Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Johnson Matthey's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $159 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $388 Mil.
Johnson Matthey (OTCPK:JMPLF) 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.
Johnson Matthey Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Johnson Matthey Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Johnson Matthey'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.
Johnson Matthey Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
JMPLF vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Johnson Matthey'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.
Johnson Matthey Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Johnson Matthey's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Johnson Matthey's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Johnson Matthey 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $388 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 $388 Mil mean?
Johnson Matthey (JMPLF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $388 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Johnson Matthey and its competitors.
Is Johnson Matthey's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Johnson Matthey's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $388 Mil. Overall, Johnson Matthey has a GF Score™ of 64/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Johnson Matthey's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to LIN and SHW?
Johnson Matthey's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $388 Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals 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 Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals 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 Johnson Matthey and its competitors. Johnson Matthey's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $388 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Johnson Matthey stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Johnson Matthey (JMPLF) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $17.80, compared to a current price of $28.61 — trading 60.7% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $388 Mil. Johnson Matthey's overall GF Score™ is 64/100 with 5 warning signs 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 Johnson Matthey (JMPLF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $388 Mil as of Mar. 2026. 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.
Is Johnson Matthey (JMPLF) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Johnson Matthey stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $28.61 is trading 60.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $17.80.
GuruFocus considers Johnson Matthey to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for JMPLF:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $388 Mil
GF Value™: $17.80 vs. price of $28.61 (60.7% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the JMPLF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Johnson Matthey PLC is a platinum group metals (PGMs) company. It uses metal chemistry, catalysis, and process engineering and provides technology and expertise to energy, chemicals, and automotive companies to decarbonise, reduce harmful emissions, and improve sustainability. Its segments include Clean Air, PGM Services, Catalyst Technologies, Hydrogen Technologies and Value Businesses. The company generates maximum revenue from the PGM Services segment, which enables the energy transition through providing circular solutions as demand for scarce critical materials increases, provides a strategic service to the group supporting the other segments with security of metal supply, and manufactures value-added PGM products. The company derives key revenue from the United Kingdom.
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