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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Viva Biotech Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was €21.8 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €44.0 Mil.
Viva Biotech Holdings (FRA:VB0) 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.
Viva Biotech Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Viva Biotech Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Viva Biotech 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.
Viva Biotech Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
FRA:VB0 vs VRTX, REGN, ALNY: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Viva Biotech 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.
Viva Biotech Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Viva Biotech Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Viva Biotech Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Viva Biotech 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €44.0 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 €44.0 Mil mean?
Viva Biotech Holdings (FRA:VB0) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €44.0 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Viva Biotech Holdings and its competitors.
Is Viva Biotech Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Viva Biotech Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €44.0 Mil. Overall, Viva Biotech Holdings has a GF Score™ of 48/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Viva Biotech Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VRTX and REGN?
Viva Biotech Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €44.0 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 Viva Biotech Holdings and its competitors. Viva Biotech Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €44.0 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Viva Biotech Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Viva Biotech Holdings (FRA:VB0) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is €0.09, compared to a current price of €0.15 — trading 68.9% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €44.0 Mil. Viva Biotech Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 48/100 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 Viva Biotech Holdings (FRA:VB0), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €44.0 Mil as of Dec. 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 Viva Biotech Holdings (FRA:VB0) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Viva Biotech Holdings stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of €0.15 is trading 68.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of €0.09.
GuruFocus considers Viva Biotech Holdings to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for FRA:VB0:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €44.0 Mil
GF Value™: €0.09 vs. price of €0.15 (68.9% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:VB0 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Viva Biotech Holdings is engaged in providing the structure-based drug discovery services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers for their pre-clinical stage drug development. The company operates in three reportable segments, Drug Discovery Services providing structure-based drug discovery services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers for their pre-clinical stage drug development; Contract Development Manufacture Organisation providing contract development and manufacturing services for small molecule APIs and intermediates and trading of APIs, intermediates and formulations; and commercialisation services; and Viva BioInnovator making strategic investments in biotechnology startup companies.
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