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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Abengoa's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2020 was $ Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2020 was $ Mil.
Abengoa (OTCPK:ABGOF) 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.
Abengoa Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Abengoa Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Abengoa'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.
ABGOF vs JCI, J: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Abengoa'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.
Abengoa Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Abengoa's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Abengoa's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Abengoa 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 Jun. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $ 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil mean?
Abengoa (ABGOF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil as of Jun. 2020. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Abengoa and its competitors.
Is Abengoa's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Abengoa's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. Overall, Abengoa has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Abengoa's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to JCI and J?
Abengoa's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil can be compared against companies in the Construction industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Construction company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Construction industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Abengoa and its competitors. Abengoa's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Abengoa stock overvalued right now?
Abengoa (ABGOF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. Abengoa's overall GF Score™ is 12/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Abengoa (ABGOF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Jun. 2020. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Abengoa SA together with its subsidiaries provides technology solutions for the energy and environment sectors in Spain and rest of Europe, North America, Brazil and the rest of South America, and internationally. The company operates two activities which are Engineering and construction which includes the traditional engineering business in the energy and water sectors; Concession-type infrastructures include the operation of electric energy generation plants, desalination plants, and transmission lines. Engineering and construction generate majority of the revenue.
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