UVFT (UV Flu Technologies) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.72 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2016)

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What is UV Flu Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

UV Flu Technologies UVFT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.72 Mil as of Mar. 2016.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. UV Flu Technologies's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $0.11 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $0.72 Mil.


UV Flu Technologies  (OTCPK:UVFT) 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.


UV Flu Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


UV Flu Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for UV Flu Technologies'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.

UV Flu Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

UV Flu Technologies Annual Data
Trend Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.60 0.85 1.01 1.02 0.95

UV Flu Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 0.16 0.28 0.17 0.11

UVFT vs PCTL, DSOX, CDTI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, UV Flu Technologies'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.


UV Flu Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, UV Flu Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



UV Flu Technologies 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. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.72 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 $0.72 Mil mean?
UV Flu Technologies (UVFT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.72 Mil as of Mar. 2016. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on UV Flu Technologies and its competitors.
Is UV Flu Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
UV Flu Technologies' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.72 Mil.
How does UV Flu Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PCTL and DSOX?
UV Flu Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.72 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 UV Flu Technologies and its competitors. UV Flu Technologies's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.72 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is UV Flu Technologies stock overvalued right now?
UV Flu Technologies (UVFT) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.72 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.72 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 UV Flu Technologies (UVFT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.72 Mil as of Mar. 2016. 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.

UV Flu Technologies Business Description

Address 250 Parkway Drive, Suite 150, Lincolnshire, IL, USA, 60069
UV Flu Technologies Inc is a manufacturer of the finest air purification systems. In addition, it also acts as a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of biotechnology products targeting the rapidly growing Indoor Air Quality industry sector. The company's flagship product is the ViraTech-RX-400 model which utilizes high-intensity germicidal ultraviolet radiation inside a killing chamber that goes beyond filtering to destroy harmful bacteria. All of UV Flu's products are manufactured in the United States of America.