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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. RiceBran Technologies's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.66 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $6.14 Mil.
RiceBran Technologies (OTCPK:RIBT) 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.
RiceBran Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
RiceBran Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for RiceBran Technologies'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.
RiceBran Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
RIBT vs KHC, GIS, K: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, RiceBran Technologies'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.
RiceBran Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, RiceBran Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where RiceBran Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
RiceBran Technologies 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.14 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 $6.14 Mil mean?
RiceBran Technologies (RIBT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.14 Mil as of Mar. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on RiceBran Technologies and its competitors.
Is RiceBran Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
RiceBran Technologies' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.14 Mil. Overall, RiceBran Technologies has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does RiceBran Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to KHC and GIS?
RiceBran Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.14 Mil can be compared against companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Consumer Packaged Goods company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 RiceBran Technologies and its competitors. RiceBran Technologies's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.14 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is RiceBran Technologies stock overvalued right now?
RiceBran Technologies (RIBT) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.14 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.14 Mil. RiceBran Technologies' overall GF Score™ is 12/100. 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 RiceBran Technologies (RIBT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.14 Mil as of Mar. 2024. 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.
RiceBran Technologies is a specialty ingredient company focused on developing, producing, and marketing products derived from traditional and ancient small grains. It creates and produces products utilizing proprietary processes to deliver improved nutrition, ease of use, and extended shelf-life, while addressing consumer demand for all-natural, non-GMO, and organic products. Its existing and target customers are food and animal nutrition manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers domestically and internationally. Its products includes Rice Bran and Grain Products.
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