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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Yield10 Bioscience's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2024 was $2.00 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was $6.16 Mil.
Yield10 Bioscience (OTCPK:YTENQ) 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.
Yield10 Bioscience Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Yield10 Bioscience Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Yield10 Bioscience'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.
Yield10 Bioscience Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
YTENQ vs GNVR, CTVA, CF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Yield10 Bioscience'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.
Yield10 Bioscience Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Agriculture Industry
For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Yield10 Bioscience's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Yield10 Bioscience's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Yield10 Bioscience 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.16 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 $6.16 Mil mean?
Yield10 Bioscience (YTENQ) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.16 Mil as of Jun. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Yield10 Bioscience and its competitors.
Is Yield10 Bioscience's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Yield10 Bioscience's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.16 Mil. Overall, Yield10 Bioscience has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Yield10 Bioscience's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to GNVR and CTVA?
Yield10 Bioscience's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.16 Mil can be compared against companies in the Agriculture 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 Agriculture company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Agriculture 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 Yield10 Bioscience and its competitors. Yield10 Bioscience's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.16 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Yield10 Bioscience stock overvalued right now?
Yield10 Bioscience (YTENQ) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.16 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.16 Mil. Yield10 Bioscience's overall GF Score™ is 16/100. 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 Yield10 Bioscience (YTENQ), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.16 Mil as of Jun. 2024. 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.
Yield10 Bioscience Inc is an agricultural bioscience company. It is leveraging advanced genetics to develop the oilseed Camelina sativa as a platform crop for large-scale production of sustainable seed products. These seed products include feedstock oils for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation biofuels; omega-3 (EPA and DHA+EPA) oils for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and aquafeed applications; and, in the future, PHA bioplastics for use as biodegradable bioplastics.
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