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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Upstream Bio's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $8.08 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $27.71 Mil.
Upstream Bio (NAS:UPB) 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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Upstream Bio Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Upstream Bio'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.
Upstream Bio Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
UPB vs OABI, VNDA, LXEO: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Upstream Bio'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.
Upstream Bio Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Upstream Bio's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Upstream Bio's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Upstream Bio 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 $27.71 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 $27.71 Mil mean?
Upstream Bio (UPB) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $27.71 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 Upstream Bio and its competitors.
Is Upstream Bio's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Upstream Bio's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.71 Mil. Overall, Upstream Bio has a GF Score™ of 10/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Upstream Bio's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to OABI and VNDA?
Upstream Bio's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $27.71 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 Upstream Bio and its competitors. Upstream Bio's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.71 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Upstream Bio stock overvalued right now?
Upstream Bio (UPB) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $27.71 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.71 Mil. Upstream Bio's overall GF Score™ is 10/100 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 Upstream Bio (UPB), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.71 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.
Upstream Bio Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing treatments for inflammatory diseases, with an initial focus on severe respiratory disorders. It is developing verekitug, the known antagonist currently in clinical development that targets the receptor for Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP), a cytokine that is a clinically validated driver of inflammatory response positioned upstream of multiple signaling cascades that affect a variety of immune-mediated diseases. Verekitug has advanced into three separate world-wide, placebo-controlled, randomized Phase 2 clinical trials, two completed in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and severe asthma, and one ongoing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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