Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Open Lending's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $14.50 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $67.11 Mil.
Open Lending (NAS:LPRO) 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.
Open Lending Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Open Lending Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Open Lending'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.
Open Lending Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LPRO vs RM, HTT, LX: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Credit Services subindustry, Open Lending'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.
Open Lending Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Credit Services Industry
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Open Lending's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Open Lending's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Open Lending 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. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $67.11 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 $67.11 Mil mean?
Open Lending (LPRO) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $67.11 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Open Lending and its competitors.
Is Open Lending's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Open Lending's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $67.11 Mil. Overall, Open Lending has a GF Score™ of 71/100 and is considered Possible Value Trap, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Open Lending's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to RM and HTT?
Open Lending's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $67.11 Mil can be compared against companies in the Credit Services 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 Credit Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Credit Services 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 Open Lending and its competitors. Open Lending's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $67.11 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Open Lending stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Open Lending (LPRO) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is $5.77, compared to a current price of $3.14 — trading 45.6% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $67.11 Mil. Open Lending's overall GF Score™ is 71/100 with 6 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 Open Lending (LPRO), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $67.11 Mil as of Mar. 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.
Is Open Lending (LPRO) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Open Lending stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of $3.14 is trading 45.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $5.77.
GuruFocus considers Open Lending to be Possible Value Trap.
Key valuation signals for LPRO:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $67.11 Mil
GF Value™: $5.77 vs. price of $3.14 (45.6% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the LPRO stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Open Lending Corp is a provider of lending enablement and risk analytics to credit unions, regional banks, finance companies and the captive finance companies of automakers (OEM captive finance companies). Through its flagship product, LPP, its customers, collectively referred to herein as automotive lenders or lenders, make automotive consumer loans to underserved near-prime and non-prime borrowers by harnessing its risk-based interest rate pricing models, powered by its proprietary data and real-time underwriting of automotive loan default insurance coverage from insurers.
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