SOSO (Storage Computer) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.55 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2004)

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What is Storage Computer Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Storage Computer SOSO -90.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.55 Mil as of Sep. 2004.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Storage Computer's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2004 was $0.43 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2004 was $1.55 Mil.

Storage Computer  (OTCPK:SOSO) 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.

Storage Computer Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Storage Computer Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Storage Computer'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.

Storage Computer Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Storage Computer Annual Data
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Storage Computer Quarterly Data
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SOSO vs CRDS, MSDI, GLA: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Storage Computer'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.

Storage Computer Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Storage Computer's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


Storage Computer 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 Sep. 2004 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.55 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 $1.55 Mil mean?
Storage Computer (SOSO) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.55 Mil as of Sep. 2004. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Storage Computer and its competitors.
Is Storage Computer's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Storage Computer's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.55 Mil.
How does Storage Computer's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CRDS and MSDI?
Storage Computer's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.55 Mil can be compared against companies in the Hardware 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 Hardware company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Hardware 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 Storage Computer and its competitors. Storage Computer's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.55 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Storage Computer stock overvalued right now?
Storage Computer (SOSO) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.55 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.55 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 Storage Computer (SOSO), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.55 Mil as of Sep. 2004. 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.

Storage Computer Business Description

Address 11 Riverside Drive, Nashua, NH, USA, 03062-1373
Storage Computer Corp designs and manufactures disk-storage subsystems and solid-state disks for enterprise-wide computer storage systems.