VCST (Viewcast.com) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $5.29 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2013)


What is Viewcast.com Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Viewcast.com VCST Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.29 Mil as of Jun. 2013.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Viewcast.com's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2013 was $1.25 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2013 was $5.29 Mil.


Viewcast.com  (OTCPK:VCST) 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.


Viewcast.com Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Viewcast.com Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Viewcast.com'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.

Viewcast.com Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Viewcast.com Annual Data
Trend Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Viewcast.com Quarterly Data
Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13
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 1.36 1.54 1.14 1.36 1.25

VCST vs GRCK, AVRN, BLGI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Viewcast.com'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.


Viewcast.com Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Viewcast.com's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Viewcast.com 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 Jun. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.29 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 $5.29 Mil mean?
Viewcast.com (VCST) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.29 Mil as of Jun. 2013. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Viewcast.com and its competitors.
Is Viewcast.com's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Viewcast.com's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.29 Mil.
How does Viewcast.com's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to GRCK and AVRN?
Viewcast.com's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.29 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Viewcast.com and its competitors. Viewcast.com's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.29 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Viewcast.com stock overvalued right now?
Viewcast.com (VCST) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.29 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.29 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 Viewcast.com (VCST), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.29 Mil as of Jun. 2013. 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.

Viewcast.com Business Description

Address 3701 W. Plano Parkway, Suite 300, Plano, TX, USA, 75075-7840
Viewcast.com Inc is engaged in developing industry hardware and software for the capture, management, transformation and delivery of digital media over IP and mobile networks. The company products include Niagara System and Osprey Cards, provides required technology to deliver the multi-platform experiences.