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Laugfs Gas (COL:LGL.N0000) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : රු1,419 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Laugfs Gas Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Laugfs Gas's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was රු469 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was රු1,419 Mil.


Laugfs Gas Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Laugfs Gas'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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Laugfs Gas Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Laugfs Gas Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,955.39 2,583.66 2,587.42 712.68 1,043.31

Laugfs Gas Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 322.36 151.88 349.08 448.97 469.48

Competitive Comparison of Laugfs Gas's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Laugfs Gas'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.


Laugfs Gas's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Laugfs Gas's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Laugfs Gas 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 Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was රු1,419 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.


Laugfs Gas  (COL:LGL.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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Laugfs Gas (COL:LGL.N0000) Business Description

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No. 101, Maya Avenue, Colombo, LKA, 06
Laugfs Gas PLC is engaged in the sale of liquefied petroleum gas. The company offers LPG for industrial, commercial and domestic purposes in Sri Lanka. It operates through the following business segments: Energy, Property, and Transportation & Logistics segment. It generates the majority of revenue from the Energy segment. The energy segment includes the Selling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and other related products. The property segment includes the Operation of a commercial property given on rent at Kirullapone. Transportation & Logistics segment includes the Operation of vessels and providing marine cargo services and the Operation of an LPG storage terminal. Geographically it operates in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, out of which the majority is from Sri Lanka.

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