ROSGQ (Rosetta Genomics) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $12.99 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2017)

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What is Rosetta Genomics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Rosetta Genomics ROSGQ Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $12.99 Mil as of Jun. 2017.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Rosetta Genomics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2017 was $3.85 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was $12.99 Mil.


Rosetta Genomics  (OTCPK:ROSGQ) 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.


Rosetta Genomics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Rosetta Genomics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Rosetta Genomics'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.

Rosetta Genomics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Rosetta Genomics Annual Data
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Rosetta Genomics Semi-Annual Data
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ROSGQ vs TEAR, IDTA, ABMC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Rosetta Genomics'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.


Rosetta Genomics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Rosetta Genomics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Rosetta Genomics 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. 2017 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $12.99 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 $12.99 Mil mean?
Rosetta Genomics (ROSGQ) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $12.99 Mil as of Jun. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Rosetta Genomics and its competitors.
Is Rosetta Genomics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Rosetta Genomics' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $12.99 Mil.
How does Rosetta Genomics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to TEAR and IDTA?
Rosetta Genomics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $12.99 Mil can be compared against companies in the Medical Diagnostics & Research 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 Medical Diagnostics & Research company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Medical Diagnostics & Research 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 Rosetta Genomics and its competitors. Rosetta Genomics's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $12.99 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Rosetta Genomics stock overvalued right now?
Rosetta Genomics (ROSGQ) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $12.99 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $12.99 Mil. 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 Rosetta Genomics (ROSGQ), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $12.99 Mil as of Jun. 2017. 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.

Rosetta Genomics Business Description

Address 10 Plaut Street, Science Park, Rehovot, ISR, 76706
Rosetta Genomics Ltd is an Israel based genomic diagnostics company operating globally. It is focused on research and development on diagnostics and therapeutics in the field of microRNAs. The firm markets and sells four diagnostic tests based on its microRNA technologies namely, RosettaGX Cancer Origin for the identification of the primary site of metastatic cancer, mi-LUNG, mi-KIDNEY which is a microRNA-based kidney tumor classification test for pathology samples and RosettaGx Reveal which is a microRNA-based assay for the diagnosis of indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspirate samples. Its revenues include Clinical testing revenues and Licensing revenues, of which Clinical testing revenue is maximum. The group generates its revenues mainly from diagnosing patient tissue.