MTPP (Mountain Top Properties) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.61 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Mountain Top Properties Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Mountain Top Properties MTPP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil as of Sep. 2024.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Mountain Top Properties's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.01 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.61 Mil.


Mountain Top Properties  (OTCPK:MTPP) 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.


Mountain Top Properties Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Mountain Top Properties Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Mountain Top Properties'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.

Mountain Top Properties Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Mountain Top Properties Annual Data
Trend Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.03 0.56

Mountain Top Properties Quarterly Data
Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.00 0.55 0.02 0.02 0.01

MTPP vs ACAN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Mountain Top Properties'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.


Mountain Top Properties Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Mountain Top Properties's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mountain Top Properties's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Mountain Top Properties 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 Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.61 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 $0.61 Mil mean?
Mountain Top Properties (MTPP) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.61 Mil as of Sep. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Mountain Top Properties and its competitors.
Is Mountain Top Properties' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Mountain Top Properties' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil.
How does Mountain Top Properties' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ACAN?
Mountain Top Properties' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.61 Mil can be compared against companies in the Real Estate 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 Real Estate company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Real Estate 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 Mountain Top Properties and its competitors. Mountain Top Properties's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Mountain Top Properties stock overvalued right now?
Mountain Top Properties (MTPP) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.61 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 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 Mountain Top Properties (MTPP), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil as of Sep. 2024. 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.

Mountain Top Properties Business Description

Address 7325 Oswego Road, Liverpool, TX, USA, 13090
Mountain Top Properties Inc is focused on identifying and negotiating with potential portfolio companies for acquisition. It intends to acquire interests in these companies and provide them with capital-raising assistance and managerial support. Currently, the company is not engaged in any operational activities.