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Alfin Banco (LIM:ALFINAC1) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : S/. Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Alfin Banco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Alfin Banco's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was S/.0.00 Mil. Alfin Banco does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Alfin Banco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

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Alfin Banco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Alfin Banco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Alfin Banco'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.


Alfin Banco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Alfin Banco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Alfin Banco 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.


Alfin Banco  (LIM:ALFINAC1) 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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Alfin Banco (LIM:ALFINAC1) Business Description

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Av. Pershing No. 465, Office 801, Magdalena del Mar, Urbanization Country Club, Lima, PER
Alfin Banco SA offers banking products and services in Peru. The bank products and services include current and saving accounts, fixed-term deposits, automotive and life insurance policies, debit cards, and consumer and personal loans. The company also provides money transfer and Internet banking services. It serves micro and small entrepreneurs.

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