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South Shore Holdings (South Shore Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $55 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2020)


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What is South Shore Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. South Shore Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2020 was $23 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 was $55 Mil.


South Shore Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for South Shore Holdings'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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South Shore Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

South Shore Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 52.36 36.57 60.98 74.80 67.45

South Shore Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20
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 51.29 23.59 35.38 31.76 23.23

Competitive Comparison of South Shore Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, South Shore Holdings'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.


South Shore Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, South Shore Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where South Shore Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



South Shore Holdings 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. 2020 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $55 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.


South Shore Holdings  (OTCPK:LOUIF) 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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South Shore Holdings (South Shore Holdings) Business Description

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Address
250 Hennessy Road, 33rd Floor, 250 Hennessy, Wanchai, Hong Kong, HKG
South Shore Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment include Management contracting; Property development management; Property investment and Hotel operation. It generates maximum revenue from the Management contracting segment. Management contracting segment is engaged in the building construction and civil engineering. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Hong Kong and also has a presence in Macau, PRC and Singapore and Malaysia.

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