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Esterad Investment Co BSC (BAH:ESTERAD) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : BHD0.33 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Esterad Investment Co BSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Esterad Investment Co BSC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was BHD0.55 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was BHD0.33 Mil.


Esterad Investment Co BSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Esterad Investment Co BSC'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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Esterad Investment Co BSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Esterad Investment Co BSC 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 0.20 0.10 0.08 0.22 0.11

Esterad Investment Co BSC Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.33 0.29 0.30 -0.80 0.55

Competitive Comparison of Esterad Investment Co BSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Esterad Investment Co BSC'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.


Esterad Investment Co BSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Esterad Investment Co BSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Esterad Investment Co BSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Esterad Investment Co BSC 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was BHD0.33 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.


Esterad Investment Co BSC  (BAH:ESTERAD) 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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Esterad Investment Co BSC (BAH:ESTERAD) Business Description

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Address
GBCORP Tower, 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 1080, Manama, BHR
Esterad Investment Co BSC is a Bahrain company operating in the financial sector. The principal activity of the company is to invest in public and private equities, fixed income, real estate, and other asset classes in both local and international markets. It owns four key portfolio investment models including a strategic equity portfolio, fixed income portfolio, properties & income-producing assets, and a trading portfolio. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Investment income.

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