ENTEF (ESE Entertainment) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $3.18 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2025)

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What is ESE Entertainment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

ESE Entertainment ENTEF +7.75% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.18 Mil as of Jul. 2025. The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. ESE Entertainment's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jul. 2025 was $0.75 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2025 was $3.18 Mil.


ESE Entertainment  (OTCPK:ENTEF) 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.


ESE Entertainment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


ESE Entertainment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for ESE Entertainment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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ESE Entertainment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

ESE Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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ESE Entertainment Quarterly Data
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ENTEF vs MVNC, VYRE, ZNB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, ESE Entertainment'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.


ESE Entertainment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, ESE Entertainment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ESE Entertainment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



ESE Entertainment 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 Jul. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.18 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 $3.18 Mil mean?
ESE Entertainment (ENTEF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.18 Mil as of Jul. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on ESE Entertainment and its competitors.
Is ESE Entertainment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
ESE Entertainment's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.18 Mil.
How does ESE Entertainment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MVNC and VYRE?
ESE Entertainment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.18 Mil can be compared against companies in the Media - Diversified 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 Media - Diversified company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Media - Diversified 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 ESE Entertainment and its competitors. ESE Entertainment's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.18 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is ESE Entertainment stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, ESE Entertainment (ENTEF) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.03, compared to a current price of $0.02 — trading 28.2% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.18 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 ESE Entertainment (ENTEF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.18 Mil as of Jul. 2025. 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.

ESE Entertainment Business Description

Address 409 Granville Street, Suite 1600, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1T2
ESE Entertainment Inc is an entertainment and technology company focused on gaming and esports, in the business of attracting gamers and fans to its clients, such as video game developers, publishers, and brands. The company provides a range of services to video game developers, publishers, and brands by providing technology, infrastructure, and fan engagement services internationally. It also operates e-commerce channels, e-sports teams, and gaming leagues. It operates in two industry segments digital media and entertainment, and Corporate. It generates the majority of its revenue from digital media and entertainment. Its geographic segments are Ireland, Canada, Poland, and Romania. It generates the majority of its revenue from Canada.