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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Surface Transforms's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2025 was £3.18 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2025 was £6.44 Mil.
Surface Transforms (LSE:SCE) 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.
Surface Transforms Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Surface Transforms Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Surface Transforms'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.
Surface Transforms Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:SCE vs ORLY, AZO, GPC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Auto Parts subindustry, Surface Transforms'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.
Surface Transforms Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Vehicles & Parts Industry
For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Surface Transforms's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Surface Transforms's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Surface Transforms 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 Jun. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £6.44 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 £6.44 Mil mean?
Surface Transforms (LSE:SCE) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £6.44 Mil as of Jun. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Surface Transforms and its competitors.
Is Surface Transforms' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Surface Transforms' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.44 Mil.
How does Surface Transforms' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ORLY and AZO?
Surface Transforms' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £6.44 Mil can be compared against companies in the Vehicles & Parts 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 Vehicles & Parts company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Vehicles & Parts 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 Surface Transforms and its competitors. Surface Transforms's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.44 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Surface Transforms stock overvalued right now?
Surface Transforms (LSE:SCE) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £6.44 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is £0.03, compared to a current price of £0.00 — trading 96.2% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.44 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 Surface Transforms (LSE:SCE), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £6.44 Mil as of Jun. 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.
Surface Transforms PLC is a company that develops, manufactures, and markets carbon-ceramic products for the brakes market. It also engages in developing new products and applications for carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic friction and non-friction materials. The Company operates in a single segment being the manufacture and sale of carbon fiber materials and associated technologies. This segment includes all manufacturing, development, and sales activities related to carbon fiber materials, regardless of the specific market or product application. It has operations spread across the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden the United States of America, the Rest of Europe, and the Rest of the World.
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