ADPAJ (Adelphia Recovery Trust) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.99 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)


What is Adelphia Recovery Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Adelphia Recovery Trust ADPAJ Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.99 Mil as of Jun. 2015.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Adelphia Recovery Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $0.40 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $1.99 Mil.


Adelphia Recovery Trust  (OTCPK:ADPAJ) 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.


Adelphia Recovery Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Adelphia Recovery Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Adelphia Recovery Trust'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.

Adelphia Recovery Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Adelphia Recovery Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 36.96 11.48 8.94 2.07 1.96

Adelphia Recovery Trust Quarterly Data
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ADPAJ vs WODI, BMMCF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Adelphia Recovery Trust'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.


Adelphia Recovery Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Adelphia Recovery Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Adelphia Recovery Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Adelphia Recovery Trust 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. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.99 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 $1.99 Mil mean?
Adelphia Recovery Trust (ADPAJ) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.99 Mil as of Jun. 2015. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Adelphia Recovery Trust and its competitors.
Is Adelphia Recovery Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Adelphia Recovery Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.99 Mil.
How does Adelphia Recovery Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to WODI and BMMCF?
Adelphia Recovery Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.99 Mil can be compared against companies in the Business Services 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 Business Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Business Services 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 Adelphia Recovery Trust and its competitors. Adelphia Recovery Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.99 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Adelphia Recovery Trust stock overvalued right now?
Adelphia Recovery Trust (ADPAJ) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.99 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.99 Mil. 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 Adelphia Recovery Trust (ADPAJ), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.99 Mil as of Jun. 2015. 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.

Adelphia Recovery Trust Business Description

Address 919 North Market Street, 17th Floor, P.O. Box 8705, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19899
Adelphia Recovery Trust is a statutory trust. The company's purpose is to prosecute the various causes of action transferred, pursuant to the plan and distribute to the owners of the interests in the company the net proceeds of such causes of action. Geographically, the activities are carried out through the region of United States.