General and Administrative Ratio
Calculate the general and administrative (G&A) expenses to revenue ratio, an efficiency ratio that measures the proportion of revenue spent on general and administrative overhead.
This ratio isolates the administrative component of the combined SG&A expense line (see get_sga_to_revenue_ratio), which is useful for assessing overhead efficiency independently of selling and marketing spend.
The formula is as follows:
\[\text{G\&A} \;\text{to Revenue Ratio} = \text{General and Administrative Expenses} / \text{Revenue}\]Also known as: G&A ratio, overhead ratio.
General and Administrative Ratio in Python or via the MCP
Install the Finance Toolkit with:
pip install financetoolkit -U
Then call get_general_and_administrative_ratio as shown below.
from financetoolkit import Toolkit
toolkit = Toolkit(
["WDAY", "SNOW", "INTU"],
api_key="FINANCIAL_MODELING_PREP_KEY",
start_date="2021-01-01",
end_date="2025-12-31",
)
toolkit.ratios.get_general_and_administrative_ratio()
Or, after setting up the Finance Toolkit MCP, ask:
How much of their revenue did Workday, Snowflake and Intuit spend on general and administrative expenses from 2021 to 2025?
Which returns:
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTU | 0.1019 | 0.1147 | 0.0905 | 0.0871 | 0.085 |
| SNOW | 0.2174 | 0.1432 | 0.1151 | 0.1137 | 0.1174 |
| WDAY | 0.0946 | 0.0964 | 0.0967 | 0.0971 | 0.1401 |
Parameters
get_general_and_administrative_ratio accepts the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
rounding | int | None | The number of decimals to round the results to. Defaults to None, which uses the rounding of the Toolkit (4 unless set otherwise). | 2 |
growth | bool | Whether to calculate the growth of the ratios. Defaults to False. | True |
lag | int | list[int] | The lag to use for the growth calculation. Defaults to 1. | 4 |
compound | bool | Whether the growth is the compound annual growth rate over the lag (e.g. lag=5 for the five-year CAGR) instead of the total change. Defaults to False. | False |
standardize | bool | Whether to standardize (Z-Score) the result. When combined with growth=True, standardizes the growth values instead of the raw values. Defaults to False. | True |
trailing | int | The number of periods to sum flows (income and cash flow statement items) over, with balance sheet items averaged over the same number of period ends. E.g. 4 with quarterly data gives the trailing twelve months (TTM) and 3 with annual data a three-year cumulative figure. Defaults to None, which uses single-period flows (per quarter and not annualized with quarterly data). | 4 |