ZWS (Zurn Elkay Water Solutions) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $425 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)


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88 GF Score
Price $47.35
GF Value $40.44
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
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What is Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions ZWS +1.24% 88 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $425 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates ZWS with a GF Score™ of 88/100 and a GF Value™ of $40.44 (Modestly Overvalued).

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $108 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $425 Mil.


Zurn Elkay Water Solutions  (NYSE:ZWS) 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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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Annual Data
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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Quarterly Data
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ZWS vs CECO, PCT, ERII: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions'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.


Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 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 $425 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 $425 Mil mean?
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $425 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 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and its competitors.
Is Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $425 Mil. Overall, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions has a GF Score™ of 88/100 and is considered Modestly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CECO and PCT?
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $425 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 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions and its competitors. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $425 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Zurn Elkay Water Solutions stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) is currently considered Modestly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $40.44, compared to a current price of $47.35 — trading 17.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $425 Mil. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions' overall GF Score™ is 88/100. 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 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $425 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 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $47.35 is trading 17.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of $40.44. GuruFocus considers Zurn Elkay Water Solutions to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for ZWS:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $425 Mil
  • GF Value™: $40.44 vs. price of $47.35 (17.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 88/100

No single metric tells the full story. See the ZWS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Business Description

Address 511 West Freshwater Way, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53204
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp is a growth-oriented, pure-play water management business that designs, procures, manufactures, and markets the broadest sustainable product portfolio of specification-driven water management solutions to improve health, hydration, human safety and the environment. Its product portfolio includes professional grade water safety and control products, flow systems products, hygienic and environmental products, and filtered drinking water products for public and private spaces that deliver superior value to building owners, positively impact the environment and human hygiene and reduce product installation time.
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