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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. SenseTime Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $131.4 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $252.5 Mil.
SenseTime Group (OTCPK:SNTMF) 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.
SenseTime Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
SenseTime Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for SenseTime Group'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.
SenseTime Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
SNTMF vs QH, SHOP, UBER: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Software - Application subindustry, SenseTime Group'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.
SenseTime Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, SenseTime Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SenseTime Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
SenseTime Group 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $252.5 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 $252.5 Mil mean?
SenseTime Group (SNTMF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $252.5 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on SenseTime Group and its competitors.
Is SenseTime Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
SenseTime Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $252.5 Mil. Overall, SenseTime Group has a GF Score™ of 49/100 and is considered Possible Value Trap, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does SenseTime Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to QH and SHOP?
SenseTime Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $252.5 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 SenseTime Group and its competitors. SenseTime Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $252.5 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is SenseTime Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, SenseTime Group (SNTMF) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.27, compared to a current price of $0.19 — trading 31.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $252.5 Mil. SenseTime Group's overall GF Score™ is 49/100 with 5 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 SenseTime Group (SNTMF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $252.5 Mil as of Dec. 2025. 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 SenseTime Group (SNTMF) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, SenseTime Group stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of $0.19 is trading 31.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $0.27.
GuruFocus considers SenseTime Group to be Possible Value Trap.
Key valuation signals for SNTMF:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $252.5 Mil
GF Value™: $0.27 vs. price of $0.19 (31.5% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the SNTMF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
SenseTime Group Inc is a software company focused on creating an AI-empowered future through innovation. The company develops software & hardware products for different industry verticals and use cases based on the same AI infrastructure platform & model training framework. The principal activities of the Group are the sale of AI software, the sale of AI software platforms & related services, the sale of AI software-embedded hardware and related services, AIDC service as well as research and development activities with AI technology. The Company is domiciled in the Cayman Islands while the Group mainly operates its businesses in four geographical areas of the world Mainland China, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and others, out of which the majority is from Mainland China.
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