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Sphere Medical Holding (LSE:SPHR) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £3.03 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2016)


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What is Sphere Medical Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Sphere Medical Holding's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2016 was £1.35 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 was £3.03 Mil.


Sphere Medical Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sphere Medical Holding'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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Sphere Medical Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Sphere Medical Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 2.21 1.77 2.49 3.17 3.03

Sphere Medical Holding Semi-Annual Data
Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.97 1.52 1.65 1.68 1.35

Competitive Comparison of Sphere Medical Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Sphere Medical Holding'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.


Sphere Medical Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Sphere Medical Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sphere Medical Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Sphere Medical Holding 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. 2016 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £3.03 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.


Sphere Medical Holding  (LSE:SPHR) 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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Sphere Medical Holding (LSE:SPHR) Business Description

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Harston Mill, Harston, Cambridge, GBR, CB22 7GG
Sphere Medical Holding Ltd is a UK-based company which is engaged in research and development, manufacturing and sale of medical monitoring and diagnostic equipment within the medical device area. It focuses on developing the Proxima platform for measuring blood gases, electrolytes and metabolites. Proxima is an in-line patient dedicated arterial blood analyser which supports frequent measurements at critical times. It markets its product (Proxima) to critical care market which includes ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and OR (Operating Room). The company's products are used in medical applications, enabling faster clinical decision-making and improved patient outcomes. It operates is business in single reporting segment of Medical devices. Most of the company's revenue comes from Europe.