AMCT (American Education Center) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $2.80 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2021)


What is American Education Center Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

American Education Center AMCT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.80 Mil as of Jun. 2021.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. American Education Center's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $0.35 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2021 was $2.80 Mil.


American Education Center  (OTCPK:AMCT) 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.


American Education Center Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


American Education Center Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for American Education Center's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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American Education Center Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

American Education Center Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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American Education Center Quarterly Data
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AMCT vs MSYN, QPRC, AMMJ: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Consulting Services subindustry, American Education Center'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.


American Education Center Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where American Education Center's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



American Education Center 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. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.80 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 $2.80 Mil mean?
American Education Center (AMCT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.80 Mil as of Jun. 2021. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on American Education Center and its competitors.
Is American Education Center's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
American Education Center's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.80 Mil.
How does American Education Center's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MSYN and QPRC?
American Education Center's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.80 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 American Education Center and its competitors. American Education Center's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.80 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is American Education Center stock overvalued right now?
American Education Center (AMCT) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2.80 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.80 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 American Education Center (AMCT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2.80 Mil as of Jun. 2021. 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.

American Education Center Business Description

Address 630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2338, New York, NY, USA, 10111
American Education Center Inc is a United States-based company engaged in the provision of consulting services. Its Consulting services include Placement Advisory Services, Career Advisory Services, Student & Family Advisory Services, and Other Advisory Services. The company operates in two segments: the AEC New York segment and the AEC BVI segment. The majority of the revenue is generated from the AEC New York segment, which caters to middle-class families in China for quality education and work experiences in the United States and delivers customized high school and college placement and career advisory services to Chinese students wishing to study in the USA.