Catenai (LSE:CTAI) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £0.42 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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What is Catenai Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Catenai LSE:CTAI -3.23% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil as of Dec. 2025. The stock has 3 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. Catenai's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was £0.19 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was £0.42 Mil.


Catenai  (LSE:CTAI) 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.


Catenai Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Catenai Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Catenai'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.

Catenai Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Catenai Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.76 0.94 0.18 0.18 0.42

Catenai Semi-Annual Data
Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 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 -0.02 0.14 0.05 0.23 0.19

LSE:CTAI vs MSFT, ORCL, PLTR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Catenai'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.


Catenai Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Catenai's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Catenai 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 £0.42 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 £0.42 Mil mean?
Catenai (LSE:CTAI) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.42 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 Catenai and its competitors.
Is Catenai's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Catenai's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil.
How does Catenai's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MSFT and ORCL?
Catenai's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.42 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Catenai and its competitors. Catenai's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Catenai stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Catenai (LSE:CTAI) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is £0.01, compared to a current price of £0.00 — trading 85% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 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 Catenai (LSE:CTAI), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 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.

Catenai Business Description

Address 26/27 Lansdowne Terrace, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, GBR, NE3 1HP
Catenai PLC is engaged in the provision of digital media and technology services. The Company specialises in IT solutions that solve commercial challenges and create opportunities for its clients, with an increasing focus incorporating AI into its platforms.