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Answer Technology Co (TPE:3528) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : NT$174 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Answer Technology Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Answer Technology Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$69 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$174 Mil.


Answer Technology Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Answer Technology Co'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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Answer Technology Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Answer Technology Co Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 243.80 239.31 264.20 318.16 330.24

Answer Technology Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Mar24
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 110.99 75.87 42.26 62.82 68.52

Competitive Comparison of Answer Technology Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Answer Technology Co'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.


Answer Technology Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Answer Technology Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Answer Technology Co 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$174 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.


Answer Technology Co  (TPE:3528) 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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Answer Technology Co (TPE:3528) Business Description

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Xintai 5th Road, Yuzhi District, 21st Floor, No. 75, Section 1, Hsichih, Taipei, TWN, 221
Answer Technology Co Ltd is engaged in import, export and trading of electronic components. The company supplies analogue and semiconductor devices, micro telecommunication technologies and equipment.

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