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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Big 5 Sporting Goods's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2025 was $75.4 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2025 was $292.6 Mil.
Big 5 Sporting Goods (NAS:BGFV) 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.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Big 5 Sporting Goods Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Big 5 Sporting Goods'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.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
BGFV vs JBDI, TLF, RECT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Big 5 Sporting Goods'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.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Big 5 Sporting Goods's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Big 5 Sporting Goods's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Big 5 Sporting Goods 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 Jun. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $292.6 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 $292.6 Mil mean?
Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $292.6 Mil as of Jun. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Big 5 Sporting Goods and its competitors.
Is Big 5 Sporting Goods' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Big 5 Sporting Goods' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $292.6 Mil. Overall, Big 5 Sporting Goods has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Big 5 Sporting Goods' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to JBDI and TLF?
Big 5 Sporting Goods' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $292.6 Mil can be compared against companies in the Retail - Cyclical 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 Retail - Cyclical company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Retail - Cyclical 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 Big 5 Sporting Goods and its competitors. Big 5 Sporting Goods's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $292.6 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Big 5 Sporting Goods stock overvalued right now?
Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $292.6 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $292.6 Mil. Big 5 Sporting Goods' overall GF Score™ is 16/100. 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 Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $292.6 Mil as of Jun. 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.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp is a specialty retailer company that is principally engaged in the sale of sporting goods in the Western United States. Its product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, winter and summer recreation and roller sports. The company operates solely as a sporting goods retailer, which includes both its retail stores and an e-commerce platform. The company operates a distribution center located in Riverside, California, that services all of its stores and e-commerce platform.
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