ISHM (InfoSearch Media) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $3.91 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2008)


What is InfoSearch Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

InfoSearch Media ISHM -99.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil as of Jun. 2008.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. InfoSearch Media's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2008 was $0.68 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2008 was $3.91 Mil.


InfoSearch Media  (OTCPK:ISHM) 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.


InfoSearch Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


InfoSearch Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for InfoSearch Media'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.

InfoSearch Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

InfoSearch Media Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
5.46 7.09 11.74 5.59

InfoSearch Media Quarterly Data
Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.78 1.02 1.23 0.98 0.68

ISHM vs LKST, IDDR, SNNC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, InfoSearch Media'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.


InfoSearch Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, InfoSearch Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



InfoSearch Media 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 Jun. 2008 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.91 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 $3.91 Mil mean?
InfoSearch Media (ISHM) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.91 Mil as of Jun. 2008. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on InfoSearch Media and its competitors.
Is InfoSearch Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
InfoSearch Media's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil.
How does InfoSearch Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to LKST and IDDR?
InfoSearch Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.91 Mil can be compared against companies in the Interactive Media 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 an Interactive Media company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Interactive Media 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 InfoSearch Media and its competitors. InfoSearch Media's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is InfoSearch Media stock overvalued right now?
InfoSearch Media (ISHM) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.91 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 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 InfoSearch Media (ISHM), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil as of Jun. 2008. 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.

InfoSearch Media Business Description

Address 6041 Bristol Parkway, Culver City, CA, USA, 90230
InfoSearch Media Inc is a provider of smart search-targeted text and video content for the Internet, designed to improve traffic, brand recognition and website performance for publishing and media clients.