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Lithium Energy (ASX:LEL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : A$2.80 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lithium Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Lithium Energy's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$1.61 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was A$2.80 Mil.


Lithium Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Lithium Energy Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.98 2.20 11.90

Lithium Energy Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.68 0.52 10.71 1.19 1.61

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

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Energy'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.


Lithium Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lithium Energy 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 Dec. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$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.


Lithium Energy  (ASX:LEL) 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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Lithium Energy (ASX:LEL) Business Description

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680 Murray Street, Suite 1, Level 1, West Perth, WA, AUS, 6005
Lithium Energy Ltd is a battery minerals company with two exploration and development projects, the Solaroz Lithium Project in Argentina, which comprises 12,000 hectares of prospective lithium mineral concessions, and the Burke Graphite Project in Queensland, which contains a high-grade graphite deposit and presents an opportunity to participate in the anticipated growth in demand for graphite and graphite related products. The company derives the majority of its revenue from Argentina.

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