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Austar Lifesciences (Austar Lifesciences) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $42.1 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Austar Lifesciences Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Austar Lifesciences's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $42.1 Mil.


Austar Lifesciences Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Austar Lifesciences Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 35.05 37.83 46.85 43.88 42.15

Austar Lifesciences Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 24.03 22.64 22.14 25.08 17.00

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

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Austar Lifesciences'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.


Austar Lifesciences's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Austar Lifesciences's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Austar Lifesciences 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 $42.1 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.


Austar Lifesciences  (OTCPK:AULSF) 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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Austar Lifesciences (Austar Lifesciences) Business Description

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No. 1018, Changning Road, Rooms 2010-2013, 20th Floor, Changning District, Shanghai, CHN
Austar Lifesciences Ltd is a China-based company engaged in providing engineering solutions to pharmaceutical manufacturers and research institutes. The business activity of the group is operated through Liquid and Bioprocess Systems; Clean Room and Automation Control and Monitoring Systems; Powder and Solid Systems; Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Compliance Service; Life Science Consumables; and Distribution and Agency of Pharmaceutical Equipment segments. It derives the majority of revenue from the Liquid and Bioprocess System segment which is involved in providing solutions in pharmaceutical and water systems to treat water. The geographical business presence of the firm is seen across China and in other countries.

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