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Alpine Electronics (Alpine Electronics) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $0 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Alpine Electronics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Alpine Electronics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $0 Mil.


Alpine Electronics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alpine Electronics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Alpine Electronics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Alpine Electronics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Alpine Electronics'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.


Alpine Electronics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alpine Electronics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Alpine Electronics 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 Sep. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $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.


Alpine Electronics  (OTCPK:AELEF) 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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Alpine Electronics (Alpine Electronics) Business Description

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Alpine Electronics Inc is a manufacturer of audio, video, and communication systems for automotive vehicles. The company operates two business segments: audio equipment and information and communication equipment. In its audio equipment segment, Alpine produces sound systems including speakers and amplifiers. In its larger information and communication equipment segment, the company produces navigation systems, displays and integrated system solutions, including cloud services. All products are sold directly to car manufacturers as original equipment or to customers on the aftermarket. The largest end markets are Europe and North America.

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