EXCE (EXCO Resources) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $27.9 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2018)


What is EXCO Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

EXCO Resources EXCE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.9 Mil as of Dec. 2018.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. EXCO Resources's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2018 was $6.9 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $27.9 Mil.


EXCO Resources  (OTCPK:EXCE) 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.


EXCO Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


EXCO Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for EXCO Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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EXCO Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

EXCO Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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EXCO Resources Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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EXCE vs UPLC, AXAS, CHAP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, EXCO Resources'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.


EXCO Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, EXCO Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



EXCO Resources 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. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $27.9 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $27.9 Mil mean?
EXCO Resources (EXCE) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $27.9 Mil as of Dec. 2018. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on EXCO Resources and its competitors.
Is EXCO Resources' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
EXCO Resources' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.9 Mil.
How does EXCO Resources' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to UPLC and AXAS?
EXCO Resources' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $27.9 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 EXCO Resources and its competitors. EXCO Resources's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.9 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is EXCO Resources stock overvalued right now?
EXCO Resources (EXCE) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $27.9 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.9 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 EXCO Resources (EXCE), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $27.9 Mil as of Dec. 2018. 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.

EXCO Resources Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address 12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700, Dallas, TX, USA, 75251
EXCO Resources Inc is an oil and gas exploration and production company. Its operations include the exploration, acquisition, development, and production of oil and gas reserves. These activities take place in the company's onshore oilfields within the United States, and focus on shale resource plays. Its fields are located in key oil and gas areas, including Texas, Louisiana, and the Appalachian region. The Louisiana and Texas operations are the most productive fields. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from natural gas, with a smaller portion coming from oil.