USDC (USData) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $3.37 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2003)

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What is USData Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

USData USDC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.37 Mil as of Mar. 2003.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. USData's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2003 was $1.02 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2003 was $3.37 Mil.

USData  (OTCPK:USDC) 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.

USData Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

USData Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for USData'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.

USData Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

USData Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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USData Quarterly Data
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USDC vs MGSGF, SOFT, VMII: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, USData'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.

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

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

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


USData 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. 2003 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.37 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 $3.37 Mil mean?
USData (USDC) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.37 Mil as of Mar. 2003. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on USData and its competitors.
Is USData's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
USData's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.37 Mil.
How does USData's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MGSGF and SOFT?
USData's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.37 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 USData and its competitors. USData's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.37 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is USData stock overvalued right now?
USData (USDC) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.37 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.37 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 USData (USDC), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.37 Mil as of Mar. 2003. 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.

USData Business Description

Address 11620 Arbor Street, Suite 102, Omaha, NE, USA, 68144
USData Corp is a direct marketing agency that specializes in building targeted marketing lists. The company provides mailing lists, email lists, marketing data, sales leads, and research data. It maintains databases of information on consumers and businesses nationwide.