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Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX:MPVD) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : C$16.8 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Mountain Province Diamonds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Mountain Province Diamonds's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2023 was C$4.0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was C$16.8 Mil.


Mountain Province Diamonds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mountain Province Diamonds'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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Mountain Province Diamonds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Mountain Province Diamonds Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.42 12.84 12.94 13.65 16.95

Mountain Province Diamonds Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
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 3.94 3.75 3.90 5.25 3.95

Competitive Comparison of Mountain Province Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Mountain Province Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

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Mountain Province Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Mountain Province Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Mountain Province Diamonds 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. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$16.8 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.


Mountain Province Diamonds  (TSX:MPVD) 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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Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX:MPVD) Business Description

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Address
161 Bay Street, Suite 1410, P.O. Box 216, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2S1
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc is engaged in the mining and marketing of rough diamonds. The Company supplies rough diamonds from its 49% ownership interest in the Gahcho Kue diamond mine (the GK Diamond Mine). The GK Diamond Mine is located in Canada's Northwest Territories. The Company also owns 100% of the mineral rights of the Kennady North Project (KNP) in Canada's Northwest Territories.

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