EPPC.PFD (El Paso Energy Capital Trust I) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $ Mil (TTM As of . 20)


What is El Paso Energy Capital Trust I Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

El Paso Energy Capital Trust I EPPC.PFD +0.06% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of . 20.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was $0.00 Mil. El Paso Energy Capital Trust I does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.

El Paso Energy Capital Trust I  (NYSE:EPpC.PFD) 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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El Paso Energy Capital Trust I Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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EPPC.PFD vs AZURQ, PGAS, LNGLF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, El Paso Energy Capital Trust I'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.

El Paso Energy Capital Trust I Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


El Paso Energy Capital Trust I 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?
El Paso Energy Capital Trust I (EPPC.PFD) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil as of . 20. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on El Paso Energy Capital Trust I and its competitors.
Is El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil.
How does El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AZURQ and PGAS?
El Paso Energy Capital Trust I's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil can be compared against companies in the Oil & Gas 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 an Oil & Gas company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Oil & Gas 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 El Paso Energy Capital Trust I and its competitors. El Paso Energy Capital Trust I'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 El Paso Energy Capital Trust I stock overvalued right now?
El Paso Energy Capital Trust I (EPPC.PFD) 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 El Paso Energy Capital Trust I (EPPC.PFD), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of . 20. 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.

El Paso Energy Capital Trust I Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
El Paso Energy Capital Trust I provides natural gas and related energy products. The company is engaged in exploration and production and the operation of pipelines.