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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Signify NV's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was €418 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was €1,652 Mil.
Signify NV (WBO:LGHT) 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.
Signify NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Signify NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Signify NV'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.
Signify NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
WBO:LGHT vs VRT, BE, HUBB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Signify NV'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.
Signify NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Signify NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Signify NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Signify NV 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. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €1,652 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 €1,652 Mil mean?
Signify NV (WBO:LGHT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €1,652 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 Signify NV and its competitors.
Is Signify NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Signify NV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €1,652 Mil. Overall, Signify NV has a GF Score™ of 66/100 and is considered Modestly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Signify NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VRT and BE?
Signify NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €1,652 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 Signify NV and its competitors. Signify NV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €1,652 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Signify NV stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Signify NV (WBO:LGHT) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is €20.59, compared to a current price of €16.31 — trading 20.8% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €1,652 Mil. Signify NV's overall GF Score™ is 66/100 with 5 warning signs to review. 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 Signify NV (WBO:LGHT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €1,652 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.
Is Signify NV (WBO:LGHT) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Signify NV stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of €16.31 is trading 20.8% below its estimated GF Value™ of €20.59.
GuruFocus considers Signify NV to be Modestly Undervalued.
Key valuation signals for WBO:LGHT:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €1,652 Mil
GF Value™: €20.59 vs. price of €16.31 (20.8% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the WBO:LGHT stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Signify NV is a lighting solutions provider based in the Netherlands. Its product portfolio includes luminaires, lamps, LED lamps, LED tubes, and decorative lighting. The company operates through four segments, The Professional business offers LED lamps, luminaries, connected lighting systems and services to customers in the professional segment; The Consumer business offers LED lamps, luminaries, and connected products, including Philips Hue and WiZ, to customers in the consumer segment; The OEM business offers lighting components to the industry; The Conventional business offers special lighting, digital projection, and lamp electronic. The company operates in the USA, the Netherlands, France, the UK, Germany, Norway, and the rest of Europe and the rest of the world.
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