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Smartspace Software (LSE:SMRT) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £2.05 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2023)


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What is Smartspace Software Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Smartspace Software's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jul. 2023 was £3.10 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2023 was £2.05 Mil.


Smartspace Software Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smartspace Software'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.

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Smartspace Software Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Smartspace Software Annual Data
Trend Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.75 1.40 1.61 1.95 2.14

Smartspace Software Semi-Annual Data
Jan14 Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.63 -1.68 3.19 -1.05 3.10

Competitive Comparison of Smartspace Software's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Software - Application subindustry, Smartspace Software'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.


Smartspace Software's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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Smartspace Software 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 Jul. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £2.05 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.


Smartspace Software  (LSE:SMRT) 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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Smartspace Software (LSE:SMRT) Business Description

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4 Fordham House Court, Fordham House Estate, Fordham, Cambridgeshire, GBR, CB7 5LL
Smartspace Software PLC is engaged in the development and sale of software products. It is also engaged in the sale and installation of audio-visual hardware products. It operates through the following segments SwipedOn, and Space Connect. The firm generates the majority of revenue from the SwipedOn segment which is engaged in the sale and support of self-service visitor management software to customers throughout the world.

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