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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. NKGen Biotech's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $2.81 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $14.73 Mil.
NKGen Biotech (OTCPK:NKGN) 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.
NKGen Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
NKGen Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for NKGen Biotech'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.
NKGen Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
NKGN vs CALC, CLGN, MBRX: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, NKGen Biotech'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.
NKGen Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, NKGen Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where NKGen Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
NKGen Biotech 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $14.73 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 $14.73 Mil mean?
NKGen Biotech (NKGN) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $14.73 Mil as of Mar. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on NKGen Biotech and its competitors.
Is NKGen Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
NKGen Biotech's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.73 Mil.
How does NKGen Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CALC and CLGN?
NKGen Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $14.73 Mil can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Biotechnology 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 NKGen Biotech and its competitors. NKGen Biotech's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.73 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is NKGen Biotech stock overvalued right now?
NKGen Biotech (NKGN) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $14.73 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.73 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 NKGen Biotech (NKGN), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.73 Mil as of Mar. 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.
NKGen Biotech Inc is a biotechnology company developing cell therapies for neurodegenerative and oncological diseases based on activated NK cells. NK cells are part of the human innate immune response system that can selectively identify and destroy abnormal or diseased cells. Its product candidates are based on a proprietary manufacturing and cryopreservation process that produces SuperNKTM (SNK) cells that have shown increased activity as compared to the starting population of NK cells, based on the results of in vitro experiments performed by NKMAX, as defined by parameters such as cytotoxicity, cytokine production and activating receptor expression. SNK cells can be produced in large quantities and cryopreserved while maintaining high levels of cytotoxicity.
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