TOVX (Theriva Biologics) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $16.07 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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What is Theriva Biologics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Theriva Biologics TOVX -0.05% 28 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $16.07 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates TOVX with a GF Score™ of 28/100. The stock has 3 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. Theriva Biologics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $2.07 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $16.07 Mil.


Theriva Biologics  (AMEX:TOVX) 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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Theriva Biologics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

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Theriva Biologics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Theriva Biologics Annual Data
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Theriva Biologics Quarterly Data
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TOVX vs BIVI, BCLI, LNAI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Theriva Biologics'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.


Theriva Biologics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Theriva Biologics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Theriva Biologics 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $16.07 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 $16.07 Mil mean?
Theriva Biologics (TOVX) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $16.07 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Theriva Biologics and its competitors.
Is Theriva Biologics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Theriva Biologics' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $16.07 Mil. Overall, Theriva Biologics has a GF Score™ of 28/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Theriva Biologics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BIVI and BCLI?
Theriva Biologics' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $16.07 Mil can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Biotechnology 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 Theriva Biologics and its competitors. Theriva Biologics's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $16.07 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Theriva Biologics stock overvalued right now?
Theriva Biologics (TOVX) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $16.07 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $16.07 Mil. Theriva Biologics' overall GF Score™ is 28/100 with 3 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 Theriva Biologics (TOVX), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $16.07 Mil as of Mar. 2026. 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.

Theriva Biologics Business Description

Address 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 270, Rockville, MD, USA, 20850
Theriva Biologics Inc is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a novel oncolytic adenovirus (OV) platform to address devastating cancers with high unmet needs. It is a clinical-stage program VCN-01, designed to break down the tumor stroma, and its preclinical-stage program VCN-11 leverages its proprietary Albumin Shield Technology to protect systemically administered oncolytic viruses from the host immune system. Product Candidates includes SYN-004 (ribaxamase) and SYN-020.
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