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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Vertical Data's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $2.13 Mil.
Vertical Data does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026.
Vertical Data (OTCPK:VDTA) 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.
Vertical Data Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Vertical Data Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Vertical Data'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.
Vertical Data Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
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Vertical Data Semi-Annual Data
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VDTA vs AIOS, CTM, HKIT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Vertical Data'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.
Vertical Data Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Vertical Data's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Vertical Data's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Vertical Data 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil mean?
Vertical Data (VDTA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ 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 Vertical Data and its competitors.
Is Vertical Data's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Vertical Data's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. Overall, Vertical Data has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Vertical Data's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AIOS and CTM?
Vertical Data's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ 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 Vertical Data and its competitors. Vertical Data's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Vertical Data stock overvalued right now?
Vertical Data (VDTA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. Vertical Data's overall GF Score™ is 12/100. 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 Vertical Data (VDTA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ 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.
Vertical Data Inc is an early-stage systems and solutions technology provider delivering high-performance computing solutions. It distributes computer systems and information technology (IT) systems, including graphics processing unit (GPU) servers, storage solutions, system components, software, networking and communications equipment, and related complementary products and services. The business model distributes technology products from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers of next-generation technologies, as well as delivery models such as converged and hyper-converged infrastructure. It purchases peripherals, IT systems, system components, software, and networking equipment from a network of suppliers and sells them to data center and enterprise customers.
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