Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB (FRA:L5W) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €2.03 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2025)

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What is Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB FRA:L5W Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €2.03 Mil as of Oct. 2025. The stock has 5 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. Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Oct. 2025 was €0.42 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2025 was €2.03 Mil.


Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB  (FRA:L5W) 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.


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Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB Annual Data
Trend Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24 Apr25
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Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB Quarterly Data
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FRA:L5W vs ABT, BSX, SYK: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB'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.


Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB 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 Oct. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €2.03 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 €2.03 Mil mean?
Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB (FRA:L5W) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €2.03 Mil as of Oct. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB and its competitors.
Is Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €2.03 Mil.
How does Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ABT and BSX?
Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €2.03 Mil can be compared against companies in the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Devices & Instruments company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB and its competitors. Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €2.03 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB stock overvalued right now?
Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB (FRA:L5W) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €2.03 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is €0.23, compared to a current price of €0.04 — trading 81% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €2.03 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 Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB (FRA:L5W), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €2.03 Mil as of Oct. 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.

Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB Business Description

Address Skiffervagen 48, Lund, SWE, 224 78
Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB is a medical device company that develops and markets non-invasive time-lapse imaging instruments used for the quantitative long-term analysis of living cell cultures. The company's commercial HoloMonitor products are based on Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) technology, which is used for real-time cell quality evaluation. Geographically, it has presence in Lund, Sweden, with offices in Boston, MA and Winston-Salem, NC.