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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Nortel Inversora's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2017 was ARS6,081 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2017 was ARS21,541 Mil.
Nortel Inversora (BUE:NORT6) 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.
Nortel Inversora Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Nortel Inversora Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Nortel Inversora'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.
Nortel Inversora Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
BUE:NORT6 vs GLIBA, TDCAF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Nortel Inversora'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.
Nortel Inversora Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Nortel Inversora's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Nortel Inversora's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Nortel Inversora 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. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ARS21,541 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 ARS21,541 Mil mean?
Nortel Inversora (BUE:NORT6) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ARS21,541 Mil as of Sep. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Nortel Inversora and its competitors.
Is Nortel Inversora's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Nortel Inversora's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ARS21,541 Mil.
How does Nortel Inversora's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to GLIBA and TDCAF?
Nortel Inversora's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ARS21,541 Mil can be compared against companies in the Telecommunication 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 Telecommunication Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Telecommunication 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 Nortel Inversora and its competitors. Nortel Inversora's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ARS21,541 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Nortel Inversora stock overvalued right now?
Nortel Inversora (BUE:NORT6) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ARS21,541 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ARS21,541 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 Nortel Inversora (BUE:NORT6), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ARS21,541 Mil as of Sep. 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.
Nortel Inversora SA is a holding company. The company provides fixed-line public telecommunications services and basic telephone services. Nortel operates through the following segments: Fixed Services; Personal Mobile Services; and Nucleo Mobile Services. The Fixed Services division provides a local area, national long-distance and international communications, supplementary services, data transmission, internet services, IT solution outsourcing and sales of equipment. Personal Mobile Services and Nucleo Mobile Services division offerings include voice communications, high-speed mobile internet content and applications download, multimedia messaging services, among others; and sale of mobile communication devices.
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