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iiNET (ASX:IIN) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : A$288 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)


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What is iiNET Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. iiNET's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2015 was A$163 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was A$288 Mil.


iiNET Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for iiNET'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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iiNET Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

iiNET Annual Data
Trend Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 156.57 208.80 251.47 263.31 287.94

iiNET Semi-Annual Data
Dec05 Jun06 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 123.37 132.62 130.69 124.55 163.39

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, iiNET'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.


iiNET's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, iiNET's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



iiNET 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$288 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.


iiNET  (ASX:IIN) 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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iiNET (ASX:IIN) Business Description

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iiNET Limited (IIN) was established in 1993 to deliver Internet access services to Western Australia. iiNet has 700,000 customers across Australia, NZ and Capetown. Internet and communication services offered include dialup, broadband and phone.