CLTH (Clean Tech Biofuels) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.33 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2019)


What is Clean Tech Biofuels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Clean Tech Biofuels CLTH Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.33 Mil as of Sep. 2019.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Clean Tech Biofuels's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was $0.07 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 was $0.33 Mil.


Clean Tech Biofuels  (OTCPK:CLTH) 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.


Clean Tech Biofuels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Clean Tech Biofuels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Clean Tech Biofuels's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Clean Tech Biofuels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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CLTH vs ETCK, CBNT, PVNNF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Clean Tech Biofuels'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.


Clean Tech Biofuels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Clean Tech Biofuels's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clean Tech Biofuels's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Clean Tech Biofuels 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 Sep. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.33 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 $0.33 Mil mean?
Clean Tech Biofuels (CLTH) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.33 Mil as of Sep. 2019. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Clean Tech Biofuels and its competitors.
Is Clean Tech Biofuels' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Clean Tech Biofuels' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.33 Mil.
How does Clean Tech Biofuels' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ETCK and CBNT?
Clean Tech Biofuels' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.33 Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals 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 Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals 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 Clean Tech Biofuels and its competitors. Clean Tech Biofuels's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.33 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Clean Tech Biofuels stock overvalued right now?
Clean Tech Biofuels (CLTH) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.33 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.33 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 Clean Tech Biofuels (CLTH), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.33 Mil as of Sep. 2019. 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.

Clean Tech Biofuels Business Description

Address 7386 Pershing Avenue, University City, MO, USA, 63130
Clean Tech Biofuels Inc is a development stage company engaged in providing cellulosic biomass derived from municipal solid waste (MSW). The company is involved in producing energy and other chemical products, and recyclables (metals, plastics, and glass) from the MSW. Its biomass recovery process which is based on the pressurized steam classification (PSC) technology cleans and separates MSW and generates a clean, homogeneous biomass feedstock. It focuses on designing, building, and operating a commercial biomass recovery plant that will allow the company to produce biomass feedstock for its customers.