SSMTF (Sensible Meats) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.36 Mil (TTM As of Aug. 2024)

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What is Sensible Meats Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Sensible Meats SSMTF Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.36 Mil as of Aug. 2024.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Sensible Meats's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Aug. 2024 was $0.07 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $0.36 Mil.

Sensible Meats  (OTCPK:SSMTF) 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.

Sensible Meats Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Sensible Meats Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sensible Meats'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.

Sensible Meats Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Sensible Meats Annual Data
Trend Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.00 0.61 0.48

Sensible Meats Quarterly Data
Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 0.12 0.08 0.09 0.07

SSMTF vs TLCC, AJYG, RIBT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Sensible Meats'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.

Sensible Meats Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sensible Meats's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


Sensible Meats 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 Aug. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.36 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 $0.36 Mil mean?
Sensible Meats (SSMTF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.36 Mil as of Aug. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Sensible Meats and its competitors.
Is Sensible Meats' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Sensible Meats' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.36 Mil.
How does Sensible Meats' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to TLCC and AJYG?
Sensible Meats' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.36 Mil can be compared against companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Consumer Packaged Goods company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Sensible Meats and its competitors. Sensible Meats's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.36 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Sensible Meats stock overvalued right now?
Sensible Meats (SSMTF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.36 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.36 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 Sensible Meats (SSMTF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.36 Mil as of Aug. 2024. 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.

Sensible Meats Business Description

Address 1450, 789 West Pender Street, Calgary, BC, CAN, V6C 1H2
Sensible Meats Inc is a plant-based food company that has designed and developed plant-based meat food alternatives and intends to distribute and sell its line of plant-based hot dogs. The company's first and primary product is a line of plant-based hotdogs.