Draganfly Investments (LSE:DRG) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £0.19 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2017)

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What is Draganfly Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Draganfly Investments LSE:DRG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.19 Mil as of Oct. 2017. The stock has 5 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. Draganfly Investments's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2017 was £0.20 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2017 was £0.19 Mil.


Draganfly Investments  (LSE:DRG) 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.


Draganfly Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Draganfly Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Draganfly Investments'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.

Draganfly Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Draganfly Investments Annual Data
Trend Apr08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.09 0.09 0.25 0.08 0.11

Draganfly Investments Semi-Annual Data
Oct09 Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Oct11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17
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 0.03 0.05 0.12 -0.01 0.20

Draganfly Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Draganfly Investments'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.


Draganfly Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Draganfly Investments's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Draganfly Investments 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 Oct. 2017 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £0.19 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 £0.19 Mil mean?
Draganfly Investments (LSE:DRG) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.19 Mil as of Oct. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Draganfly Investments and its competitors.
Is Draganfly Investments' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Draganfly Investments' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.19 Mil.
How does Draganfly Investments' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Draganfly Investments' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.19 Mil can be compared against companies in the Asset Management 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 an Asset Management company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Asset Management 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 Draganfly Investments and its competitors. Draganfly Investments's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.19 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Draganfly Investments stock overvalued right now?
Draganfly Investments (LSE:DRG) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.19 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.19 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 Draganfly Investments (LSE:DRG), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.19 Mil as of Oct. 2017. 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.

Draganfly Investments Business Description

Draganfly Investments Ltd is a part of the financial services sector in the United Kingdom. The key activities of the company include investment trading and holding a small portfolio of investments. The company's objective is that the funding of investment assets is primarily met from shareholders' funds. Draganfly Investments focus on a wide range of economic sector for investment opportunities.