Satsuma Technology (LSE:SATS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £2.18 Mil (TTM As of Aug. 2025)

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What is Satsuma Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Satsuma Technology LSE:SATS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £2.18 Mil as of Aug. 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. Satsuma Technology's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2025 was £2.11 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2025 was £2.18 Mil.


Satsuma Technology  (LSE:SATS) 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.


Satsuma Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Satsuma Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Satsuma Technology'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.

Satsuma Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Satsuma Technology Annual Data
Trend Feb22 Feb23 Feb24 Feb25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.49 2.50 0.94 0.45

Satsuma Technology Semi-Annual Data
Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24 Feb25 Aug25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.93 0.01 0.38 0.07 2.11

LSE:SATS vs UBER, SHOP, CRM: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Satsuma Technology'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.


Satsuma Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

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

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



Satsuma Technology 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 Aug. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £2.18 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 £2.18 Mil mean?
Satsuma Technology (LSE:SATS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £2.18 Mil as of Aug. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Satsuma Technology and its competitors.
Is Satsuma Technology's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Satsuma Technology's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £2.18 Mil.
How does Satsuma Technology's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to UBER and SHOP?
Satsuma Technology's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £2.18 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 Satsuma Technology and its competitors. Satsuma Technology's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £2.18 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Satsuma Technology stock overvalued right now?
Satsuma Technology (LSE:SATS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £2.18 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £2.18 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 Satsuma Technology (LSE:SATS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £2.18 Mil as of Aug. 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.

Satsuma Technology Business Description

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Address 16 Great Queen Street, 9th Floor, London, GBR, WC2B 5DG
Satsuma Technology PLC is a provider of AI-based conversational technologies. The company is focused on establishing AI-focused business. It provides subnet infrastructure and AI agent development to leverage on-chain agent ecosystems, deploying and managing subnet alpha tokens.