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Fuling Global (Fuling Global) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $18.4 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2019)


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What is Fuling Global Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Fuling Global's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2019 was $10.8 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 was $18.4 Mil.


Fuling Global Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fuling Global'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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Fuling Global Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Fuling Global Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 12.59 12.23 14.09 16.15 18.39

Fuling Global Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19
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 7.28 7.22 8.93 7.63 10.77

Competitive Comparison of Fuling Global's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Fuling Global'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.


Fuling Global's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Fuling Global's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fuling Global 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. 2019 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $18.4 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.


Fuling Global  (NAS:FORK) 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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Fuling Global (Fuling Global) Business Description

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Address
No. 88, Jintang South Avenue, East New District, Zhejiang Province, Wenling, CHN, 317509
Fuling Global Inc is engaged in producing environmental-friendly plastic tableware. The company product categories include cutlery; portion cup; container; cups; plate and bowl and others. It generates maximum revenue from Cutlery products followed by Cups and plates. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States and also has a presence in Europe; Canada; China and other countries.