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Zapata Computing Holdings (Zapata Computing Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $13.29 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Zapata Computing Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Zapata Computing Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.18 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.29 Mil.


Zapata Computing Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zapata Computing Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

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Zapata Computing Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Zapata Computing Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
10.19 16.81 13.29

Zapata Computing Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense - 8.00 8.82 6.12 7.18

Competitive Comparison of Zapata Computing Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Zapata Computing Holdings'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.


Zapata Computing Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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Zapata Computing Holdings 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $13.29 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.


Zapata Computing Holdings  (NAS:ZPTA) 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.


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Zapata Computing Holdings (Zapata Computing Holdings) Business Description

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100 Federal Street, Floor 20, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
Zapata Computing Holdings Inc is an Industrial Generative AI software company that develops generative AI applications and provides accompanying services to solve complex industrial problems. Its computational approaches leverage the statistical advantages of math based on quantum physics. Its primary target customers are enterprise organizations. It offers subscription-based solutions that combine software and services to develop custom Industrial Generative AI applications designed to resolve its enterprise customers' specific problems.

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