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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Apontis Pharma AG's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2025 was €4.55 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2025 was €6.46 Mil.
Apontis Pharma AG (FRA:APPH) 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.
Apontis Pharma AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Apontis Pharma AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Apontis Pharma AG'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.
Apontis Pharma AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
FRA:APPH vs ZTS, UTHR, NBIX: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Apontis Pharma AG'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.
Apontis Pharma AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Apontis Pharma AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Apontis Pharma AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Apontis Pharma AG 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 Jun. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €6.46 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 €6.46 Mil mean?
Apontis Pharma AG (FRA:APPH) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €6.46 Mil as of Jun. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Apontis Pharma AG and its competitors.
Is Apontis Pharma AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Apontis Pharma AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €6.46 Mil. Overall, Apontis Pharma AG has a GF Score™ of 17/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Apontis Pharma AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ZTS and UTHR?
Apontis Pharma AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €6.46 Mil can be compared against companies in the Drug Manufacturers 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 Drug Manufacturers company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Drug Manufacturers 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 Apontis Pharma AG and its competitors. Apontis Pharma AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €6.46 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Apontis Pharma AG stock overvalued right now?
Apontis Pharma AG (FRA:APPH) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €6.46 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is €10.46, compared to a current price of €11.00 — trading 5.2% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €6.46 Mil. Apontis Pharma AG's overall GF Score™ is 17/100 with 7 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 Apontis Pharma AG (FRA:APPH), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €6.46 Mil as of Jun. 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.
Is Apontis Pharma AG (FRA:APPH) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Apontis Pharma AG stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of €11.00 is trading 5.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of €10.46.
Key valuation signals for FRA:APPH:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €6.46 Mil
GF Value™: €10.46 vs. price of €11.00 (5.2% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:APPH stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Apontis Pharma AG is a pharmaceutical company specializing in single pills in Germany. single pills combine two to three generic active ingredients in a single dosage form. The company develops, promotes, and sells a broad portfolio of single pills and other pharmaceutical products, with a special focus on cardiovascular diseases. The company markets drugs in the disease areas of respiratory diseases and diabetes as part of co-marketing/co-promotion.
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