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Global Lighting Technologies (TPE:4935) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : NT$452 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Global Lighting Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Global Lighting Technologies's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$108 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$452 Mil.


Global Lighting Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Lighting Technologies'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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Global Lighting Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Global Lighting Technologies 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 418.23 610.29 624.13 599.04 451.82

Global Lighting Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 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 142.24 107.27 116.76 119.80 107.99

Competitive Comparison of Global Lighting Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Global Lighting Technologies'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.


Global Lighting Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Global Lighting Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Global Lighting Technologies 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 NT$452 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.


Global Lighting Technologies  (TPE:4935) 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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Global Lighting Technologies (TPE:4935) Business Description

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No. 1149, Section 3, Minquan Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, TWN
Global Lighting Technologies Inc is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sales of applications of light guide plates, the development of optical molds, and the manufacturing, and sales of plastic components. The company has two reportable segments; the Department of light guide plates applications which provide the service of manufacturing and sales of related application products such as light guide plates, and the Department of plastic components which provides the service of design, manufacturing, and sales of plastic components. Geographically, the company operates in Asia, America, and Others, out of which it earns a majority of its revenue from Asia.

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