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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Invinity Energy Systems's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was £3.61 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was £5.88 Mil.
Invinity Energy Systems (LSE:IES) 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.
Invinity Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Invinity Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Invinity Energy Systems'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.
Invinity Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:IES vs VRT, BE: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Invinity Energy Systems'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.
Invinity Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Invinity Energy Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Invinity Energy Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Invinity Energy Systems 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 £5.88 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 £5.88 Mil mean?
Invinity Energy Systems (LSE:IES) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £5.88 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 Invinity Energy Systems and its competitors.
Is Invinity Energy Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Invinity Energy Systems' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £5.88 Mil. Overall, Invinity Energy Systems has a GF Score™ of 48/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Invinity Energy Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VRT and BE?
Invinity Energy Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £5.88 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 Invinity Energy Systems and its competitors. Invinity Energy Systems's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £5.88 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Invinity Energy Systems stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Invinity Energy Systems (LSE:IES) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is £0.09, compared to a current price of £0.22 — trading 144.4% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £5.88 Mil. Invinity Energy Systems' overall GF Score™ is 48/100 with 6 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 Invinity Energy Systems (LSE:IES), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £5.88 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 Invinity Energy Systems (LSE:IES) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Invinity Energy Systems stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of £0.22 is trading 144.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of £0.09.
GuruFocus considers Invinity Energy Systems to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for LSE:IES:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £5.88 Mil
GF Value™: £0.09 vs. price of £0.22 (144.4% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the LSE:IES stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Invinity Energy Systems PLC operates in the manufacturing of vanadium flow battery systems and their related installation and other services. Its vanadium flow batteries are a form of heavy-duty, stationary energy storage, used in high-utilization applications such as being coupled with industrial-scale solar generation for distributed, low-carbon energy projects. The company's flow battery systems are ideal for commercial and industrial sites, grid network infrastructure projects, and off-grid applications, either standalone or alongside renewable energy such as solar PV. It generates the majority of its revenue from the sale of Battery systems and associated control systems.
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