BRGS (Barrister Global Services Network) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $4.17 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2003)

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What is Barrister Global Services Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Barrister Global Services Network BRGS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.17 Mil as of Jun. 2003.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Barrister Global Services Network's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2003 was $1.04 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2003 was $4.17 Mil.


Barrister Global Services Network  (GREY:BRGS) 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.


Barrister Global Services Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Barrister Global Services Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Barrister Global Services Network'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.

Barrister Global Services Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Barrister Global Services Network Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Barrister Global Services Network Quarterly Data
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BRGS vs FCCN, IMCI, AKRFF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Barrister Global Services Network'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.


Barrister Global Services Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Barrister Global Services Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barrister Global Services Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Barrister Global Services Network 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. 2003 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.17 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 $4.17 Mil mean?
Barrister Global Services Network (BRGS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.17 Mil as of Jun. 2003. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Barrister Global Services Network and its competitors.
Is Barrister Global Services Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Barrister Global Services Network's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.17 Mil.
How does Barrister Global Services Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to FCCN and IMCI?
Barrister Global Services Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.17 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Barrister Global Services Network and its competitors. Barrister Global Services Network's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.17 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Barrister Global Services Network stock overvalued right now?
Barrister Global Services Network (BRGS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.17 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.17 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 Barrister Global Services Network (BRGS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.17 Mil as of Jun. 2003. 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.

Barrister Global Services Network Business Description

Address 186 Exchange Street, Buffalo, NY, USA, 14204
Barrister Global Services Network Inc provides multi-vendor IT services to resolve client/server hardware issues. It has customers in commercial and consumer markets through direct and indirect channels. The company provides IT life-cycle services, Helpdesk support services, Enterprise mobility, Staff augmentation, Cloud solutions, Back office processing, and software development.