LCHD (Leader Capital Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $2.35 Mil (TTM As of May. 2023)

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What is Leader Capital Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Leader Capital Holdings LCHD Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.35 Mil as of May. 2023.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Leader Capital Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in May. 2023 was $0.62 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2023 was $2.35 Mil.


Leader Capital Holdings  (OTCPK:LCHD) 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.


Leader Capital Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Leader Capital Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Leader Capital Holdings'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.

Leader Capital Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Leader Capital Holdings Annual Data
Trend Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.56 0.96 9.74 9.91 5.11

Leader Capital Holdings Quarterly Data
Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23
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LCHD vs MAPS, UPLD, OCFT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Leader Capital Holdings'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.


Leader Capital Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Leader Capital Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Leader Capital Holdings 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 May. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.35 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 $2.35 Mil mean?
Leader Capital Holdings (LCHD) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.35 Mil as of May. 2023. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Leader Capital Holdings and its competitors.
Is Leader Capital Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Leader Capital Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.35 Mil.
How does Leader Capital Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MAPS and UPLD?
Leader Capital Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.35 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 Leader Capital Holdings and its competitors. Leader Capital Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.35 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Leader Capital Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Leader Capital Holdings (LCHD) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.35 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.35 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 Leader Capital Holdings (LCHD), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.35 Mil as of May. 2023. 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.

Leader Capital Holdings Business Description

Address 418 Kwan Tong Road, Suite 2311, 23rd Floor, Millennium City 5 - BEA Tower, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Leader Capital Holdings Corp through its subsidiaries owns and operates a mobile application platform that connects the investor with other financial service providers. The company's application helps to meet the generic needs of financial service providers mainly for trust and insurance companies. The Company operates in the provision of investment platform services and Provision of software development service and maintenance service through mobile application.