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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Verisk Analytics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $110 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $459 Mil.
Verisk Analytics (LTS:0LP3) 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.
Verisk Analytics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Verisk Analytics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Verisk Analytics'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.
Verisk Analytics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LTS:0LP3 vs EFX, BAH, FCN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Consulting Services subindustry, Verisk Analytics'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.
Verisk Analytics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Verisk Analytics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Verisk Analytics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Verisk Analytics 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $459 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 $459 Mil mean?
Verisk Analytics (LTS:0LP3) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $459 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Verisk Analytics and its competitors.
Is Verisk Analytics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Verisk Analytics' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $459 Mil. Overall, Verisk Analytics has a GF Score™ of 82/100 and is considered Significantly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Verisk Analytics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to EFX and BAH?
Verisk Analytics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $459 Mil can be compared against companies in the Business Services 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 Business Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Business Services 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 Verisk Analytics and its competitors. Verisk Analytics's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $459 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Verisk Analytics stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Verisk Analytics (LTS:0LP3) is currently considered Significantly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $315.28, compared to a current price of $199.51 — trading 36.7% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $459 Mil. Verisk Analytics' overall GF Score™ is 82/100 with 1 warning sign to review. 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 Verisk Analytics (LTS:0LP3), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $459 Mil as of Mar. 2026. 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.
Is Verisk Analytics (LTS:0LP3) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Verisk Analytics stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of $199.51 is trading 36.7% below its estimated GF Value™ of $315.28.
GuruFocus considers Verisk Analytics to be Significantly Undervalued.
Key valuation signals for LTS:0LP3:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $459 Mil
GF Value™: $315.28 vs. price of $199.51 (36.7% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the LTS:0LP3 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Verisk is a leading data, analytics, and technology provider for property-casualty insurers. Verisk traces its history to Insurance Services Office, a nonprofit advisory organization founded in 1971 by US P&C insurers. ISO was formed as an association of insurance companies to assist with a variety of insurance use cases, such as reporting to regulators, defining policies, and determining independent premium rates. As the firm expanded its use cases, it became a for-profit company, renamed Verisk, and went public in 2009. Verisk's single segment (insurance) provides underwriting solutions, including forms, rules, loss costs, and catastrophe modeling. For claims, Verisk's solutions include property repair estimates and antifraud tools. About 83% of Verisk's revenue is US-based.
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