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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Billing Services Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2019 was £3.14 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 was £6.66 Mil.
Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) 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.
Billing Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Billing Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Billing Services Group'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.
Billing Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:BILL vs GPN, CTAS, CPRT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Billing Services Group'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.
Billing Services Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Billing Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Billing Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Billing Services Group 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 Jun. 2019 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £6.66 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 £6.66 Mil mean?
Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £6.66 Mil as of Jun. 2019. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Billing Services Group and its competitors.
Is Billing Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Billing Services Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.66 Mil.
How does Billing Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to GPN and CTAS?
Billing Services Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £6.66 Mil can be compared against companies in the Business 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 Business Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Business 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 Billing Services Group and its competitors. Billing Services Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.66 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Billing Services Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.66 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 Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.66 Mil as of Jun. 2019. 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.
Billing Services Group Ltd is focused on payment solutions. The company offers a powerful suite of financial clearinghouse services for merchants, online stores, and telecommunications companies. Its services include local exchange carrier (LEC) phone clearing, billing and settlement solutions, toll clearing services, a Wi-Fi wholesale settlement solution, and VoiceLog Third Party Verification. The company generates a majority of revenue from LEC billing. Its geographical segment includes North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company derives the maximum revenue from North America.
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