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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. SAB Biotherapeutics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $6.60 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $18.09 Mil.
SAB Biotherapeutics (NAS:SABS) 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.
SAB Biotherapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
SAB Biotherapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for SAB Biotherapeutics'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.
SAB Biotherapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
SABS vs SRZN, GLSI, ZNTL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, SAB Biotherapeutics'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.
SAB Biotherapeutics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, SAB Biotherapeutics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SAB Biotherapeutics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
SAB Biotherapeutics 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 $18.09 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 $18.09 Mil mean?
SAB Biotherapeutics (SABS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $18.09 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 SAB Biotherapeutics and its competitors.
Is SAB Biotherapeutics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
SAB Biotherapeutics' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $18.09 Mil. Overall, SAB Biotherapeutics has a GF Score™ of 32/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does SAB Biotherapeutics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SRZN and GLSI?
SAB Biotherapeutics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $18.09 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 SAB Biotherapeutics and its competitors. SAB Biotherapeutics's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $18.09 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is SAB Biotherapeutics stock overvalued right now?
SAB Biotherapeutics (SABS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $18.09 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $18.09 Mil. SAB Biotherapeutics' overall GF Score™ is 32/100 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 SAB Biotherapeutics (SABS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $18.09 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.
SAB Biotherapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing multi-specific, high-potency, human immunoglobulin G (hIgG) to treat and prevent immune and autoimmune disorders. The company's lead product candidate, SAB-142, targets autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) with a disease-modifying therapeutic approach that aims to change the T1D treatment paradigm by delaying onset and potentially preventing disease progression of Stage 3 T1D patients. It is focused on developing product candidates for disease targets where a differentiated approach has the greatest potential to be either first-in-class against novel targets against complex targets to treat diseases, including type 1 diabetes (T1D) and other autoimmune disorders.
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