HADV (Health Advance) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.09 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2017)

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What is Health Advance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Health Advance HADV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.09 Mil as of Sep. 2017.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Health Advance's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was $0.06 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2017 was $0.09 Mil.


Health Advance  (OTCPK:HADV) 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.


Health Advance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Health Advance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Health Advance'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.

Health Advance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Health Advance Annual Data
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HADV vs MYDP, HEWA, RXMD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Health Advance'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.


Health Advance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Health Advance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Health Advance 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. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.09 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 $0.09 Mil mean?
Health Advance (HADV) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.09 Mil as of Sep. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Health Advance and its competitors.
Is Health Advance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Health Advance's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.09 Mil.
How does Health Advance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MYDP and HEWA?
Health Advance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.09 Mil can be compared against companies in the Healthcare Providers & 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 Healthcare Providers & Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Healthcare Providers & 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 Health Advance and its competitors. Health Advance's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.09 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Health Advance stock overvalued right now?
Health Advance (HADV) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.09 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.09 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 Health Advance (HADV), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.09 Mil as of Sep. 2017. 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.

Health Advance Business Description

Address 9131 Keele Street, Suite A4, Vaughan, ON, CAN, L4K 0G7
Health Advance Inc is engaged in the retail domain. The Company is focused on products that are oriented to health and wellness. The first example of this is a proprietary CBD-infused wine beverage. The company is in the analysis stage for Immune boosting nutraceuticals, and human wellness products.