GMBTW (Queens Gambit Growth Capital) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $9.74 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2021)

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What is Queens Gambit Growth Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Queens Gambit Growth Capital GMBTW 21 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.74 Mil as of Dec. 2021. GuruFocus rates GMBTW with a GF Score™ of 21/100. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Queens Gambit Growth Capital's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $3.20 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 was $9.74 Mil.


Queens Gambit Growth Capital  (NAS:GMBTW) 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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Queens Gambit Growth Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Queens Gambit Growth Capital'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.

Queens Gambit Growth Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Queens Gambit Growth Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.00 9.74

Queens Gambit Growth Capital Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 0.00 0.41 1.21 4.92 3.20

GMBTW vs CLAA, GATE, HCAR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Queens Gambit Growth Capital'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.


Queens Gambit Growth Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Queens Gambit Growth Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Queens Gambit Growth Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Queens Gambit Growth Capital 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. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.74 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 $9.74 Mil mean?
Queens Gambit Growth Capital (GMBTW) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.74 Mil as of Dec. 2021. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Queens Gambit Growth Capital and its competitors.
Is Queens Gambit Growth Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Queens Gambit Growth Capital's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.74 Mil. Overall, Queens Gambit Growth Capital has a GF Score™ of 21/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Queens Gambit Growth Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CLAA and GATE?
Queens Gambit Growth Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.74 Mil can be compared against companies in the Diversified Financial 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 Diversified Financial Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Diversified Financial 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 Queens Gambit Growth Capital and its competitors. Queens Gambit Growth Capital's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.74 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Queens Gambit Growth Capital stock overvalued right now?
Queens Gambit Growth Capital (GMBTW) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.74 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.74 Mil. Queens Gambit Growth Capital's overall GF Score™ is 21/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Queens Gambit Growth Capital (GMBTW), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.74 Mil as of Dec. 2021. 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.

Queens Gambit Growth Capital Business Description

Address 55 Hudson Yards, 44th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Queens Gambit Growth Capital is a blank check company.
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