TSMI (Total Sports Media) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.61 Mil (TTM As of May. 2017)

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What is Total Sports Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Total Sports Media TSMI Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil as of May. 2017.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Total Sports Media's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in May. 2017 was $0.03 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2017 was $0.61 Mil.


Total Sports Media  (OTCPK:TSMI) 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.


Total Sports Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Total Sports Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Total Sports Media'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.

Total Sports Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Total Sports Media Annual Data
Trend Aug08 Aug09 Aug10 Aug11 Aug12 Aug13 Aug14 Aug15 Aug16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Total Sports Media Quarterly Data
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TSMI vs ASKH, AFOM, GFMH: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Total Sports Media'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.


Total Sports Media Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Total Sports Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Total Sports Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Total Sports Media 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. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.61 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 $0.61 Mil mean?
Total Sports Media (TSMI) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.61 Mil as of May. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Total Sports Media and its competitors.
Is Total Sports Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Total Sports Media's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil.
How does Total Sports Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ASKH and AFOM?
Total Sports Media's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.61 Mil can be compared against companies in the Media - Diversified 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 Media - Diversified company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Media - Diversified 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 Total Sports Media and its competitors. Total Sports Media's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Total Sports Media stock overvalued right now?
Total Sports Media (TSMI) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.61 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 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 Total Sports Media (TSMI), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.61 Mil as of May. 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.

Total Sports Media Business Description

Address 5662 Calle Real, Suite 231, Goleta, CA, USA, 93117
Total Sports Media Inc is a digital media and technology services company. The company provides advertising and streaming services through its RadioLoyalty platform. It serves mobile broadcasters, the internet, and terrestrial radio stations as well as other broadcast content providers. All of the company's principal operations are located in Goleta, California. Its revenue is principally derived from advertising services.