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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Hornbeck Offshore Services's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2025 was $81.8 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was $159.1 Mil.
Hornbeck Offshore Services (NYSE:HOS) 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.
Hornbeck Offshore Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Hornbeck Offshore Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Hornbeck Offshore Services'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.
Hornbeck Offshore Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Hornbeck Offshore Services Annual Data
Trend
Dec22
Dec23
Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
64.28
289.22
309.24
Hornbeck Offshore Services Quarterly Data
Dec23
Sep24
Dec24
Sep25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.00
80.97
77.27
81.78
HOS vs : Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Hornbeck Offshore Services'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.
Hornbeck Offshore Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Hornbeck Offshore Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Hornbeck Offshore Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Hornbeck Offshore Services 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $159.1 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 $159.1 Mil mean?
Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $159.1 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Hornbeck Offshore Services and its competitors.
Is Hornbeck Offshore Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Hornbeck Offshore Services' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $159.1 Mil. Overall, Hornbeck Offshore Services has a GF Score™ of 19/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Hornbeck Offshore Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ?
Hornbeck Offshore Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $159.1 Mil can be compared against companies in the Transportation 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 Transportation company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Transportation 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 Hornbeck Offshore Services and its competitors. Hornbeck Offshore Services's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $159.1 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Hornbeck Offshore Services stock overvalued right now?
Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $159.1 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $159.1 Mil. Hornbeck Offshore Services' overall GF Score™ is 19/100 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 Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $159.1 Mil as of Sep. 2025. 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.
Address103 Northpark Boulevard, Suite 300, Covington, LA, USA, 70433
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates offshore supply vessels (OSVs), multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs), and a shore-base facility. It provides marine transportation, logistics support, and related services to customers in the offshore oil and gas industry, in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, Latin America, and other international markets. The company also serves non-oilfield markets, including military support services, renewable energy projects, and other marine service activities. The majority of revenue is derived from the provision of vessel management services to external vessel owners and from providing shore-based port facility services.
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