Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co (Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1.41 Mil (TTM As of May. 2018)

Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co Annual Data
	Trend	Nov08	Nov09	Nov10	Nov11	Nov12	Nov13	Nov14	Nov15	Nov16	Nov17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					7.45	1.40	1.13	1.17	1.26

Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co Semi-Annual Data
	May08	Nov08	May09	Nov09	May10	Nov10	Nov11	May12	Nov12	May13	Nov13	May14	Nov14	May15	Nov15	May16	Nov16	May17	Nov17	May18
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.61	0.56	0.62	0.64	0.77

Competitive Comparison of Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co'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.

Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co 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 May. 2018 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.41 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.

Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co  (NYSE:KED) 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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