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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Paylocity Holding's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $154 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $612 Mil.
Paylocity Holding (NAS:PCTY) 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.
Paylocity Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Paylocity Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Paylocity Holding'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.
Paylocity Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
PCTY vs DUOL, NAVN, CVLT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Software - Application subindustry, Paylocity Holding'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.
Paylocity Holding Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Paylocity Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Paylocity Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Paylocity Holding 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 $612 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 $612 Mil mean?
Paylocity Holding (PCTY) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $612 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 Paylocity Holding and its competitors.
Is Paylocity Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Paylocity Holding's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $612 Mil. Overall, Paylocity Holding has a GF Score™ of 75/100 and is considered Significantly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Paylocity Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to DUOL and NAVN?
Paylocity Holding's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $612 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Paylocity Holding and its competitors. Paylocity Holding's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $612 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Paylocity Holding stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) is currently considered Significantly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $226.68, compared to a current price of $128.07 — trading 43.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $612 Mil. Paylocity Holding's overall GF Score™ is 75/100 with 3 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 Paylocity Holding (PCTY), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $612 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 Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Paylocity Holding stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of $128.07 is trading 43.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $226.68.
GuruFocus considers Paylocity Holding to be Significantly Undervalued.
Key valuation signals for PCTY:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $612 Mil
GF Value™: $226.68 vs. price of $128.07 (43.5% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the PCTY stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Paylocity is a cloud-based human capital management provider offering payroll, compliance, and human resources management solutions. With the addition of expense and IT management modules, Paylocity unifies back-office operations spanning HR, finance, and IT on a single platform and bills customers on a subscription basis. The firm's customer base skews toward the midmarket and is primarily based in the US. As of fiscal 2025, Paylocity has nearly 42,000 customers.
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