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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Northern Graphite's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $2.23 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $7.40 Mil.
Northern Graphite (OTCPK:NGPHF) 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.
Northern Graphite Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Northern Graphite Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Northern Graphite'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.
Northern Graphite Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Northern Graphite Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Northern Graphite'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.
Northern Graphite Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Northern Graphite's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Northern Graphite's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Northern Graphite 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 $7.40 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 $7.40 Mil mean?
Northern Graphite (NGPHF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $7.40 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 Northern Graphite and its competitors.
Is Northern Graphite's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Northern Graphite's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.40 Mil. Overall, Northern Graphite has a GF Score™ of 22/100 and is considered Modestly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Northern Graphite's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Northern Graphite's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $7.40 Mil can be compared against companies in the Metals & Mining 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 Metals & Mining company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Metals & Mining 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 Northern Graphite and its competitors. Northern Graphite's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.40 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Northern Graphite stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Northern Graphite (NGPHF) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.11, compared to a current price of $0.09 — trading 15.9% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.40 Mil. Northern Graphite's overall GF Score™ is 22/100 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 Northern Graphite (NGPHF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $7.40 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 Northern Graphite (NGPHF) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Northern Graphite stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of $0.09 is trading 15.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of $0.11.
GuruFocus considers Northern Graphite to be Modestly Undervalued.
Key valuation signals for NGPHF:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $7.40 Mil
GF Value™: $0.11 vs. price of $0.09 (15.9% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the NGPHF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Northern Graphite Corp is the flake graphite-producing company in North America. It is focused on producing natural graphite and upgrading it into high-value products critical to the green economy, including anode material for lithium-ion batteries/EVs, fuel cells, and graphene, as well as industrial technologies. Its graphite assets include the producing Lac des Iles mine in Quebec, where the company is boosting output to meet growing demand from industrial customers and future demand from North American battery makers. It also owns the Bissett Creek graphite project in Ontario and the fully permitted Okanjande graphite mine in Namibia. It has three operating segments: Mining-LDI, Mining-Okanjande, Battery Materials, and corporate.
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