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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Centogene NV's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $19.48 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $45.35 Mil.
Centogene NV (OTCPK:CNTGF) 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.
Centogene NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Centogene NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Centogene NV'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.
Centogene NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
CNTGF vs ISPC, CHEK, FUNI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Centogene NV'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.
Centogene NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Centogene NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Centogene NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Centogene NV 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $45.35 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 $45.35 Mil mean?
Centogene NV (CNTGF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $45.35 Mil as of Dec. 2023. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Centogene NV and its competitors.
Is Centogene NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Centogene NV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $45.35 Mil. Overall, Centogene NV has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Centogene NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ISPC and CHEK?
Centogene NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $45.35 Mil can be compared against companies in the Medical Diagnostics & Research 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 Diagnostics & Research company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Medical Diagnostics & Research 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 Centogene NV and its competitors. Centogene NV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $45.35 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Centogene NV stock overvalued right now?
Centogene NV (CNTGF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $45.35 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $45.35 Mil. Centogene NV's 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 Centogene NV (CNTGF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $45.35 Mil as of Dec. 2023. 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.
Centogene NV is a United States-based company engaged in data-driven answers to patients, physicians, and pharmaceutical companies for rare and neurodegenerative diseases. The company operates in two segments: pharmaceutical and diagnostics. Its pharmaceutical segment provides a variety of services to its pharmaceutical partners, including early patient recruitment and identification, epidemiological insights, biomarker discovery, and patient monitoring. Its diagnostics segment provides targeted genetic sequencing and diagnostics services to patients. Its geographic regions are Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Latin America.
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