Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. TRC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2017 was $11.3 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was $42.9 Mil.
TRC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for TRC'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.
Competitive Comparison of TRC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, TRC'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.
TRC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, TRC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where TRC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
TRC 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 Mar. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $42.9 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.
TRC (NYSE:TRR) 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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TRC Companies Inc was incorporated in 1969. The Company is a national engineering, consulting and construction management firm that provides integrated services to the environmental, energy, and infrastructure markets in the United States. A range of commercial and governmental clients depend on it to design solutions to their toughest business challenges. Its multidisciplinary project teams help its clients implement complex projects from initial concept to delivery and commissioning, maintain and operate their facilities in compliance with regulatory standards and manage their assets through decommissioning, demolition, restoration and disposition. The Company's business segments are Energy, Environmental, and Infrastructure. The Energy segment is strategically positioned to serve key areas within the energy market which is currently investing in modernization, expansion, enhancement and replacement of outdated facilities. The Environmental segment provides services to its clients including air quality modeling, air emissions testing and monitoring, cultural and natural resource management, permitting of energy facilities and remediation of contaminated sites. The Infrastructure segment offers a variety of services to its infrastructure clients mainly related to: rehabilitation of overburdened and deteriorating infrastructure systems; design, construction engineering inspection and construction management associated with new infrastructure projects; and management of risks related to security of public and private facilities. It competes with both the large international firms and the small niche or geographically focused firms. The Company's business is subjected to various rules and regulations at the federal, state and local government levels.
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