TLMDW (SOC Telemed) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $ Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2021)

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What is SOC Telemed Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

SOC Telemed TLMDW 19 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Dec. 2021. GuruFocus rates TLMDW with a GF Score™ of 19/100. The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. SOC Telemed's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2021 was $73.38 Mil. SOC Telemed does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021.


SOC Telemed  (NAS:TLMDW) 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.


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SOC Telemed Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

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SOC Telemed Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

SOC Telemed Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
35.93 50.87 73.38

SOC Telemed Semi-Annual Data
Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 35.93 50.87 73.38

TLMDW vs PHCI, JYNT, TALK: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, SOC Telemed'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.


SOC Telemed Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, SOC Telemed's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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SOC Telemed 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil mean?
SOC Telemed (TLMDW) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil as of Dec. 2021. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on SOC Telemed and its competitors.
Is SOC Telemed's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
SOC Telemed's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. Overall, SOC Telemed has a GF Score™ of 19/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does SOC Telemed's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PHCI and JYNT?
SOC Telemed's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil can be compared against companies in the Healthcare Providers & Services 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 Healthcare Providers & Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Healthcare Providers & Services 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 SOC Telemed and its competitors. SOC Telemed's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is SOC Telemed stock overvalued right now?
SOC Telemed (TLMDW) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. SOC Telemed's overall GF Score™ is 19/100 with 6 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 SOC Telemed (TLMDW), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Dec. 2021. 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.

SOC Telemed Business Description

Address 1768 Business Center Drive, Suite 100, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
SOC Telemed Inc is a provider of acute care telemedicine services and technology to U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems based on number of clients. It provides technology enabled clinical solutions which include acute teleNeurology, telePsychiatry, and teleICU, and telePulmonology service. It supports specialty care, providing time-sensitive specialty care when patients are vulnerable and may not otherwise have access. Its solution was developed to support complex workflows in the acute care setting by integrating cloud-based software platform, Telemed IQ, with a panel of patient advocates and a network of clinical specialists to create a seamless, acute telemedicine solution.
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