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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. PharmaCyte Biotech's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jan. 2026 was $2.03 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2026 was $4.93 Mil.
PharmaCyte Biotech (NAS:PMCB) 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.
PharmaCyte Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
PharmaCyte Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for PharmaCyte Biotech'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.
PharmaCyte Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
PMCB vs ERNA, SYBX, ASBP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, PharmaCyte Biotech'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.
PharmaCyte Biotech Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, PharmaCyte Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where PharmaCyte Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
PharmaCyte Biotech 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 Jan. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.93 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 $4.93 Mil mean?
PharmaCyte Biotech (PMCB) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.93 Mil as of Jan. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on PharmaCyte Biotech and its competitors.
Is PharmaCyte Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
PharmaCyte Biotech's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.93 Mil. Overall, PharmaCyte Biotech has a GF Score™ of 30/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does PharmaCyte Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ERNA and SYBX?
PharmaCyte Biotech's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.93 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 PharmaCyte Biotech and its competitors. PharmaCyte Biotech's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.93 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is PharmaCyte Biotech stock overvalued right now?
PharmaCyte Biotech (PMCB) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.93 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.93 Mil. PharmaCyte Biotech's overall GF Score™ is 30/100 with 2 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 PharmaCyte Biotech (PMCB), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.93 Mil as of Jan. 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.
PharmaCyte Biotech Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The company is focused on developing and preparing to commercialize cellular therapies for cancer and diabetes based on a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology called Cell-in-a-Box. The Cell-in-a-Box technology is intended to be used as a platform upon which therapies for several types of cancer, including inoperable pancreatic cancer, and diabetes will be developed. The company is developing therapies for the pancreas and other solid cancerous tumors involving the encapsulation of live cells placed in the body to enable the delivery of cancer-killing drugs at the source of cancer.
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