TDNT (Trident Brands) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $2.13 Mil (TTM As of May. 2022)

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What is Trident Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Trident Brands TDNT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.13 Mil as of May. 2022.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Trident Brands's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in May. 2022 was $0.53 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2022 was $2.13 Mil.


Trident Brands  (OTCPK:TDNT) 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.


Trident Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Trident Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Trident Brands's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Trident Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Trident Brands Annual Data
Trend Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Trident Brands Quarterly Data
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TDNT vs SKVI, QNTA, SNBH: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Trident Brands'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.


Trident Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Trident Brands 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 May. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.13 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 $2.13 Mil mean?
Trident Brands (TDNT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.13 Mil as of May. 2022. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Trident Brands and its competitors.
Is Trident Brands' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Trident Brands' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.13 Mil.
How does Trident Brands' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SKVI and QNTA?
Trident Brands' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.13 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 Trident Brands and its competitors. Trident Brands's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.13 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Trident Brands stock overvalued right now?
Trident Brands (TDNT) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.13 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.13 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 Trident Brands (TDNT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.13 Mil as of May. 2022. 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.

Trident Brands Business Description

Address 433 Plaza Real, Suite 275, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33432
Trident Brands Inc is a consumer product company. It is focused on developing high growth branded and private label consumer products and ingredients within the nutritional supplement, life sciences, and food and beverage categories. It offers consumer products, including nutritional products and supplements under the Everlast and Brain Armor brands. The company's brands focus on supplements, nutritional products, and heart and brain health categories. In addition, the firm also offers various banking facilities. Geographically business activity functions through the region of the United States and derives a majority of its revenue from the sale of products.