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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. NuScale Power's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $24.84 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $611.40 Mil.
NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) 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.
NuScale Power Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
NuScale Power Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for NuScale Power'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.
NuScale Power Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
SMR vs KAI, HLIO, SXI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, NuScale Power'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.
NuScale Power Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, NuScale Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where NuScale Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
NuScale Power 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 $611.40 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 $611.40 Mil mean?
NuScale Power (SMR) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $611.40 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 NuScale Power and its competitors.
Is NuScale Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
NuScale Power's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $611.40 Mil. Overall, NuScale Power has a GF Score™ of 70/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does NuScale Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to KAI and HLIO?
NuScale Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $611.40 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 NuScale Power and its competitors. NuScale Power's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $611.40 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is NuScale Power stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, NuScale Power (SMR) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $4.99, compared to a current price of $7.72 — trading 54.7% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $611.40 Mil. NuScale Power's overall GF Score™ is 70/100 with 4 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 NuScale Power (SMR), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $611.40 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 NuScale Power (SMR) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, NuScale Power stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $7.72 is trading 54.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $4.99.
GuruFocus considers NuScale Power to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for SMR:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $611.40 Mil
GF Value™: $4.99 vs. price of $7.72 (54.7% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the SMR stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
NuScale Power Corp is redefining nuclear power through the development of proprietary and inventive SMR technology that the Company believes will deliver safe, scalable, cost-effective and reliable carbon-free power. The Company's core technology, the Light Water Nuclear Reactor NuScale Power Module (NPM), can generate 77 MWe and is premised on well-established nuclear technology principles, with a focus on the integration of components, simplification or elimination of systems and use of passive safety features. Its products are VOYGR Plants and E2 Centers.
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