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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Odyssey Marine Exploration's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $5.75 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $14.94 Mil.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NAS:OMEX) 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.
Odyssey Marine Exploration Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Odyssey Marine Exploration Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Odyssey Marine Exploration'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.
Odyssey Marine Exploration Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
OMEX vs RNGE, WWR, FNUC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Odyssey Marine Exploration'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.
Odyssey Marine Exploration Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Odyssey Marine Exploration's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Odyssey Marine Exploration's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Odyssey Marine Exploration 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 $14.94 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 $14.94 Mil mean?
Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $14.94 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 Odyssey Marine Exploration and its competitors.
Is Odyssey Marine Exploration's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Odyssey Marine Exploration's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.94 Mil. Overall, Odyssey Marine Exploration has a GF Score™ of 14/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Odyssey Marine Exploration's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to RNGE and WWR?
Odyssey Marine Exploration's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $14.94 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 Odyssey Marine Exploration and its competitors. Odyssey Marine Exploration's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.94 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Odyssey Marine Exploration stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.35, compared to a current price of $0.68 — trading 95.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.94 Mil. Odyssey Marine Exploration's overall GF Score™ is 14/100 with 6 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 Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $14.94 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 Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Odyssey Marine Exploration stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $0.68 is trading 95.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of $0.35.
GuruFocus considers Odyssey Marine Exploration to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for OMEX:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $14.94 Mil
GF Value™: $0.35 vs. price of $0.68 (95.1% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the OMEX stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc is a deep-ocean exploration company. It discovers, validates, and develops high-value seafloor mineral resources and provides specialized mineral exploration, project development, and marine services to its clients. The company's subsea project portfolio contains multiple projects in various stages of development, such as the Phosagmex Project, a rich deposit of phosphate sands located seventy-ninety meters deep within the Mexican EEZ; two polymetallic nodule exploration license holders in the Cook Islands' EEZ; the Lihir Gold Project, a subsea area that contains several prospective gold exploration targets located in the Papua New Guinea Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); and others.
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