SG&A: What It Means in Stock Research
Selling, general and administrative: the overhead of running the company — salaries, marketing, offices.
Why this term matters
Financial-statement terms describe how the business itself is doing — how much money comes in, what survives the costs, and how much cash is really left at the end.
In a Monsaic report, you’ll meet sg&a in the “Current outlook” section of the simplified read, and the Fundamentals and Balance Sheet analyses of the full report. Inside a report, tapping any underlined term shows this same definition in place — the reading never has to stop for a search.
Related Company financials terms
- R&D — Research and development: spending on inventing and improving products.
- Liquidity — How easily the company can put its hands on cash to cover near-term needs.
- EBITDA — Profit before interest, taxes, and paper charges like depreciation — a rough gauge of core operating earnings.
- Current ratio — Short-term assets divided by short-term bills — can the company pay what's due this year?
- Book value — What shareholders would own on paper if the company sold its assets and paid its debts.
- Net debt — Debt minus cash on hand. Negative net debt means more cash than debt.
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