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COSCO SHIPPING Ports (COSCO SHIPPING Ports) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $82.5 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is COSCO SHIPPING Ports Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. COSCO SHIPPING Ports's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $43.4 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $82.5 Mil.


COSCO SHIPPING Ports Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for COSCO SHIPPING Ports'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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COSCO SHIPPING Ports Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 124.00 120.18 138.98 167.46 164.60

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Quarterly Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 37.27 58.56 - 39.06 43.40

Competitive Comparison of COSCO SHIPPING Ports's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, COSCO SHIPPING Ports'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.


COSCO SHIPPING Ports's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, COSCO SHIPPING Ports's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



COSCO SHIPPING Ports 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. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $82.5 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.


COSCO SHIPPING Ports  (OTCPK:CSPKF) 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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COSCO SHIPPING Ports (COSCO SHIPPING Ports) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
183 Queen's Road Central, 49th Floor, COSCO Tower, Hong Kong, HKG
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd is a leading port operator and investor in China. The company's segment includes Terminals and related businesses and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Terminals and related businesses segment. Geographically presence in Mainland China (excluding Hong Kong), Europe and Others.