SPLY (SocialPlay USA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.21 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2017)

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What is SocialPlay USA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

SocialPlay USA SPLY -99.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.21 Mil as of Dec. 2017.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. SocialPlay USA's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2017 was $0.12 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2017 was $0.21 Mil.


SocialPlay USA  (OTCPK:SPLY) 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.


SocialPlay USA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


SocialPlay USA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for SocialPlay USA'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.

SocialPlay USA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

SocialPlay USA Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.00 0.04 0.35 0.33 0.21

SocialPlay USA Quarterly Data
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SPLY vs MJDS, FRZT, TAPM: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, SocialPlay USA'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.


SocialPlay USA Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, SocialPlay USA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



SocialPlay USA 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. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.21 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 $0.21 Mil mean?
SocialPlay USA (SPLY) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.21 Mil as of Dec. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on SocialPlay USA and its competitors.
Is SocialPlay USA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
SocialPlay USA's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.21 Mil.
How does SocialPlay USA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MJDS and FRZT?
SocialPlay USA's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.21 Mil can be compared against companies in the Interactive Media 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 Interactive Media company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Interactive Media 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 SocialPlay USA and its competitors. SocialPlay USA's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.21 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is SocialPlay USA stock overvalued right now?
SocialPlay USA (SPLY) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.21 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.21 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 SocialPlay USA (SPLY), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.21 Mil as of Dec. 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.

SocialPlay USA Business Description

Address 8275 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89123
SocialPlay USA Inc is a development-stage company. It provides marketing, monetization, and support services for companies in the gaming and mobile applications markets.