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Barclays BankLSE:47MB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £11,358.00 Mil as of Dec. 2025. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Barclays Bank's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was £5,103.00 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was £11,358.00 Mil.
Barclays Bank (LSE:47MB) 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.
Barclays Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Barclays Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Barclays Bank'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.
Barclays Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:47MB vs USB, PNC, TFC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Barclays Bank'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.
Barclays Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Barclays Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Barclays Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Barclays Bank 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 £11,358.00 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 £11,358.00 Mil mean?
Barclays Bank (LSE:47MB) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £11,358.00 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 Barclays Bank and its competitors.
Is Barclays Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Barclays Bank's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £11,358.00 Mil.
How does Barclays Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to USB and PNC?
Barclays Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £11,358.00 Mil can be compared against companies in the Banks 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 Banks company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Banks 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 Barclays Bank and its competitors. Barclays Bank's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £11,358.00 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Barclays Bank stock overvalued right now?
Barclays Bank (LSE:47MB) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £11,358.00 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £11,358.00 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 Barclays Bank (LSE:47MB), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £11,358.00 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.
Barclays Bank PLC is a financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services all over the world. The company's reportable segments are; Barclays UK Corporate Bank, Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management, Barclays Investment Bank, and Barclays U.S. Consumer Bank. Maximum revenue for the company is generated from its Barclays Investment Bank segment. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, other regions of the Americas, and the Middle East and Asia.
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