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Metrospaces (Metrospaces) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $0.68 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2016)


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What is Metrospaces Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Metrospaces's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $0.11 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $0.68 Mil.


Metrospaces Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Metrospaces Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
- 0.04 0.07 0.60

Metrospaces Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16
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 0.04 0.17 0.12 0.27 0.11

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

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Metrospaces'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.


Metrospaces's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Metrospaces's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Metrospaces 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 Mar. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.68 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.


Metrospaces  (OTCPK:MSPC) 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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Metrospaces (Metrospaces) Business Description

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Address
6 St. Johns Lane, New York, USA, 10013
Metrospaces Inc is a real estate developer. The company is engaged in the business of acquisition and repositioning of luxury resort properties and hotels. The firm also invests in real estate-based operating companies, such as hotel operators and real estate-based corporate reorganizations.
Executives
Oscar A Brito director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 888 BRICKELL KEY DRIVE, 1102, MIAMI FL 33131