What is Mattson Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Mattson Technology's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2016 was $6.7 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2016 was $30.0 Mil.
Mattson Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for Mattson Technology'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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Mattson Technology Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of Mattson Technology's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Mattson Technology'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.
Mattson Technology's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Mattson Technology's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Mattson Technology's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Mattson Technology 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 $30.0 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.
Mattson Technology (NAS:MTSN) 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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Mattson Technology (Mattson Technology) Business Description
Mattson Technology was incorporated in California in 1988. The Company design, manufacture, market and support semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The Company is a supplier of dry strip, rapid thermal processing ('RTP'), and etch equipment to the semiconductor industry. Its manufacturing equipment utilizes technologies to deliver processing capabilities and high productivity for the fabrication of current and next-generation ICs. Its RTP product portfolio, including the Helios XP for conventional RTP and the Millios for millisecond anneal have demonstrated device performance improvements at various foundry and logic customers. It also expanded its market position for etch in the memory segment while maintaining its broad market position in strip. Its etch applications portfolio, which includes capabilities that improve on-wafer performance while keeping costs low, has helped its etch business grow as customers select its etch tools based on their process performance and cost of ownership. Its customer base includes memory and foundry and logic device manufacturers. The Company has design and manufacturing center in the United States and has a design and pilot-line manufacturing facility in Germany. In 2013, its main customers are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. Its main competitors include Lam Research, PSK, Applied Materials, Dainippon Screen Manufacturing, Ultratech, Tokyo Electron, among others. It is subject to international, federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.
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