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Bio-Bridge Science (Bio-Bridge Science) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1.74 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2011)


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What is Bio-Bridge Science Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Bio-Bridge Science's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2011 was $0.25 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2011 was $1.74 Mil.


Bio-Bridge Science Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bio-Bridge Science'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.

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Bio-Bridge Science Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Bio-Bridge Science Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.23 1.21 3.57 1.21 3.47

Bio-Bridge Science Quarterly Data
Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11
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Competitive Comparison of Bio-Bridge Science's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Bio-Bridge Science'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.


Bio-Bridge Science's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Bio-Bridge Science's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bio-Bridge Science's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Bio-Bridge Science 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. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.74 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.


Bio-Bridge Science  (OTCPK:BGES) 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.


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Bio-Bridge Science (Bio-Bridge Science) Business Description

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Bio-Bridge Science Inc is a biotech company focused on the commercial development of biological products for the prevention and treatment of human diseases and manufacturing and sales of materials in producing vaccines. It develop products in respect to HIV vaccine, a vaccine to prevent AIDS; a colon cancer therapeutic vaccine; and an HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.

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