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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Bauer AG's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was €121 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €121 Mil.
Bauer AG (LTS:0OLG) 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.
Bauer AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Bauer AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Bauer AG'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.
LTS:0OLG vs PWR, FIX, EME: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Bauer AG'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.
Bauer AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Bauer AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bauer AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Bauer AG 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €121 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 €121 Mil mean?
Bauer AG (LTS:0OLG) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €121 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Bauer AG and its competitors.
Is Bauer AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Bauer AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €121 Mil. Overall, Bauer AG has a GF Score™ of 65/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Bauer AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PWR and FIX?
Bauer AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €121 Mil can be compared against companies in the Construction 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 Construction company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Construction 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 Bauer AG and its competitors. Bauer AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €121 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Bauer AG stock overvalued right now?
Bauer AG (LTS:0OLG) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €121 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is €4.28, compared to a current price of €5.90 — trading 37.9% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €121 Mil. Bauer AG's overall GF Score™ is 65/100 with 4 warning signs 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 Bauer AG (LTS:0OLG), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €121 Mil as of Dec. 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.
Is Bauer AG (LTS:0OLG) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Bauer AG stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of €5.90 is trading 37.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of €4.28.
Key valuation signals for LTS:0OLG:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €121 Mil
GF Value™: €4.28 vs. price of €5.90 (37.9% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the LTS:0OLG stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Bauer AG along with its subsidiaries, provides construction and engineering. The operations of the Group are divided into three business segments: Geotechnical Solutions, Equipment, and Resources. The Geotechnical Solutions segment applies all the established methods and techniques of specialist foundation engineering all over the world. In the Equipment segment, It is a provider for a full range of equipment for specialist foundation engineering as well as for the exploration, mining and extraction of natural resources. The Resources segment focuses on the development, production and execution of products and services and acts as a service provider with several business divisions and subsidiaries in the areas of water wells, environmental services and energy, mining, and infrastructure.
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