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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. SMS Alternatives's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2020 was $0.20 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was $0.99 Mil.
SMS Alternatives (OTCPK:CICN) 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.
SMS Alternatives Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
SMS Alternatives Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for SMS Alternatives'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.
SMS Alternatives Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
CICN vs INTV, IONI, VGRBF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Software - Application subindustry, SMS Alternatives'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.
SMS Alternatives Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, SMS Alternatives's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SMS Alternatives's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
SMS Alternatives 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. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.99 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 $0.99 Mil mean?
SMS Alternatives (CICN) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.99 Mil as of Jun. 2020. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on SMS Alternatives and its competitors.
Is SMS Alternatives' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
SMS Alternatives' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.99 Mil. Overall, SMS Alternatives has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does SMS Alternatives' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to INTV and IONI?
SMS Alternatives' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.99 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 SMS Alternatives and its competitors. SMS Alternatives's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.99 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is SMS Alternatives stock overvalued right now?
SMS Alternatives (CICN) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.99 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.99 Mil. SMS Alternatives' overall GF Score™ is 12/100. 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 SMS Alternatives (CICN), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.99 Mil as of Jun. 2020. 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.
SMS Alternatives Inc formerly Cicero Inc provides desktop activity intelligence and improvement software that helps organizations isolate issues and automates employee tasks in the contact center and back office. It provides a combination of application and process integration, automation and desktop analytics capabilities, technical support, training and consulting services. Geographically, it operates in the United States, and Europe. The company generates revenue from three categories: software, maintenance, and services; out of which a vast majority is earned from Software within the United States.
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