DSOL (Drug Free Solution) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.84 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2014)

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What is Drug Free Solution Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Drug Free Solution DSOL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.84 Mil as of Feb. 2014.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Drug Free Solution's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2014 was $0.12 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2014 was $0.84 Mil.


Drug Free Solution  (OTCPK:DSOL) 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.


Drug Free Solution Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Drug Free Solution Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Drug Free Solution'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.

Drug Free Solution Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Drug Free Solution Annual Data
Trend May12 May13
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.55 0.76

Drug Free Solution Quarterly Data
Aug11 Nov11 Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13 May13 Aug13 Nov13 Feb14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.12 0.57 0.05 0.10 0.12

DSOL vs USEL, ZZLL, WSCO: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Drug Free Solution'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.


Drug Free Solution Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Drug Free Solution's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Drug Free Solution's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Drug Free Solution 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 Feb. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.84 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 $0.84 Mil mean?
Drug Free Solution (DSOL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.84 Mil as of Feb. 2014. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Drug Free Solution and its competitors.
Is Drug Free Solution's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Drug Free Solution's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.84 Mil.
How does Drug Free Solution's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to USEL and ZZLL?
Drug Free Solution's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.84 Mil can be compared against companies in the Healthcare Providers & Services 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 Healthcare Providers & Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Healthcare Providers & Services 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 Drug Free Solution and its competitors. Drug Free Solution's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.84 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Drug Free Solution stock overvalued right now?
Drug Free Solution (DSOL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.84 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.84 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 Drug Free Solution (DSOL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.84 Mil as of Feb. 2014. 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.

Drug Free Solution Business Description

Address 2211 Michelson Drive, Irvine, CA, USA, 92612
Drug Free Solution Inc is a United States based holding company that owns and operates various subsidiaries in the healthcare industry. It is focused on acquiring healthcare operations that focus on Home Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, Hospice Care, Skilled Nursing, Residential Rehabilitation, Home & Community Based Services.