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DATATRAK International (DATATRAK International) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $2.65 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2018)


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What is DATATRAK International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. DATATRAK International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 was $1.28 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2018 was $2.65 Mil.


DATATRAK International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for DATATRAK International'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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DATATRAK International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

DATATRAK International Annual Data
Trend Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.10 10.18 9.44 9.71 10.01

DATATRAK International Quarterly Data
Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Dec12 Dec13 Sep14 Dec14 Sep15 Mar17 Jun17 Mar18 Jun18
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 2.32 1.68 1.26 1.37 1.28

Competitive Comparison of DATATRAK International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Health Information Services subindustry, DATATRAK International'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.


DATATRAK International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, DATATRAK International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



DATATRAK International 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 Jun. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.65 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.


DATATRAK International  (OTCPK:DTRK) 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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DATATRAK International (DATATRAK International) Business Description

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Address
3690 Orange Place, Suite 375, Beachwood, OH, USA, 44122
DATATRAK International Inc is a technology and services company that delivers eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry. The services provided by the company include training services, cloud delivery, a learning center, trial design services, and others. The clinical solutions provided by the company include CTMS, EDC and Medical Coding, Risk-Based Monitoring, Randomization, and Medical Imaging Capture, and Training.
Executives
Raymond J. Merk officer: VP of Finance,CFO & Treasurer C/O RPT REALTY, 31500 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY, SUITE 300, FARMINGTON HILLS MI 48334
Mark J Ratain director 5841 S MARYLAND AVE MC2115, CHICAGO IL 60637
Robert E Flaherty director 377 PLANTATION ST, WORCESTER MA 01605