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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Coloplast AS's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $412 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $1,633 Mil.
Coloplast AS (OTCPK:CLPBF) 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.
Coloplast AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Coloplast AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Coloplast AS'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.
Coloplast AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
CLPBF vs ISRG, BDX, MDLN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Coloplast AS'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.
Coloplast AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Coloplast AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Coloplast AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Coloplast AS 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,633 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 $1,633 Mil mean?
Coloplast AS (CLPBF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1,633 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Coloplast AS and its competitors.
Is Coloplast AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Coloplast AS's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,633 Mil. Overall, Coloplast AS has a GF Score™ of 72/100 and is considered Significantly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Coloplast AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ISRG and BDX?
Coloplast AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1,633 Mil can be compared against companies in the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Medical Devices & Instruments company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Coloplast AS and its competitors. Coloplast AS's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,633 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Coloplast AS stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Coloplast AS (CLPBF) is currently considered Significantly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $126.31, compared to a current price of $60.06 — trading 52.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,633 Mil. Coloplast AS's overall GF Score™ is 72/100 with 6 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 Coloplast AS (CLPBF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1,633 Mil as of Mar. 2026. 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 Coloplast AS (CLPBF) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Coloplast AS stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of $60.06 is trading 52.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $126.31.
GuruFocus considers Coloplast AS to be Significantly Undervalued.
Key valuation signals for CLPBF:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1,633 Mil
GF Value™: $126.31 vs. price of $60.06 (52.5% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the CLPBF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Coloplast is a leading global competitor in ostomy management and continence care. The firm designs, manufactures, and markets ostomy care systems, disposable containment devices, intermittent catheters for continence care, and devices for patients with neck stomas. Coloplast also maintains a tertiary presence in the urology and woundcare markets, where it manufactures and markets penile implants, slings for incontinence and prolapse, and wound dressings. The company derives more than 60% of sales from Europe, 24% from other developed countries, and 17% from the rest of the world.
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