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Direct Nickel (ASX:DIR) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : A$3.27 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Direct Nickel Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Direct Nickel's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was A$0.87 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 was A$3.27 Mil.


Direct Nickel Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Direct Nickel'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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Direct Nickel Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Direct Nickel Annual Data
Trend Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.55 0.17 0.39 8.74 3.55

Direct Nickel Semi-Annual Data
Jun04 Dec04 Jun05 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.99 5.75 1.15 2.40 0.87

Competitive Comparison of Direct Nickel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Direct Nickel'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.


Direct Nickel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Direct Nickel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Direct Nickel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Direct Nickel 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 Dec. 2014 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$3.27 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.


Direct Nickel  (ASX:DIR) 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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Direct Nickel (ASX:DIR) Business Description

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Direct Nickel Ltd is incorporated and domiciled in Australia. The Company is engaged in the research and development of nickel processing technology within the Oceania region. The Company has operations in Sydney and Perth. It also operates in Indonesia through its subsidiary, PT Direct Nickel with offices in Jakarta and has a 50% interest in a laterite deposit in Papua New Guinea.

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