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Banco Suquia (BUE:BSUQ5) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ARS0.97 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2013)


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What is Banco Suquia Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Banco Suquia's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was ARS0.31 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2013 was ARS0.97 Mil.


Banco Suquia Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Banco Suquia Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1,211.40 0.08 0.66 - -

Banco Suquia Quarterly Data
Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13
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 736.00 - 0.35 0.31 0.31

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

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Banco Suquia'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.


Banco Suquia's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Banco Suquia's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Banco Suquia 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 Sep. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ARS0.97 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.


Banco Suquia  (BUE:BSUQ5) 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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Banco Suquia (BUE:BSUQ5) Business Description

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Ayacucho 60, Cordoba, ARG
Banco Suquia SA provides financial solutions to professionals, small to medium companies, and individuals in Argentina. It offers services, such as credit cards, foreign currency transactions, electronic banking services, insurance, security boxes, credit for business marketing development, among others.

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