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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Lion Group Holding's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $1.97 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $4.18 Mil.
Lion Group Holding (NAS:LGHL) 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.
Lion Group Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Lion Group Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Lion Group Holding'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.
Lion Group Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LGHL vs MNTR, BEGI, BTMCQ: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Capital Markets subindustry, Lion Group Holding'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.
Lion Group Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Capital Markets Industry
For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Lion Group Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lion Group Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Lion Group Holding 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.18 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 $4.18 Mil mean?
Lion Group Holding (LGHL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.18 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Lion Group Holding and its competitors.
Is Lion Group Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Lion Group Holding's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.18 Mil. Overall, Lion Group Holding has a GF Score™ of 28/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Lion Group Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MNTR and BEGI?
Lion Group Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.18 Mil can be compared against companies in the Capital Markets 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 Capital Markets company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Capital Markets 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 Lion Group Holding and its competitors. Lion Group Holding's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.18 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Lion Group Holding stock overvalued right now?
Lion Group Holding (LGHL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.18 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.18 Mil. Lion Group Holding's overall GF Score™ is 28/100 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 Lion Group Holding (LGHL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.18 Mil as of Dec. 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.
Lion Group Holding Ltd provides an investor-focused trading platform that offers various products and services. The company's current business lines include total return swap (TRS) trading business, contracts for difference (CFD) trading services, and Over-The-Counter (OTC) stock options trading business. It offers these services through its all-in-one Lion Brokers Pro app and a variety of other apps available on iOS, Android, PC, and Mac platforms. The company's clients are mostly well-educated and affluent Chinese investors residing both inside and outside the PRC (excluding the United States). Its operating segments are: OTC Stock option trading, which generates maximum revenue, CFD trading, TRS trading, and Other. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from Hong Kong.
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