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Earth Gen-Biofuel (Earth Gen-Biofuel) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $0.57 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2016)


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What is Earth Gen-Biofuel Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Earth Gen-Biofuel's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.19 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.57 Mil.


Earth Gen-Biofuel Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Earth Gen-Biofuel'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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Earth Gen-Biofuel Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Earth Gen-Biofuel Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.58 1.21 0.52

Earth Gen-Biofuel Quarterly Data
Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.19

Competitive Comparison of Earth Gen-Biofuel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Earth Gen-Biofuel'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.


Earth Gen-Biofuel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Homebuilding & Construction Industry

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Earth Gen-Biofuel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Earth Gen-Biofuel's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Earth Gen-Biofuel 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. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.57 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.


Earth Gen-Biofuel  (OTCPK:EGBB) 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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Earth Gen-Biofuel (Earth Gen-Biofuel) Business Description

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Address
1375 Front Street NE, Salem, OR, USA, 97301
Earth Gen-Biofuel Inc is engaged in the manufacturing of Park Model RV's. Park Model RVs are manufactured homes that are built to qualify as an RV for building regulations but are constructed as permanently placed homes. The company develops plans for homes that could serve the need for residents for the unsheltered housing crisis in many cities through utilizing technology to construct affordable living units.