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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Elma Electronic AG's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was CHF23.5 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was CHF46.2 Mil.
Elma Electronic AG (XSWX:ELMN) 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.
Elma Electronic AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Elma Electronic AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Elma Electronic AG'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.
Elma Electronic AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
XSWX:ELMN vs DELL, ANET, SNDK: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Elma Electronic AG'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.
Elma Electronic AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Elma Electronic AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Elma Electronic AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Elma Electronic AG 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was CHF46.2 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 CHF46.2 Mil mean?
Elma Electronic AG (XSWX:ELMN) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of CHF46.2 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Elma Electronic AG and its competitors.
Is Elma Electronic AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Elma Electronic AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF46.2 Mil. Overall, Elma Electronic AG has a GF Score™ of 61/100 and is considered Modestly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Elma Electronic AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to DELL and ANET?
Elma Electronic AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of CHF46.2 Mil can be compared against companies in the Hardware 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 Hardware company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Hardware 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 Elma Electronic AG and its competitors. Elma Electronic AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF46.2 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Elma Electronic AG stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Elma Electronic AG (XSWX:ELMN) is currently considered Modestly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is CHF1,132.41, compared to a current price of CHF1,310.00 — trading 15.7% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF46.2 Mil. Elma Electronic AG's overall GF Score™ is 61/100 with 9 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 Elma Electronic AG (XSWX:ELMN), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF46.2 Mil as of Dec. 2025. 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 Elma Electronic AG (XSWX:ELMN) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Elma Electronic AG stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of CHF1,310.00 is trading 15.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of CHF1,132.41.
GuruFocus considers Elma Electronic AG to be Modestly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for XSWX:ELMN:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: CHF46.2 Mil
GF Value™: CHF1,132.41 vs. price of CHF1,310.00 (15.7% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the XSWX:ELMN stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Elma Electronic AG is a Switzerland-based company. It acts as a manufacturer of electronic packaging products for the embedded systems market from components, backplanes, storage boards and chassis platforms to fully integrated systems. The product line of the company includes embedded boards such as mass storage, ethernet and PCIe switches, architecture solutions, embedded computing systems, system accessories, and rack level services. It also offers engineering services, contract manufacturing, system integration, customization and other services.
61GF Score
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