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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. DRS Data & Research Services's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2015 was £4.82 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was £7.05 Mil.
DRS Data & Research Services (LSE:DRSA) 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.
DRS Data & Research Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
DRS Data & Research Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for DRS Data & Research Services'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.
DRS Data & Research Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
DRS Data & Research Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, DRS Data & Research Services'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.
DRS Data & Research Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, DRS Data & Research Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where DRS Data & Research Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
DRS Data & Research Services 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. 2015 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £7.05 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 £7.05 Mil mean?
DRS Data & Research Services (LSE:DRSA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £7.05 Mil as of Dec. 2015. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on DRS Data & Research Services and its competitors.
Is DRS Data & Research Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
DRS Data & Research Services' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £7.05 Mil.
How does DRS Data & Research Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
DRS Data & Research Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £7.05 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 DRS Data & Research Services and its competitors. DRS Data & Research Services's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £7.05 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is DRS Data & Research Services stock overvalued right now?
DRS Data & Research Services (LSE:DRSA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £7.05 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £7.05 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 DRS Data & Research Services (LSE:DRSA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £7.05 Mil as of Dec. 2015. 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.
DRS Data & Research Services PLC was incorporated on August 1, 1969. The Company is engaged in the provision of data capture services, the manufacture, sale and support of optical and image scanning equipment, design and printing of documentation used for data capture and associated software and bureau services.
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