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Itonis (Itonis) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1.69 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2008)


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What is Itonis Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Itonis's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2008 was $0.42 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2008 was $1.69 Mil.


Itonis Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Itonis'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.

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Itonis Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Itonis Annual Data
Trend Nov05 Nov06 Nov07
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.08 2.33 1.32

Itonis Quarterly Data
Nov05 Feb06 May06 Aug06 Nov06 Feb07 May07 Aug07 Nov07 Feb08
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.15 0.32 0.19 0.77 0.42

Competitive Comparison of Itonis's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Medical Distribution subindustry, Itonis'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.


Itonis's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Medical Distribution Industry

For the Medical Distribution industry and Healthcare sector, Itonis's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Itonis 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 Feb. 2008 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.69 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.


Itonis  (OTCPK:ITNS) 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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Itonis (Itonis) Business Description

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22600-C Lambert Street, Suite 902, Lake Forest, CA, USA, 92630
Itonis Inc is a development-stage company. It operates as a holding company, which engages in the development and distribution of products to the medical and pharmaceutical industry. It is presently focused on marketing its Emesyl homeopathic anti-nausea product for retail sale. It produces and markets over-the-counter and prescription homeopathic preparations to treat both common ailments and chronic diseases.

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