GABA (Georgia Bancshares) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $5.00 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2005)

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What is Georgia Bancshares Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Georgia Bancshares GABA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.00 Mil as of Sep. 2005.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Georgia Bancshares's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2005 was $1.31 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2005 was $5.00 Mil.


Georgia Bancshares  (OTCPK:GABA) 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.


Georgia Bancshares Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Georgia Bancshares Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Georgia Bancshares'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.

Georgia Bancshares Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Georgia Bancshares Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
1.36 2.05 2.73 3.98

Georgia Bancshares Quarterly Data
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GABA vs BTHT, SUGR, TCNB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Georgia Bancshares'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.


Georgia Bancshares Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Georgia Bancshares's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Georgia Bancshares 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. 2005 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.00 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 $5.00 Mil mean?
Georgia Bancshares (GABA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.00 Mil as of Sep. 2005. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Georgia Bancshares and its competitors.
Is Georgia Bancshares' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Georgia Bancshares' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.00 Mil.
How does Georgia Bancshares' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BTHT and SUGR?
Georgia Bancshares' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.00 Mil can be compared against companies in the Banks 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 Banks company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Banks 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 Georgia Bancshares and its competitors. Georgia Bancshares's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.00 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Georgia Bancshares stock overvalued right now?
Georgia Bancshares (GABA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.00 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.00 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 Georgia Bancshares (GABA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.00 Mil as of Sep. 2005. 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.

Georgia Bancshares Business Description

Address 100 Westpark Drive, Peachtree, GA, USA, 30269
Georgia Bancshares Inc is a holding company for The Bank of Georgia, which conducts a community-oriented commercial and retail banking business, focusing on the needs of individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses. It provides a variety of banking services to individuals and businesses. Its services include checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs), individual retirement accounts (IRAs) personal loans and other.