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Quattro Exploration and Production (Quattro Exploration and Production) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $3.21 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Quattro Exploration and Production's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.80 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $3.21 Mil.


Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quattro Exploration and Production'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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Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Quattro Exploration and Production Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.19 1.21 1.15 2.11 2.48

Quattro Exploration and Production Quarterly Data
Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16
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 0.36 1.22 0.59 0.60 0.80

Competitive Comparison of Quattro Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Quattro Exploration and Production'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.


Quattro Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Quattro Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Quattro Exploration and Production 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. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.21 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.


Quattro Exploration and Production  (OTCPK:QEXXF) 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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Quattro Exploration and Production (Quattro Exploration and Production) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1250, 639-5 Avenue South West, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 2T3
Quattro Exploration and Production Ltd are principally engaged in the business of exploration and development of oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada and Central America.

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