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Celulosa Argentina (BUE:CELU) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ARS1,541 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Celulosa Argentina Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Celulosa Argentina's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was ARS3,173 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was ARS1,541 Mil.


Celulosa Argentina Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Celulosa Argentina Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 821.55 1,297.00 2,022.95 3,049.45 3,436.46

Celulosa Argentina Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 2,536.49 -4,165.69 877.85 1,656.02 3,173.19

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

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Celulosa Argentina'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.


Celulosa Argentina's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Celulosa Argentina's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Celulosa Argentina 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 Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ARS1,541 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.


Celulosa Argentina  (BUE:CELU) 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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Celulosa Argentina (BUE:CELU) Business Description

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Av. Del Libertador 2442, Buenos Aires,piso 4, Olivos, ARG, B1636DSR
Celulosa Argentina SA is engaged in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of forest products. Its product portfolio includes Paper products, cellulose pulp, forest products as well as wood products. Geographically, the activities are carried out through Argentina.

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