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Babelon Investments Co (AMM:SALM) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : JOD Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Babelon Investments Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Babelon Investments Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was JOD0.00 Mil. Babelon Investments Co does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Babelon Investments Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Babelon Investments Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Babelon Investments Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Babelon Investments Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Babelon Investments Co'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.


Babelon Investments Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Babelon Investments Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Babelon Investments Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Babelon Investments Co 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.


Babelon Investments Co  (AMM:SALM) 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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Babelon Investments Co (AMM:SALM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Boulevard 14 Rafic Hariri Avenue, Kawar Building, P.O. Box 9207, Amman, JOR, 11191
Website
Babelon Investments Co PLC is a Jordan-based company that engages in the provision of financial services. Its principal activity is dealing in stock listed on the Amman Stock exchange, including purchasing and selling stocks for the interests of the company and others.