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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Bell Equipment's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $29.9 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $61.9 Mil.
Bell Equipment (OTCPK:BLLQF) 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.
Bell Equipment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Bell Equipment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Bell Equipment'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.
Bell Equipment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
BLLQF vs CAT, DE, PCAR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Bell Equipment'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.
Bell Equipment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry
For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Bell Equipment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bell Equipment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Bell Equipment 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 $61.9 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 $61.9 Mil mean?
Bell Equipment (BLLQF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $61.9 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 Bell Equipment and its competitors.
Is Bell Equipment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Bell Equipment's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $61.9 Mil. Overall, Bell Equipment has a GF Score™ of 49/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Bell Equipment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CAT and DE?
Bell Equipment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $61.9 Mil can be compared against companies in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery 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 Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery 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 Bell Equipment and its competitors. Bell Equipment's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $61.9 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Bell Equipment stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Bell Equipment (BLLQF) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.99, compared to a current price of $2.30 — trading 132.3% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $61.9 Mil. Bell Equipment's overall GF Score™ is 49/100 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 Bell Equipment (BLLQF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $61.9 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 Bell Equipment (BLLQF) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Bell Equipment stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $2.30 is trading 132.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of $0.99.
GuruFocus considers Bell Equipment to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for BLLQF:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $61.9 Mil
GF Value™: $0.99 vs. price of $2.30 (132.3% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the BLLQF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Bell Equipment Ltd designs and manufactures a wide Collection of products. This includes a complete range of Bell forestry and agriculture products. It seeks to develop and support local suppliers and invests in outreach initiatives with a focus on education, training, and development both internally and externally. It conducts two main business operations Manufacturing, assembly, logistics and dealer sales operations which is OEM operations comprising manufacturing, assembly and sales of equipment and aftermarket products to independent dealers for their distribution to market; and Direct Sales operations which is owned distribution operations for direct sales of own manufactured products, other third party products and the supply of aftermarket support and products to market.
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