LMSC (Live Microsystems) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.69 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2015)

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What is Live Microsystems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Live Microsystems LMSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.69 Mil as of Mar. 2015.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Live Microsystems's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was $0.24 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 was $0.69 Mil.


Live Microsystems  (OTCPK:LMSC) 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.


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Live Microsystems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Live Microsystems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Live Microsystems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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LMSC vs MFCO, DGDM, AWSM: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Live Microsystems'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.


Live Microsystems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Live Microsystems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Live Microsystems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Live Microsystems 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. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.69 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 $0.69 Mil mean?
Live Microsystems (LMSC) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.69 Mil as of Mar. 2015. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Live Microsystems and its competitors.
Is Live Microsystems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Live Microsystems' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.69 Mil.
How does Live Microsystems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MFCO and DGDM?
Live Microsystems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.69 Mil can be compared against companies in the Hardware 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 Hardware company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Hardware 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 Live Microsystems and its competitors. Live Microsystems's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.69 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Live Microsystems stock overvalued right now?
Live Microsystems (LMSC) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.69 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.69 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 Live Microsystems (LMSC), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.69 Mil as of Mar. 2015. 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.

Live Microsystems Business Description

Address 1 Broadway, 14th Floor, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02142
Live Microsystems Inc is a United States-based mobile internet powerhouses for network operators, consumer device manufacturers, brands and media companies entering the mobile market.