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Digicel GroupDCEL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Mar. 2015.
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Digicel Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Mar. 2015 was $632.53 Mil.
Digicel Group does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015.
Digicel Group (NYSE:DCEL) 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.
Digicel Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Digicel Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Digicel 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.
Digicel Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Digicel Group Annual Data
Trend
Mar13
Mar14
Mar15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
560.82
574.25
632.53
Digicel Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar13
Mar14
Mar15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
560.82
574.25
632.53
DCEL vs DIRV, FULO, TOWTF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Digicel 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.
Digicel Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Digicel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Digicel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Digicel 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil mean?
Digicel Group (DCEL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil as of Mar. 2015. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Digicel Group and its competitors.
Is Digicel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Digicel Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil.
How does Digicel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to DIRV and FULO?
Digicel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ 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 Digicel Group and its competitors. Digicel Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Digicel Group stock overvalued right now?
Digicel Group (DCEL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ 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 Digicel Group (DCEL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Mar. 2015. 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.
Digicel Group Ltd was incorporated under the laws of Bermuda on February 5, 2007. The Company is a provider of communications services in the Caribbean and South Pacific regions. It provides a comprehensive range of mobile communications, business solutions, cable TV & broadband and other related products and services to retail, corporate (including small and medium-sized enterprises) and government customers. Its business is currently organized into nine reporting segments: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, French West Indies, Haiti, El Salvador, Eastern Caribbean markets consisting of its operations in St. Lucia, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Papua New Guinea and Other locations, consisting of its operations in all of its other markets. It has customer reach through 1,034 retail locations (including 667 exclusive stores) and a dealer and distributor network with approximately 183,000 recharge locations. It offers its services on both a prepaid and post-paid basis and market to retail and business customers. It caters to its retail customers through Digicel's dealer channel and to its corporate clients via a business channel. Its distribution channel is comprised of the four distinct categories: Vendor Stores, Third-Party Dealers, Prepaid Card Outlets, and Diaspora. The Company's Mobile and Cable TV & Broadband operations are subject to regulation in each of the markets in which it operates.
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