HAUP (Hauppauge Digital) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $9.38 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2014)

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What is Hauppauge Digital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Hauppauge Digital HAUP +6.80% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.38 Mil as of Mar. 2014.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Hauppauge Digital's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2014 was $2.13 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014 was $9.38 Mil.


Hauppauge Digital  (OTCPK:HAUP) 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.


Hauppauge Digital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Hauppauge Digital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Hauppauge Digital'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.

Hauppauge Digital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Hauppauge Digital Annual Data
Trend Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Hauppauge Digital Quarterly Data
Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
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HAUP vs VIDE, ITOX: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Hauppauge Digital'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.


Hauppauge Digital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Hauppauge Digital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hauppauge Digital 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 Mar. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.38 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 $9.38 Mil mean?
Hauppauge Digital (HAUP) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.38 Mil as of Mar. 2014. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Hauppauge Digital and its competitors.
Is Hauppauge Digital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Hauppauge Digital's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.38 Mil.
How does Hauppauge Digital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VIDE and ITOX?
Hauppauge Digital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.38 Mil can be compared against companies in the Hardware 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 Hardware company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Hardware 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 Hauppauge Digital and its competitors. Hauppauge Digital's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.38 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Hauppauge Digital stock overvalued right now?
Hauppauge Digital (HAUP) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.38 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.38 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 Hauppauge Digital (HAUP), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.38 Mil as of Mar. 2014. 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.

Hauppauge Digital Business Description

Address 135 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, NY, USA, 11788
Hauppauge Digital Inc is a developer of analog and digital TV tuners and other products for the personal computer market. Its product portfolio covers USB TV tuners, HD video recorders, Internal TV tuners, Digital CableCARD tuners, Analog video capture products, European Digital TV Receivers, and Digital media adapters, among others.