PCLA (PicoCELA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $6.01 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2025)

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What is PicoCELA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

PicoCELA PCLA -4.76% 11 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.01 Mil as of Sep. 2025. GuruFocus rates PCLA with a GF Score™ of 11/100. The stock has 5 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. PicoCELA's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2025 was $3.09 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was $6.01 Mil.


PicoCELA  (NAS:PCLA) 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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PicoCELA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for PicoCELA'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.

PicoCELA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

PicoCELA Annual Data
Trend Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 Sep25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
3.17 6.07 6.09 6.03

PicoCELA Semi-Annual Data
Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24 Mar25 Sep25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial 3.47 3.10 2.84 2.92 3.09

PCLA vs ELWT, UCL, VPLM: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, PicoCELA'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.


PicoCELA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, PicoCELA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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PicoCELA 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 Sep. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.01 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 $6.01 Mil mean?
PicoCELA (PCLA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.01 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on PicoCELA and its competitors.
Is PicoCELA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
PicoCELA's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.01 Mil. Overall, PicoCELA has a GF Score™ of 11/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does PicoCELA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ELWT and UCL?
PicoCELA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.01 Mil can be compared against companies in the Telecommunication Services 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 Telecommunication Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Telecommunication Services 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 PicoCELA and its competitors. PicoCELA's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.01 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is PicoCELA stock overvalued right now?
PicoCELA (PCLA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.01 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.01 Mil. PicoCELA's overall GF Score™ is 11/100 with 5 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 PicoCELA (PCLA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.01 Mil as of Sep. 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.

PicoCELA Business Description

Address 2-34-5 Ningyocho, SANOS Building, 4th floor, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 103-0013
PicoCELA Inc specializes in manufacturing, installing, and servicing enterprise wireless mesh solutions. The company generates revenue from two main sources: product equipment sales, and Software as a Service (SaaS) and maintenance services. The company develops the PCWL series of mesh Wi-Fi access points, which utilize its proprietary PicoCELA Backhaul Engine (PBE) technology to enable wireless communication. The company outsources manufacturing and sells these devices directly to customers through distributors. Additionally, the company offers a cloud portal service in a SaaS model, allowing users to monitor connectivity and traffic at their access points. This platform also supports the installation of proprietary edge-computing software into the devices.
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