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Cosan (CZZ) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $510 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2020)


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What is Cosan Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Cosan's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2020 was $110 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2020 was $510 Mil.


Cosan Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Cosan Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 467.02 607.72 604.60 513.67 574.72

Cosan Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
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 154.43 158.60 119.50 121.71 110.10

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

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Cosan'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.


Cosan's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Cosan's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cosan 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 Sep. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $510 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.


Cosan  (NYSE:CZZ) 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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Cosan (CZZ) Business Description

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4100, Avenue Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 15th Floor, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, 04538-132
Cosan Ltd is engaged in the production of sugar, ethanol, fuel, and gas. The company reportable segments include Raizen Energia, Raizen Combustiveis, Comgas, Logistic, and Moove as well as Cosan Corporate. It generates maximum revenue from the Raizen Combustiveis segment. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from Brazil and also has a presence in Europe, Latin America, North America, and Asia and Other Countries.