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Castle GroupCAGU Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.62 Mil as of Mar. 2018.
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Castle Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2018 was $1.32 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 was $4.62 Mil.
Castle Group (OTCPK:CAGU) 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.
Castle Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Castle Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Castle Group'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.
Castle Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Castle Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Lodging subindustry, Castle Group'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.
Castle Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Travel & Leisure Industry
For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Castle Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Castle Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Castle Group 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. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.62 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 $4.62 Mil mean?
Castle Group (CAGU) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.62 Mil as of Mar. 2018. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Castle Group and its competitors.
Is Castle Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Castle Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.62 Mil.
How does Castle Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Castle Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.62 Mil can be compared against companies in the Travel & Leisure 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 Travel & Leisure company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Travel & Leisure 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 Castle Group and its competitors. Castle Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.62 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Castle Group stock overvalued right now?
Castle Group (CAGU) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.62 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.62 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 Castle Group (CAGU), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.62 Mil as of Mar. 2018. 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.
Castle Group Inc operates in the hotel and resort management industry. It offers a range of accommodations at various price points from exclusive private villas, full-service all-suites hotels, oceanfront resort condominiums, to modestly priced hotels with hundreds of guest rooms. It has a diverse portfolio of properties located in desired island resort destinations throughout the Pacific Region providing several types of services to property owners including, hotel and resort management and operations; reservations staffing and operations; sales and marketing. Primary revenue is generated from two sources that are rental of hotel rooms and condominium accommodations along with food and beverage sales at the properties managed and; fees paid for services it provides to property owners.
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