OPY (Oppenheimer Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $171 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2026)

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OPY Oppenheimer Holdings Inc OPY
77 GF Score
Price $111.75
GF Value $80.81
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is Oppenheimer Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Oppenheimer Holdings OPY -1.84% 77 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $171 Mil as of Jun. 2026. GuruFocus rates OPY with a GF Score™ of 77/100 and a GF Value™ of $80.81 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 7 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Oppenheimer Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was $43 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2026 was $171 Mil.


Oppenheimer Holdings  (NYSE:OPY) 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.


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Oppenheimer Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Oppenheimer Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Oppenheimer Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Oppenheimer Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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Oppenheimer Holdings Quarterly Data
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OPY vs PWP, GOLD, PURR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Oppenheimer Holdings'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.


Oppenheimer Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Oppenheimer Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oppenheimer Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Oppenheimer Holdings 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 $171 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 $171 Mil mean?
Oppenheimer Holdings (OPY) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $171 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 Oppenheimer Holdings and its competitors.
Is Oppenheimer Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Oppenheimer Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $171 Mil. Overall, Oppenheimer Holdings has a GF Score™ of 77/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Oppenheimer Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PWP and GOLD?
Oppenheimer Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $171 Mil can be compared against companies in the Capital Markets 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 Capital Markets company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Capital Markets 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 Oppenheimer Holdings and its competitors. Oppenheimer Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $171 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Oppenheimer Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Oppenheimer Holdings (OPY) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $80.81, compared to a current price of $111.75 — trading 38.3% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $171 Mil. Oppenheimer Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 77/100 with 7 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 Oppenheimer Holdings (OPY), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $171 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.

Is Oppenheimer Holdings (OPY) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Oppenheimer Holdings stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $111.75 is trading 38.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of $80.81. GuruFocus considers Oppenheimer Holdings to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for OPY:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $171 Mil
  • GF Value™: $80.81 vs. price of $111.75 (38.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 77/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the OPY stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Oppenheimer Holdings Business Description

Address 85 Broad Street, New York, NY, USA, 10004
Oppenheimer Holdings Inc conducts activities in the securities industry. The company is involved in retail securities brokerage, investment banking (both corporate and public finance), institutional sales and trading, market-making, research, trust services, and investment advisory and asset management services. The company has two segments: Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. IT generates maximum revenue from Wealth Management Segment which includes commissions and fee income earned on assets under management (AUM), net interest earnings on client margin loans and cash balances, fees from money market funds, custodian fees and other activities. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Americas, with the rest from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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