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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $37.83 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $172.08 Mil.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (OTCPK:DNABW) 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.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings'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.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
DNABW vs AGMB, ACRS, RLMD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings'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.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings 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 $172.08 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 $172.08 Mil mean?
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNABW) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $172.08 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 Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings and its competitors.
Is Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $172.08 Mil. Overall, Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings has a GF Score™ of 62/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AGMB and ACRS?
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $172.08 Mil can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Biotechnology 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 Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings and its competitors. Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $172.08 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNABW) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $172.08 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $172.08 Mil. Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 62/100 with 5 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 Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNABW), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $172.08 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.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc is the platform for cell programming, providing flexible, end-to-end services that solve challenges for organizations across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to pharmaceuticals to industrial and specialty chemicals. The Company reorganized its operations into two operating and reportable segments: Cell Engineering engaged in providing biological R&D services for customers across a range of industries and Biosecurity that provides services to government and commercial customers to identify, monitor, prevent, mitigate, and ultimately protect humanity from biological threats. The maximum of revenue is from Cell Engineering Segment.
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