Comptoir Group (LSE:COM) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £28.42 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


What is Comptoir Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Comptoir Group LSE:COM Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £28.42 Mil as of Dec. 2025. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Comptoir Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was £15.68 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was £28.42 Mil.

Comptoir Group  (LSE:COM) 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.

Comptoir Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Comptoir Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Comptoir Group'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.

Comptoir Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Comptoir Group Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.68 22.79 25.49 28.70 28.42

Comptoir Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.17 14.36 14.34 12.73 15.68

LSE:COM vs MCD, SBUX, YUM: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Comptoir 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.

Comptoir Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Comptoir Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


Comptoir 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £28.42 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 £28.42 Mil mean?
Comptoir Group (LSE:COM) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £28.42 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 Comptoir Group and its competitors.
Is Comptoir Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Comptoir Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £28.42 Mil.
How does Comptoir Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MCD and SBUX?
Comptoir Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £28.42 Mil can be compared against companies in the Restaurants 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 Restaurants company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Restaurants 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 Comptoir Group and its competitors. Comptoir Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £28.42 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Comptoir Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Comptoir Group (LSE:COM) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is £0.06, compared to a current price of £0.06 — trading 4.2% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £28.42 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 Comptoir Group (LSE:COM), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £28.42 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.

Comptoir Group Business Description

Address 259-269 Old Marylebone Road, 6th Floor, Winchester House, London, GBR, NW1 5RA
Comptoir Group PLC operates restaurants with Lebanese/Middle Eastern offering in the UK casual dining sector. Its principal brand is Comptoir Libanais, a Lebanese and Middle Eastern focused casual dining brand. The restaurants offer an all-day dining experience based around healthy and fresh food in a friendly, colourful and vibrant environment, which delivers value for money to a broad demographic of guests. The company serves Shawa which is a Lebanese shawarma grill concept-serving lean, grilled meats, roosserie chicken and homemade falafel. It operates in single segment being the operation of restaurants with Lebanese and Middle Eastern Offerings and one geographical segment being the United Kingdom.