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Colabor GroupTSX:GCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$70.8 Mil as of Sep. 2025. The stock has 7 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. Colabor Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2025 was C$21.8 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was C$70.8 Mil.
Colabor Group (TSX:GCL) 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.
Colabor Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Colabor Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Colabor Group'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.
Colabor Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
TSX:GCL vs MCLE, AIXN, MTEX: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Food Distribution subindustry, Colabor Group'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.
Colabor Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Colabor Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Colabor Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Colabor Group 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 Sep. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$70.8 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 C$70.8 Mil mean?
Colabor Group (TSX:GCL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$70.8 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Colabor Group and its competitors.
Is Colabor Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Colabor Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$70.8 Mil.
How does Colabor Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MCLE and AIXN?
Colabor Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$70.8 Mil can be compared against companies in the Retail - Defensive 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 Retail - Defensive company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Retail - Defensive 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 Colabor Group and its competitors. Colabor Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$70.8 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Colabor Group stock overvalued right now?
Colabor Group (TSX:GCL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$70.8 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is C$1.21, compared to a current price of C$0.04 — trading 96.7% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$70.8 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 Colabor Group (TSX:GCL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$70.8 Mil as of Sep. 2025. 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.
Colabor Group Inc is a wholesaler and distributor of food and related products in Canada. The company operates in two segments Distribution and the Wholesale segment. Its Distribution segment operations include the distribution of food products and related products in hotels, restaurants, and institutions (HRI) and the retail market. Its products such as meat, fish, and seafood (Specialty Distribution), as well as general food-related products (Broadline Distribution), and the Wholesale segment's operations, include the sale of general food-related products to distributors from its distribution center in Boucherville. The company generates maximum revenue from the Distribution segment.
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