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Huaneng Power International (Huaneng Power International) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $230 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Huaneng Power International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Huaneng Power International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $198 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $230 Mil.


Huaneng Power International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huaneng Power International'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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Huaneng Power International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Huaneng Power International 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 153.11 173.86 214.78 191.79 231.92

Huaneng Power International Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 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 196.42 -98.22 502.93 -373.17 198.10

Competitive Comparison of Huaneng Power International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Huaneng Power International'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.


Huaneng Power International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Huaneng Power International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Huaneng Power International 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 $230 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.


Huaneng Power International  (OTCPK:HNPIY) 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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Huaneng Power International (Huaneng Power International) Business Description

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No. 6 Fuxingmennei Street, Huaneng Building, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100031
Huaneng Power International Inc is an independent power producer. It develops, constructs, and operates power plants in Chinese provinces, as well as a wholly-owned power company in Singapore. The reportable segments of the Group are the PRC power segment, the overseas segment and all other segments. It derives the majority of its revenue from the PRC power segment.

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