Rosslyn Data Technologies (LSE:RDT) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £3.39 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2025)

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What is Rosslyn Data Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Rosslyn Data Technologies LSE:RDT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.39 Mil as of Oct. 2025. The stock has 7 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. Rosslyn Data Technologies's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2025 was £1.74 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2025 was £3.39 Mil.


Rosslyn Data Technologies  (LSE:RDT) 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.


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Rosslyn Data Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Rosslyn Data Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Rosslyn Data Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Rosslyn Data Technologies Annual Data
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Rosslyn Data Technologies Semi-Annual Data
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LSE:RDT vs QH, SHOP, UBER: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Rosslyn Data Technologies'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.


Rosslyn Data Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

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

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



Rosslyn Data Technologies 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. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £3.39 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 £3.39 Mil mean?
Rosslyn Data Technologies (LSE:RDT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £3.39 Mil as of Oct. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Rosslyn Data Technologies and its competitors.
Is Rosslyn Data Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Rosslyn Data Technologies' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.39 Mil.
How does Rosslyn Data Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to QH and SHOP?
Rosslyn Data Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £3.39 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 Rosslyn Data Technologies and its competitors. Rosslyn Data Technologies's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.39 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Rosslyn Data Technologies stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Rosslyn Data Technologies (LSE:RDT) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is £0.03, compared to a current price of £0.02 — trading 46.7% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.39 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 Rosslyn Data Technologies (LSE:RDT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.39 Mil as of Oct. 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.

Rosslyn Data Technologies Business Description

Address c/o Ampa Holdings LLP, 32 London Bridge Street, Level 19, The Shard, London, GBR, SE1 9SG
Rosslyn Data Technologies PLC is a software company. The company is in the business of development and provision of data analytics software and management services. It has Provision of data analytics using a proprietary form operating segment. It operates in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, out of which it generates maximum revenue from United Kingdom.