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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. CropEnergies AG's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2026 was €0.36 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was €0.36 Mil.
CropEnergies AG (HAM:CE2) 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.
CropEnergies AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
CropEnergies AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for CropEnergies AG'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.
CropEnergies AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
HAM:CE2 vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, CropEnergies AG'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.
CropEnergies AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, CropEnergies AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CropEnergies AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
CropEnergies AG 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was €0.36 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 €0.36 Mil mean?
CropEnergies AG (HAM:CE2) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €0.36 Mil as of Feb. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on CropEnergies AG and its competitors.
Is CropEnergies AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
CropEnergies AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €0.36 Mil. Overall, CropEnergies AG has a GF Score™ of 71/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does CropEnergies AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to LIN and SHW?
CropEnergies AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €0.36 Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals 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 Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals 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 CropEnergies AG and its competitors. CropEnergies AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €0.36 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is CropEnergies AG stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, CropEnergies AG (HAM:CE2) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is €14.58, compared to a current price of €13.90 — trading 4.7% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €0.36 Mil. CropEnergies AG's overall GF Score™ is 71/100 with 4 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 CropEnergies AG (HAM:CE2), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €0.36 Mil as of Feb. 2026. 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 CropEnergies AG (HAM:CE2) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, CropEnergies AG stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of €13.90 is trading 4.7% below its estimated GF Value™ of €14.58.
GuruFocus considers CropEnergies AG to be Fairly Valued.
Key valuation signals for HAM:CE2:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €0.36 Mil
GF Value™: €14.58 vs. price of €13.90 (4.7% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the HAM:CE2 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
CropEnergies AG is a German company which manufactures bioethanol for the fuel sector from cereals and sugar beet. The company also produces various food and animal feed products such as ProtiWanze, a liquid protein animal feed for feeding ruminants and pigs, as well as a high-grade dry stillage protein animal feed. In addition, it produces neutral alcohol for the beverage, food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, as well as for industrial applications, such as the production of windscreen washer fluid and disinfectants.
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