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Ecosave Holdings (ASX:ECV) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : A$7.90 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Ecosave Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ecosave Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was A$4.60 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was A$7.90 Mil.


Ecosave Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ecosave Holdings'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.

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Ecosave Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Ecosave Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
- 4.74 8.21 7.90

Ecosave Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 3.57 4.64 3.30 4.60

Competitive Comparison of Ecosave Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Ecosave Holdings'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.


Ecosave Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Ecosave Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ecosave Holdings 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 semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$7.90 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.


Ecosave Holdings  (ASX:ECV) 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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Ecosave Holdings (ASX:ECV) Business Description

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Ecosave Holdings Ltd was incorporated on 22 October 2012 as the holding company of Ecosave Pty Limited. The Company provides energy performance contracts, energy and water savings projects, utility management services and consulting services.

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