IPEU (IPE Universal) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.93 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2012)


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What is IPE Universal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

IPE Universal IPEU 30 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.93 Mil as of Jun. 2012. GuruFocus rates IPEU with a GF Score™ of 30/100.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. IPE Universal's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2012 was $1.93 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2012 was $1.93 Mil.

IPE Universal  (OTCPK:IPEU) 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.

IPE Universal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

IPE Universal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for IPE Universal'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.

IPE Universal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

IPE Universal Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.07 0.52 2.43

IPE Universal Semi-Annual Data
Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 0.07 0.52 2.43 1.93

IPEU vs SPNS, SPT, PD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, IPE Universal'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.

IPE Universal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

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

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


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IPE Universal 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 Jun. 2012 was $1.93 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 $1.93 Mil mean?
IPE Universal (IPEU) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.93 Mil as of Jun. 2012. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on IPE Universal and its competitors.
Is IPE Universal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
IPE Universal's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.93 Mil. Overall, IPE Universal has a GF Score™ of 30/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does IPE Universal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SPNS and SPT?
IPE Universal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.93 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 IPE Universal and its competitors. IPE Universal's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.93 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is IPE Universal stock overvalued right now?
IPE Universal (IPEU) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.93 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.93 Mil. IPE Universal's overall GF Score™ is 30/100. 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 IPE Universal (IPEU), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.93 Mil as of Jun. 2012. 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.

IPE Universal Business Description

Address 1752 Ainsdale Drive, Roseville, CA, USA, 95747
IPE Universal Inc is engaged in developing childhood education software systems. The company is engaged in high-tech business developing early childhood education software systems located in Taiwan and China. The company also provides education programs, products, services and technological products but also licenses IP services to businesses, NFTs, Crypto, Virtual Real Estate, Metaverse (Virtual World), and merchandise and many other products.
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