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
get_general_and_administrative_ratio is part of the Ratios module of the open-source Finance Toolkit. Install it with:
pip install financetoolkit -U
Then call get_general_and_administrative_ratio as shown below.
from financetoolkit import Toolkit
toolkit = Toolkit(["AAPL", "TSLA"], api_key="FINANCIAL_MODELING_PREP_KEY")
ga_ratios = toolkit.ratios.get_general_and_administrative_ratio()
Which returns:
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0191 | 0.0663 |
| TSLA | 0.0839 | 0.0484 | 0.0496 | 0.0527 | 0.0615 |
Parameters
get_general_and_administrative_ratio accepts the following parameters:
- rounding (int, optional): The number of decimals to round the results to. Defaults to 4.
- growth (bool, optional): Whether to calculate the growth of the ratios. Defaults to False.
- lag (int | str, optional): The lag to use for the growth calculation. Defaults to 1.
- standardize (bool, optional): Whether to standardize (Z-Score) the result. When combined with growth=True, standardizes the growth values instead of the raw values. Defaults to False.
- trailing (int): Defines whether to select a trailing period. E.g. when selecting 4 with quarterly data, the TTM is calculated.