LCDX (Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $4.52 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2014)


What is Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics LCDX Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.52 Mil as of Mar. 2014.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2014 was $1.34 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014 was $4.52 Mil.


Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics  (OTCPK:LCDX) 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.


Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics'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.

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
4.11 4.60 6.80 5.84 3.98

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
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LCDX vs VICA, CRVW, RSLS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics'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.


Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics 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. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.52 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 $4.52 Mil mean?
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (LCDX) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.52 Mil as of Mar. 2014. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics and its competitors.
Is Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.52 Mil.
How does Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VICA and CRVW?
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.52 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 Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics and its competitors. Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.52 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics stock overvalued right now?
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (LCDX) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.52 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.52 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 Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (LCDX), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.52 Mil as of Mar. 2014. 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.

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Business Description

Address 50 Methodist Hill Drive, Suite 1000, Rochester, NY, USA, 14623
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Inc is a medical device company engaged in developing, manufacturing, marketing & selling point-of-care cellular imaging systems to diagnose skin cancer. It offers clinical imaging and research imaging solutions that shows tissue at the cellular level. Its products portfolio includes; VivaScope; VivaScope 3000, 1500 & 2500; and VivaNet and VivaScan.