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Viet Nam Books JSC (HSTC:VNB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ₫ Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Viet Nam Books JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Viet Nam Books JSC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was ₫0.00 Mil. Viet Nam Books JSC does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Viet Nam Books JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viet Nam Books JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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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Viet Nam Books JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Viet Nam Books JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Publishing subindustry, Viet Nam Books JSC'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.


Viet Nam Books JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Viet Nam Books JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Viet Nam Books JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Viet Nam Books JSC 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.


Viet Nam Books JSC  (HSTC:VNB) 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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Viet Nam Books JSC (HSTC:VNB) Business Description

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44 Trang Tien Street, Trang Tien Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, VNM
Viet Nam Books JSC is engaged in publishing, printing, and trading books, newspapers, and cultural products. The company offers Vietnamese books, English books, Promotional products, Toys, and Stationery products.

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