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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. AYO Technology Solutions's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2025 was R295 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was R951 Mil.
AYO Technology Solutions (JSE:AYO) 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.
AYO Technology Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
AYO Technology Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for AYO Technology Solutions'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.
AYO Technology Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
JSE:AYO vs IBM, ACN, FI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, AYO Technology Solutions'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.
AYO Technology Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, AYO Technology Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where AYO Technology Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
AYO Technology Solutions 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. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was R951 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 R951 Mil mean?
AYO Technology Solutions (JSE:AYO) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R951 Mil as of Feb. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on AYO Technology Solutions and its competitors.
Is AYO Technology Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
AYO Technology Solutions' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R951 Mil. Overall, AYO Technology Solutions has a GF Score™ of 11/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does AYO Technology Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to IBM and ACN?
AYO Technology Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R951 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 AYO Technology Solutions and its competitors. AYO Technology Solutions's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R951 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is AYO Technology Solutions stock overvalued right now?
AYO Technology Solutions (JSE:AYO) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R951 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R951 Mil. AYO Technology Solutions' overall GF Score™ is 11/100. 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 AYO Technology Solutions (JSE:AYO), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R951 Mil as of Feb. 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.
AYO Technology Solutions Ltd is Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) information and communications technology (ICT) investment holding company. The company through its subsidiaries provides solutions to both the public and private sectors within South Africa and overseas countries. It offers a diversified portfolio of services such as data analytics, systems integration, and business process management, software development, security, cloud solutions, and digital transformation. The company's operating segment includes Software and consulting; Security solutions; Unified communications; Health care service; Tracking solutions and Managed Services. It generates maximum revenue from the Managed services segment.
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