UTRS (Minerva Surgical) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $51.15 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Minerva Surgical Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Minerva Surgical UTRS -99.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $51.15 Mil as of Sep. 2023.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Minerva Surgical's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $10.90 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $51.15 Mil.


Minerva Surgical  (OTCPK:UTRS) 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.


Minerva Surgical Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Minerva Surgical Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Minerva Surgical'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.

Minerva Surgical Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Minerva Surgical Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
30.51 31.19 54.38 52.70

Minerva Surgical Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.87 11.11 15.56 13.58 10.90

UTRS vs PAVM, ELUT, COCH: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Minerva Surgical'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.


Minerva Surgical Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Minerva Surgical's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Minerva Surgical 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. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $51.15 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 $51.15 Mil mean?
Minerva Surgical (UTRS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $51.15 Mil as of Sep. 2023. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Minerva Surgical and its competitors.
Is Minerva Surgical's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Minerva Surgical's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $51.15 Mil.
How does Minerva Surgical's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PAVM and ELUT?
Minerva Surgical's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $51.15 Mil can be compared against companies in the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Medical Devices & Instruments company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Medical Devices & Instruments 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 Minerva Surgical and its competitors. Minerva Surgical's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $51.15 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Minerva Surgical stock overvalued right now?
Minerva Surgical (UTRS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $51.15 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $51.15 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 Minerva Surgical (UTRS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $51.15 Mil as of Sep. 2023. 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.

Minerva Surgical Business Description

Address 4255 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Minerva Surgical Inc is a medical device company that develops therapeutic devices that treat abnormal uterine bleeding in a minimally invasive manner. The Company operates and manages its business as one reportable and operating segment, which is the business of research, development, and sale of therapeutic devices for abnormal uterine bleeding treatment.