Lithium Argentina AG (TSX:LAR) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: C$44.28 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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TSX:LAR Lithium Argentina AG TSX:LAR
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What is Lithium Argentina AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Lithium Argentina AG TSX:LAR +0.12% 31 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$44.28 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates TSX:LAR with a GF Score™ of 31/100. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Lithium Argentina AG's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was C$13.74 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was C$44.28 Mil.


Lithium Argentina AG  (TSX:LAR) 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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Lithium Argentina AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Lithium Argentina AG'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.

Lithium Argentina AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Lithium Argentina AG Annual Data
Trend Sep16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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Lithium Argentina AG Quarterly Data
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Lithium Argentina AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Argentina AG'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.


Lithium Argentina AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Argentina AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Argentina AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Lithium Argentina AG 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 C$44.28 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$44.28 Mil mean?
Lithium Argentina AG (TSX:LAR) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$44.28 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 Lithium Argentina AG and its competitors.
Is Lithium Argentina AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Lithium Argentina AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$44.28 Mil. Overall, Lithium Argentina AG has a GF Score™ of 31/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Lithium Argentina AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Lithium Argentina AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$44.28 Mil can be compared against companies in the Metals & Mining 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 Metals & Mining company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Metals & Mining 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 Lithium Argentina AG and its competitors. Lithium Argentina AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$44.28 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Lithium Argentina AG stock overvalued right now?
Lithium Argentina AG (TSX:LAR) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$44.28 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$44.28 Mil. Lithium Argentina AG's overall GF Score™ is 31/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Lithium Argentina AG (TSX:LAR), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$44.28 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.

Lithium Argentina AG Business Description

Other Exchanges LAR:USAZV5:Germany
Address Dammstrasse 19, Zug, CHE, 6300
Lithium Argentina AG is a Swiss-domiciled resource company focused on advancing lithium projects. Its project portfolio comprises its ownership interests in the Cauchari-Olaroz property in Jujuy, Argentina; the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes project; and the Sal de la Puna project, PPG, in Salta, Argentina. Additionally, the company owns the Salar de Antofalla (Antofalla Project) in the Province of Catamarca, Argentina. It is focused on the operations at Cauchari-Olaroz and advancing the development of its lithium growth pipeline in Argentina.
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