FUIG (Fusion Interactive) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.58 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2007)

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What is Fusion Interactive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Fusion Interactive FUIG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.58 Mil as of Sep. 2007.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Fusion Interactive's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2007 was $0.60 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2007 was $1.58 Mil.


Fusion Interactive  (OTCPK:FUIG) 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.


Fusion Interactive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Fusion Interactive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Fusion Interactive'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.

Fusion Interactive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Fusion Interactive Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.32 0.27 1.07 0.96 1.70

Fusion Interactive Quarterly Data
Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07
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FUIG vs TWER, FULO, DTGI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Fusion Interactive'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.


Fusion Interactive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Fusion Interactive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fusion Interactive 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 Sep. 2007 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.58 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 $1.58 Mil mean?
Fusion Interactive (FUIG) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.58 Mil as of Sep. 2007. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Fusion Interactive and its competitors.
Is Fusion Interactive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Fusion Interactive's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.58 Mil.
How does Fusion Interactive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to TWER and FULO?
Fusion Interactive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.58 Mil can be compared against companies in the Telecommunication 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 Telecommunication Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Telecommunication 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 Fusion Interactive and its competitors. Fusion Interactive's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.58 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Fusion Interactive stock overvalued right now?
Fusion Interactive (FUIG) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.58 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.58 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 Fusion Interactive (FUIG), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.58 Mil as of Sep. 2007. 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.

Fusion Interactive Business Description

Address 4380 NE 11th Avenue, 48-B, Oakland Park, FL, USA, 33334
Fusion Interactive Corp is a unified communication service provider. The services of the company include mobile messaging, call management, VoIP, visual voicemail, audio, and video conferencing, automated response and notification, Desktop-as-a-Service, and storage, all hosted in a distributed, fault-tolerant, performant, flexible cloud environment, managed through an intuitive interface with automated provisioning and easy user management. The company also provides critical services that free a business from needing to deploy or maintain its infrastructure and allow for easy access to corporate resources from anywhere, at any time, on any device.