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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Kestra Medical Technologies's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jan. 2026 was $42.70 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2026 was $165.19 Mil.
Kestra Medical Technologies (NAS:KMTS) 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.
Kestra Medical Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Kestra Medical Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Kestra Medical Technologies'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.
Kestra Medical Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
KMTS vs ATRC, STAA, BLFS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Kestra Medical Technologies'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.
Kestra Medical Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Kestra Medical Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kestra Medical Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Kestra Medical Technologies 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 Jan. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $165.19 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 $165.19 Mil mean?
Kestra Medical Technologies (KMTS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $165.19 Mil as of Jan. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Kestra Medical Technologies and its competitors.
Is Kestra Medical Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Kestra Medical Technologies' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $165.19 Mil. Overall, Kestra Medical Technologies has a GF Score™ of 10/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Kestra Medical Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ATRC and STAA?
Kestra Medical Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $165.19 Mil can be compared against companies in the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Medical Devices & Instruments company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Kestra Medical Technologies and its competitors. Kestra Medical Technologies's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $165.19 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Kestra Medical Technologies stock overvalued right now?
Kestra Medical Technologies (KMTS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $165.19 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $165.19 Mil. Kestra Medical Technologies' overall GF Score™ is 10/100 with 4 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 Kestra Medical Technologies (KMTS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $165.19 Mil as of Jan. 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.
Kestra Medical Technologies Ltd is a commercial-stage, wearable medical device and digital healthcare company focused on transforming patient outcomes in cardiovascular disease using monitoring and therapeutic intervention technologies that are intuitive, intelligent, and connected. It has developed and is commercializing its Cardiac Recovery System platform, a comprehensive and developed system that integrates monitoring, therapeutic treatment, digital health, and patient support services into a single, unified solution. The cornerstone of its Cardiac Recovery System platform is the ASSURE WCD, a next-generation wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) used to protect patients at an elevated risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), a prominent public health problem.
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