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First Capital Holdings (COL:FCT.N0000) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : රු Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is First Capital Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. First Capital Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was රු0.00 Mil. First Capital Holdings does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


First Capital Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Capital Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of First Capital Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Capital Markets subindustry, First Capital Holdings'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.


First Capital Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, First Capital Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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First Capital Holdings 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.


First Capital Holdings  (COL:FCT.N0000) 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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First Capital Holdings Business Description

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No. 02, Deal Place, Colombo, LKA, 00300
First Capital Holdings PLC is engaged in providing capital market services. Its business platform comprises four specialized areas namely Corporate Finance Advisory and Corporate Dealing Securities, Asset Management, Primary Dealing, and Stock Brokering. The company offers debt structuring, corporate finance, advisory services, dealing, and granting of margin trading facilities. It serves an array of companies, institutions, government agencies, high-net-worth individuals, and retail clients. it generates revenue from Direct Income which comprises interest income, trading gains, losses, and fee income.

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