What is Education Realty Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Education Realty Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2018 was $11.3 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2018 was $33.0 Mil.
Education Realty Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for Education Realty Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:
* 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.
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Education Realty Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of Education Realty Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Education Realty Trust'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.
Education Realty Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Education Realty Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Education Realty Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Education Realty Trust 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 Jun. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $33.0 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.
Education Realty Trust (NYSE:EDR) 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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Education Realty Trust (Education Realty Trust) Business Description
Education Realty Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, development, and management of collegiate housing communities located near university campuses throughout the United States. In terms of the total number of residential communities and the total number of beds, the majority of the company's real estate portfolio is located in the Mid-Atlantic and South Central regions of the United States. Nearly all of Education Realty's revenue is derived from short-term collegiate housing leases. Most of this revenue is generated by the company's holdings in the Mid-Atlantic and South Central regions. Real estate markets surrounding universities in Kentucky and Texas represent some of Education Realty's largest individual markets.
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