competitors. Ventia Services Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$4,970 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ventia Services Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Ventia Services Group (ASX:VNT) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is A$4.35, compared to a current price of A$6.14 — trading 41.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$4,970 Mil. Ventia Services Group's overall GF Score™ is 59/100 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 Ventia Services Group (ASX:VNT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$4,970 Mil as of Dec. 2025. 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 Ventia Services Group (ASX:VNT) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Ventia Services Group stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of A$6.14 is trading 41.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of A$4.35.
GuruFocus considers Ventia Services Group to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for ASX:VNT:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: A$4,970 Mil
GF Value™: A$4.35 vs. price of A$6.14 (41.1% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the ASX:VNT stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
While Ventia is not the largest player with an estimated sub 10% share of addressable markets, it is nonetheless a leading infrastructure maintenance services provider in Australia and New Zealand. Its capabilities span the full asset lifecycle including operations and maintenance, facilities management, minor capital works, environmental services, and other solutions. And its business model is favorably capital-light via flexing of a large contractor base complementing a deep pool of talented employees. Ventia has long-term relationships with a diverse range of public and private sector clients with many client relationships maintained for decades. Contracts are favorably long with an average five-year duration at inception and most containing some form of embedded price escalation.
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