Life (ASX:LFC) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: A$2.47 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2017)

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

Life ASX:LFC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$2.47 Mil as of Jun. 2017. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Life's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2017 was A$1.28 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was A$2.47 Mil.

Life  (ASX:LFC) 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.

Life Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Life Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Life'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.

Life Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Life Annual Data
Trend Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun16 Jun17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.74 9.15 3.10 2.83 2.47

Life Semi-Annual Data
Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17
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 0.00 1.44 1.39 1.19 1.28

Life Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Personal Services subindustry, Life'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.

Life Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Life's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


Life 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. 2017 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$2.47 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$2.47 Mil mean?
Life (ASX:LFC) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$2.47 Mil as of Jun. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Life and its competitors.
Is Life's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Life's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$2.47 Mil.
How does Life's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Life's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$2.47 Mil can be compared against companies in the Personal Services industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Personal Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Personal Services industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Life and its competitors. Life's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$2.47 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Life stock overvalued right now?
Life (ASX:LFC) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$2.47 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$2.47 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Life (ASX:LFC), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$2.47 Mil as of Jun. 2017. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Life Business Description

Address 988 Toa Payoh North, No. 07-05, Singapore, SGP, 319002
Life Corp Ltd is a holding company. The company through its subsidiaries is engaged in providing multi-religion funeral services relating to burials or cremations and including other related ancillary services and supplies. The company provides one-stop funeral, bereavement and afterlife care services in Singapore.