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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. CPP Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was £4.96 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was £9.26 Mil.
CPP Group (LSE:CPP) 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.
CPP Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
CPP Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for CPP 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.
CPP Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:CPP vs CTAS, CPRT, GPN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, CPP 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.
CPP Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CPP Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CPP Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
CPP 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 £9.26 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 £9.26 Mil mean?
CPP Group (LSE:CPP) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £9.26 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 CPP Group and its competitors.
Is CPP Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
CPP Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £9.26 Mil. Overall, CPP Group has a GF Score™ of 40/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does CPP Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CTAS and CPRT?
CPP Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £9.26 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 CPP Group and its competitors. CPP Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £9.26 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is CPP Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, CPP Group (LSE:CPP) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is £0.02, compared to a current price of £0.20 — trading 900% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £9.26 Mil. CPP Group's overall GF Score™ is 40/100 with 5 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 CPP Group (LSE:CPP), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £9.26 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.
Is CPP Group (LSE:CPP) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, CPP Group stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of £0.20 is trading 900% above its estimated GF Value™ of £0.02.
GuruFocus considers CPP Group to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for LSE:CPP:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £9.26 Mil
GF Value™: £0.02 vs. price of £0.20 (900% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the LSE:CPP stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
CPP Group PLC is a UK-based company engaged in the provision of assistance products and services to customers. The Group is managed on the basis of five broad business units: India (CPP India and Globiva); Turkey; Blink; Central Functions: central cost base required to provide expertise and operate a listed group. Central Functions is stated after the recharge of certain central costs that are appropriate to transfer to the relevant geographies for statutory purposes; and Legacy (UK MGA, UK Legacy, Spain, Portugal and Italy). The company's portfolio of assistance products is distributed across the financial services and telecommunications sectors in the UK and overseas. It has its business spread across India, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Other countries.
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