HWNI (High Wire Networks) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $5.88 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2025)

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What is High Wire Networks Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

High Wire Networks HWNI Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.88 Mil as of Sep. 2025. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. High Wire Networks's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2025 was $0.01 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was $5.88 Mil.


High Wire Networks  (OTCPK:HWNI) 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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High Wire Networks Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for High Wire Networks'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.

High Wire Networks Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

High Wire Networks Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
1.48 4.46 5.63 5.64 4.47

High Wire Networks Quarterly Data
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HWNI vs CYCU, NOTE, SEAV: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, High Wire Networks'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.


High Wire Networks Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, High Wire Networks's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where High Wire Networks's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



High Wire Networks 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 $5.88 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 $5.88 Mil mean?
High Wire Networks (HWNI) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.88 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 High Wire Networks and its competitors.
Is High Wire Networks' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
High Wire Networks' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.88 Mil.
How does High Wire Networks' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CYCU and NOTE?
High Wire Networks' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.88 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 High Wire Networks and its competitors. High Wire Networks's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.88 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is High Wire Networks stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, High Wire Networks (HWNI) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is $5.29, compared to a current price of $0.00 — trading 100% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.88 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 High Wire Networks (HWNI), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.88 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.

High Wire Networks Business Description

Address 30 North Lincoln Street, Batavia, IL, USA, 60510
High Wire Networks Inc provider of managed cybersecurity, managed networks, and tech-enabled professional services delivered exclusively through a channel sales model. Its Overwatch managed security platform-as-a-service offers organizations end-to-end protection for networks, data, endpoints, and users through multiyear recurring revenue contracts in this fast-growing technology segment. The company generates its key revenue from Cyber security segment and operates all reporting segments in one geographical area (the United States).