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Symbol Mining (ASX:SL1) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : A$-0.80 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Symbol Mining Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Symbol Mining's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2020 was A$0.01 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was A$-0.80 Mil.


Symbol Mining Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Symbol Mining'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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Symbol Mining Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Symbol Mining Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.66 1.51 1.10 2.57 1.78

Symbol Mining Semi-Annual Data
Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20
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 1.54 1.03 2.59 -0.81 0.01

Competitive Comparison of Symbol Mining's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Symbol Mining'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.


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

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

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



Symbol Mining 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. 2020 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$-0.80 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.


Symbol Mining  (ASX:SL1) 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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Symbol Mining (ASX:SL1) Business Description

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331-335 Hay Street, Unit 6, Subiaco, WA, AUS, 6000
Symbol Mining Ltd is a mineral exploration company. It is focused on the development and commercialization of high margin, high-grade base metals projects. The company's project profile includes Imperial Project and Tawny Project. The Imperial Project consists of three exploration licenses and three small-scale mining leases, covering approximately 510km2. The Tawny Project is located approximately 150km east/southeast of the capital Abuja in the state of Nasawarra.

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