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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Obsidian Therapeutics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2026 was $3.96 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2026 was $8.37 Mil.
Obsidian Therapeutics (NAS:OBX) 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.
Obsidian Therapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Obsidian Therapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Obsidian Therapeutics'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.
Obsidian Therapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
OBX vs LXRX, SLNCF, ABUS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Obsidian Therapeutics'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.
Obsidian Therapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Obsidian Therapeutics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Obsidian Therapeutics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Obsidian Therapeutics 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 Jun. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $8.37 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 $8.37 Mil mean?
Obsidian Therapeutics (OBX) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $8.37 Mil as of Jun. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Obsidian Therapeutics and its competitors.
Is Obsidian Therapeutics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Obsidian Therapeutics' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $8.37 Mil. Overall, Obsidian Therapeutics has a GF Score™ of 11/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Obsidian Therapeutics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to LXRX and SLNCF?
Obsidian Therapeutics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $8.37 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 Obsidian Therapeutics and its competitors. Obsidian Therapeutics's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $8.37 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Obsidian Therapeutics stock overvalued right now?
Obsidian Therapeutics (OBX) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $8.37 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $8.37 Mil. Obsidian Therapeutics' overall GF Score™ is 11/100 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 Obsidian Therapeutics (OBX), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $8.37 Mil as of Jun. 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.
Obsidian Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company harnessing novel protein-regulation technology to develop engineered tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) cell therapies for the treatment of patients with solid tumors. The company's proprietary cytoDRiVE platform is versatile and allows it to leverage drug responsive domains to control protein function, with its initial focus on TIL cell therapies developed from this platform (cytoTILs). The company's flagship product candidate, OBX-115, is a novel, genetically engineered, autologous TIL cell therapy currently in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of melanoma and a Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
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