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Apt Pipelines (ASX:AQHHA.PFD) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : A$ Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Apt Pipelines Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Apt Pipelines's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was A$0.00 Mil. Apt Pipelines does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Apt Pipelines Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Apt Pipelines's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Apt Pipelines's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Apt Pipelines'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.


Apt Pipelines's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Apt Pipelines's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Apt Pipelines's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Apt Pipelines 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.


Apt Pipelines  (ASX:AQHHA.PFD) 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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Apt Pipelines (ASX:AQHHA.PFD) Business Description

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Apt Pipelines Ltd owns, managed and operates energy transmission and distribution assets in Australia. The Company also engages in the gas transportation business.

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