What is Warren Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Warren Resources's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2015 was $5.37 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $19.41 Mil.
Warren Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for Warren Resources'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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Warren Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of Warren Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Warren Resources'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.
Warren Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Warren Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Warren Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Warren Resources 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 Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $19.41 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.
Warren Resources (OTCPK:WRESQ) 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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Warren Resources (Warren Resources) Business Description
Warren Resources Inc was incorporated on June 12, 1990 as a Delaware corporation. The Company is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of domestic onshore crude oil and gas reserves. The Company primarily on the exploration and development of its waterflood oil recovery properties in the Wilmington field within the Los Angeles Basin of California, and its coalbed methane, or CBM, natural gas properties located in the Rocky Mountain region. As of December 31, 2013, the company owned natural gas and oil leasehold interests in approximately 123,943 gross (93,350 net) acres, approximately 80% of which are undeveloped. The Washakie Basin is located in the southeast portion of the Greater Green River Basin in southwestern Wyoming and represents its largest acreage position. As of December 31, 2013, the company owned 113,227 gross (87,683 net) acres prospective for CBM development in this area, of which 69,221 net acres were undeveloped. Warren owns certain deep rights below a portion of the Atlantic Rim CBM Project, which include an approximate 71,000 net acre position that is potentially prospective for hydrocarbon production from the Niobrara Shale and other deep formations. The Company sells its oil and natural gas production to various purchasers in the areas where the oil and natural gas is produced. Its drilling, completion, production, re-entry and land operations are conducted, managed and supervised for the company through Warren E&P, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary. The Companys operations are subject to a wide variety of stringent federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, including discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relating to environmental protection.
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